Elton John's charity concert at Wembley Arena (then called the Empire Pool), where he famously announced his retirement | dG1fMy03QnBXQ3ZtdW8
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00:00 She packed my bags last night for Friday, zero nine a.m.
00:16 I'm gonna be high as a kite by then.
00:32 I miss the earth so much, I miss my wife.
00:40 It's lonely outer space, and such a timeless flight.
01:00 And I think it's gonna be a long, long time 'til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
01:07 Not the man they think I am, I know, I know, I know, I know
01:13 I'm a rocket man, rocket man, burning out his fuse off here for long.
01:28 And I think it's gonna be a long, long time 'til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
01:35 Not the man they think I am, I know, I know, I know, I know
01:41 I'm a rocket man, rocket man, burning out his fuse off here for long.
01:56 Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids, in fact, as cold as hell.
02:10 And there's no one there to raise them, if you dig.
02:24 And all the science I don't understand is just a job five days a week.
02:37 A rocket man, a rocket man.
02:52 And I think it's gonna be a long, long time 'til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
02:59 Not the man they think I am, I know, I know, I know, I know
03:05 I'm a rocket man, rocket man, burning out his fuse off here for long.
03:21 And I think it's gonna be a long, long time 'til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
03:28 Not the man they think I am, I know, I know, I know, I know
03:34 I'm a rocket man, rocket man, burning out his fuse off here for long.
03:47 And I think it's gonna be a long, long time.
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05:24 Oh, my God!
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06:00 It's gonna be, oh, it's gonna be a long, long time.
06:11 I think it's gonna be a long, long time.
06:16 Oh, I think it's gonna be a long, long time.
06:26 (audience applauding)