Bernie Taupin Bernard John Taupin (born 22 May 1950) is an English songwriter, singer and visual artist. He is best known for his long-term collaboration with musician Elton John, a songwriting partnership that is one of the most successful in history. Tau ...

is an English lyricist, poet, and singer. In his long-term collaboration with

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. Taupin and John began writing together in 1967 and, aside from brief periods apart working on other projects, the two have been collaborating ever since. Their newest album,

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, was released in early 2016. Taupin has also released three solo albums and was a member of the short-lived group Farm Dogs, which released two albums in the mid-late 1990s.

List of songs

This is a list of titles whose lyrics Bernie Taupin has written or co-written. *Big Picture b-sides *Immigrant Sons Other Songs *10 Soldater *12 *1965 *A Little Peace *A Love That Will Never Grow Old *A Minute of Your Life *A New Clear Morning *Accents *Across the River Thames *Act of War *Adult Music *Aftermath *Ain't We Bad in the Big City *All I Want to do is Make Love to You *All Or Nothing *All That I'm Allowed (I'm Thankful) *American Triangle *An Angel's Wing *And the House Fell Down *Anitta *Answer in the Sky *Are You Alright? *Bad News Baby Darling *Ball *Ballad of the Boy in Red Shoes *Bed of Nails *Birds *Black Cat Crossing the Road *Black on Blue *Blood in the Dust *Blues Never Fade Away *Bobbie on the Backburner *Bobby Goes Electric *Bonnie's Gone Away *Bring Back the Magic *Building a Bird *But Then Again *Calling it Christmas *Caminaga Ella Tan Linda *Cherokee D.J *Child *Chiquita *Cowboy *Cry Willow Cry *Culture Shock/Counter Clock *Damn My Eyes *Dance With Life (The Brilliant Light) *Dark Diamond *

Deal for Life "Deal for Life" is a song by English musician John Waite, which was released in 1990 on the soundtrack to the Tom Cruise film ''Days of Thunder''. The song was written by Martin Page and Bernie Taupin, and produced by Page and Ron Nevison. "Deal ...

*Dear Ground *Destiny *Diamonds Won't Do it (But I Will) *Did Anybody Sleep with Joan of Arc? *Don't Be the Last to Know *Du Far Ej Fa *Du Far Ej Ga *Dub Till You Drop *Dup Songs *Emery Green *En Sorgsen Sang *First Verse *Freaks in Love *Free to Believe *Giardino Dell 'Amore *Gimme Eight Seconds *Ginseng Woman *God Never Came Here *Goin' North *Going Blind *Heart of an Angel *Heart of Glass *Hell *How Long Lord (Before the Night Is Over?) *How's Tomorrow? *Hungry Eyes *I Am Not the Enemy *I Am the Hunter *I Came to Dance *I Can't Keep This From You *I Have Slipped *I Hypnotise *I Must Have Lost It on the Wind *I Stop and I Breathe *I Want Love *If I Was a Country *I'm a Working Man *I'm Not the Enemy *In the Name of Dark Angels *It's Getting Dark in Here *It's Me that You Need *It's Only Rain *It's Your Game *Jazz Girl *Jealousy Regrets *Josephine *Just Like Noah's Ark *Keep It a Mystery *Keep Me *Le Dernier Mot *Leaves *Leaving at Midnight *Leaving the Fair *Light in Your Heart *Little Casanova *Little Quick Draw *Llora Al Cielo *Long-Legged Women *Look At What We've Done *Look Ma No Hands *Love *Love and Greed *Love Cuts Like a Dangerous Blade *Love Her Like Me *Love Touch *Lovers Leap *Lullaby *Make Me As You Are *Mansfield *Manslide *Mendocino County Line *Mexicana Fire *(Midnight) Midlife Crisis *Minha Vida Sem Voce *Misfits *Monkey in My Dreams *Monkeys in the Jungle *Muniquita *My Elusive Drug *My Side of the River *New Morning *Nona Gita *Non-Existente *Nothin' Left But Ashes (After the Fire Has Gone Out) *Old '67 *On This Rock *Onetime, Sometime Or Never *Only a Boy *Original Sin *Out of My Hands *Pandora's Swing *Pay Dirt *Pearl River *Peter's Song *Photograph of Mary *Porch Swing in Tupelo *Postcards from Richard Nixon *Prime of My Life *Promiscuous Man *Proof of Paradise *Quantrill *Quelques Mots Essentiels *Reach Out *Ridin' Free *Rosa *Rough Justice *Rubber Guns *Rusted Love *Sail Me Away *Savannah *Seven-Four-Seven *Sexy on the Inside *Shadows in Charge *Shane *Show Us Your Ghosts *Sign in the Clouds *Sign of the Cross *Skin *Sleeping Through the Weekend *Slice of Life *Slow the Dogs Down *Slumber City *Slummin' *Sneakin' Out the Backway *So Jenny Rocks *So Much Love *So Sad the Renegade *Somebody Special *Sorrow Is Not For Me *Stallion Road *Storm Days *Strength of His Kiss *Sugar and Fire *Switchblade Years *Talk About You *Thank You For All of Your Loving *The Ace of Hearts and the Jack of Spades *The Bridge * The Captain and the Kid *The Crack in the Sky *The Eastern Bloc *The Emperor's New Clothes *The Heart of an Angel *The Heart of Every Girl *The Kids Are Loose *The Last Motel *The Last Ride of Charlie Fury *The North Star *The Price of Lightning *The Rage *The Wasteland * They Call Her the Cat *Thin Ice of Love *Things Only Get Better with Love *

This Train Don't Stop There Anymore "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore" is the final track on Elton John's 2001 album ''Songs from the West Coast''. Written by John and Bernie Taupin, the song's lyrics details John's fame being over and his coming to terms with getting older b ...

*Tinderbox *To a Grandfather *To Die With My Boots On *Toni Loved the Rain *Too Many Tears *Touch the Fire *Turn the Lights Out When You Leave *Two-Armed Bandit *Una Fletcha Mots *Uncool (written with and performed by

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) *Union Jack *Until You Come Back to Me *Up Up (Over the Berlin Wall) *Waitress in a Roadhouse *Water Kill Fire *We Are Romantics (R.U.1.2) *We Need Us *We've Landed *Weight of the World *Welcome to the Haunted Heart *What I Really Want for Christmas *When Love Survives *Witches (Get Burned) *Wouldn't Have You Any Other Way (NYC) *Wounded Knee *You Freed Me *Young Lust

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Taupin ''Taupin'' is the first debut studio album by longtime Elton John lyricist Bernie Taupin. (released eponymously in the U.S.). It is a spoken word album of his poetry with music that revolves around the them. The album was produced by Gus Dudgeo ...