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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Elton John
Piano
Alan Weighall
Bass Guitar
Barry Morgan
Drums
Caleb Quaye
Guitar
Clive Hicks
Acoustic Guitar
Diana Lewis
Moog
Kay Garner
Background Vocals
Lesley Duncan
Background Vocals
Madeline Bell
Background Vocals
Roger Cook
Background Vocals
Tex Navarra
Percussion
Tony Burrows
Background Vocals
Tony Hazzard
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Gus Dudgeon
Producer
Robin Geoffrey Cable
Engineer
Lyrics
Have you ever lived in a cage
Where you live to be whipped and be tamed
For I've never loved in a cage
Or talked to a friend or just waved
Well I walk while they talk about virtue
Just raised on my back legs and snarled
Watched you kiss your old daddy with passion
And tell dirty jokes as he died
But I'm damned when I really care there
For the cellar's the room in your lives
Where you lace yourself with bad whiskey
And close the cage doors on your life
Well I pray while you bathe in bad water
Sing songs that I learnt as a boy
Then break all the bones in my body
On the bars you can never destroy
Have you ever lived in a cage
Where you live to be whipped and be tamed
For I've never loved in a cage
Or talked to a friend or just waved
Writer(s): Bernie Taupin, Elton John
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