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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Elton John
Vocals
Dee Murray
Bass Guitar
Davey Johnstone
Background Vocals
Nigel Olsson
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Elton John
Composer
Bernie Taupin
Lyrics
Del Newman
Orchestrator
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Gus Dudgeon
Producer
David Hentschel
Engineer
Andy Scott
Assistant Engineer
Peter Kelsey
Assistant Engineer
Lyrics
Some punk with a shotgun killed young Danny Bailey
In cold blood, in the lobby of a downtown motel
Killed him in anger, a force he couldn't handle
Helped pull the trigger that cut short his life
And there's not many knew him the way that we did
Sure enough he was a wild one, but then aren't most hungry kids
Now it's all over Danny Bailey
And the harvest is in
Dillinger's dead
I guess the cops won again
Now it's all over Danny Bailey
And the harvest is in
We're running short of heroes back up here in the hills
Without Danny Bailey we're gonna have to break up our stills
So mark his grave well, 'cause Kentucky loved him
Born and raised a proper, I guess life just bugged him
And he found faith in danger, a lifestyle he lived by
A running gun youngster in a sad restless age
Now it's all over Danny Bailey
And the harvest is in
Dillinger's dead
I guess the cops won again
Now it's all over Danny Bailey
And the harvest is in
Writer(s): Bernie Taupin, Elton John
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