Agreed, Greg B, the melody & performance of "Your Song" ARE lovely - I have no disagreement with you over EJ's talent. But even his gorgeous singing cannot carry me past those naff, truly barfworthy words. They damage the credibility - and the spell - of the whole song for me, I'm afraid. How can the mind relate any image or feeling to "But then again, no" or "Got me quite cross (with that irrelevant roof/moss line that screams RHYME ME). These add nothing to a musically-great number.   

You're quite right, Sir Elton IS a damned good tune-writer and performer - and it's not him I'm criticising. But those lyrics let him down. They sound EXACTLY like something that dropped through the letterbox.