Just to clear Peter's name, I believe his use of indicative (rather than subjunctive) verbs was entirely correct. I'll happily explain why by e-mail, but not here. And to clear Elton John's name (or the reverse), remember that he didn't rewrite the lyrics. The rewriter was the original writer, the lyricist for (almost?) all of E. J.'s songs: Bernie Taupin. The picture of Taupin racing the clock to adapt the lyrics and fax them to John is not the least absurd part of this whole thing.