Song For Guy Lyrics

"Song For Guy" is an instrumental piece of music by Elton John. It is the closing track off his 1978 album, "A Single Man" and is the best known song from that album. Elton said this in the sleeve notes of the 7" single: "...As I was writing this song one Sunday, I imagined myself floating into space and looking down at my own body. I was imagining myself dying. Morbidly obsessed with these thoughts, I wrote this song about death. The next day I was told that Guy, our 17 year-old messenger boy, had been tragically killed on his motorcycle the day before. Guy died on the day I wrote this song." The song opens with sole piano. Shortly after the intro, a rhythm box counts the tempo in and remains audible throughout the song. Ray Cooper plays wind chimes giving the song a floating feel. John also plays synthesizers and other piano instruments. The song is instrumental completely, until the last part of the song in which the line "Life, isn't everything" is repeated.