I've decided that finals make my soul excruciatingly and insidiously leak out of me, milliliter by milliliter, drop by drop...

That pretty much sums it up.

However, perhaps having this song on incessant repeat minimizes the damage.

Elton was quite the hunk back in the day, no?  

Compare that video from 1971 to a much more recent one:

It's interesting that even though I can tell the new one is much more technically accurate and Elton's voice has matured, I still much prefer the older video.  It has this raw, youthful energy that adds so much to the song.

Seeing Elton perform in Madison Square Gardens makes me totally want to move to NYC.  But that's a whole completely different post.