Bernie Taupin's Ex-Wife is selling some of his famous lyrics at auction!

Maxine Taupin is auctioning off the handwritten lyrics to some of her ex-husband's most famous songs. "Candle in the Wind"..."Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and "Bennie and the Jets" ...to name a few. Maxine says she has been in possession of them since the couple split in 1976.

She was the inspiration for Bernie's lyrics for “Tiny Dancer,” "Harmony” and “Love Lies Bleeding.”

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