 And who was the real-life tiny dancer? Bernie Taupin wrote those words about his new young wife, Maxine. Bernie, were there any early songs that, given the chance, you would write different today? I don't know about that. I don't know if I can answer that, but I know there's a lot that I'd throw away. Bernie Taupin, the man who wrote the words to nearly every Elton John hit. And I'm Gary Thoreau for the History of Rock and Roll.