John has said that the song is about the alienation Taupin felt in and about London at the time ("Brand of people who ain't my kind"), and his desire to visit home as often as he could.
So....it's about wanting to go home. Not that conservatives get "triggered", but why should anyone get triggered over that?
You know that the left has watered those words down so much that they have no power anymore, right? Milk is racist, clouds are racist, correct spelling is racist..... Congratulations - you unloaded your only weapons.