Elton John
(Gotta Get a) Meal Ticket lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:02
I can hound you if I need to
Sip your brandy from a crystal shoe
In the corner, in the corner
While the others climb reaching dizzy heights
The world's in front of me in black and white
I'm on the bottom line, I'm on the bottom line
I'd have a cardiac if I had such luck
Lucky losers, lucky losers landing on skid row
Landing on skid row
While the Diamond Jims
And the Kings road pimps
Breath heavy in their brand new clothes
I'm on the bottom line, I'm on the bottom line
And I gotta get a meal ticket
To survive you need a meal ticket
To stay alive you need a meal ticket
Feel no pain, no pain
No regret, no regret
When the line's been signed
You're someone else
Do yourself a favor, the meal ticket does the rest
Shake a hand if you have to
Trust in us and we will love you anyway, anyway
Don't leave us stranded in the jungle
With fifty percent that's hard to handle
Ain't that so, ain't that so
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Key vocabulary
- anyway
- in any caseA2
- losers
- people who fail
- skid
- slide or lose control
- row
- a line of people/things
- breath
- air you breatheB1
- when
- at what timeB1
- you're
- you are
- else
- other; anotherA1
- favor
- kind helpB1
- rest
- sleep or relax
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About this song
Elton John is an English singer-songwriter and pianist known for his role in pop rock and piano-driven glam rock. He became famous for the songwriting partnership with Bernie Taupin and for a career that produced major chart hits and award-winning performances.