Elton John
Grimsby lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1974
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:47
As I lay dreamin' in my bed
Across the great divide
I thought I heard the trawler boats
Returnin' on the tide
And in this vision of my home
The shingle beach did ring
I saw the lights along the pier
That made my senses sing
Oh oh Grimsby, a thousand delights
Couldn't match the sweet sights
Oh, my Grimsby
Oh, England you're fair
But there's none to compare with my Grimsby
Through nights of mad youth
I have loved every sluice in your harbor
And in your wild sands, boyhood to man
Strangers have found themselves fathers
Take me back you rustic town
I miss your magic charm
Just to smell your candy floss
Or drink in the skinners arms
No Cordon Bleu can match the beauty
Of your pies and peas
I want to ride your fairground
Take air along the key
Oh Grimsby, a thousand delights
Couldn't match the sweet sights
Oh, my Grimsby
Oh, England you're fair
But there's none to compare with my Grimsby
Through nights of mad youth
I have loved every sluice in your harbor
And in your wild sands, boyhood to man
Strangers have found themselves fathers
Grimsby, oh, a thousand delights
Couldn't match the sweet sights
Oh, my Grimsby
Oh, England you're fair
But there's none to compare with my Grimsby
Grimsby, oh, a thousand delights
Couldn't match the sweet sights
Oh, my Grimsby
Oh, England you're fair
But there's none to compare with my Grimsby
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Key vocabulary
- lay
- put downB1
- dreamin
- dreaming (informal)
- bed
- place to sleepA1
- across
- from side to sideA1
- thought
- an idea in mindA1
- heard
- listened to
- trawler
- fishing boat
- boats
- floating water vehiclesA1
- returnin
- coming back
- tide
- sea level rise and fallC1
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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.