Elton John
Gulliver / It’s Hay Chewed / Reprise lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1969
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 6:59
Gulliver's gone to the final command of his master
His watery eyes had washed all the hills with his laughter
And the seasons can change all the light from the grey to the dim
But the light in his eyes will see no more so bright
As the sheep that he locked in the pen
There's four feet of ground in front of the barn
That's sun baked and rain soaked and part of the farm
But now it lies empty so cold and so bare
Gulliver's gone but his memory lies there
By passing the doors of his life was a stage I remember
And in later years he would cease to bare teeth to a stranger
For sentiment touched him as Cyclamen holds him
And later men came from the town
Who said clear the child this won't take a while
And Gulliver's gone with the dawn
There's four feet of ground in front of the barn
That's sun baked and rain soaked and part of the farm
But now it lies empty so cold and so bare
Gulliver's gone but his memory lies there
There's four feet of ground in front of the barn
That's sun baked and rain soaked and part of the farm
But now it lies empty so cold and so bare
Gulliver's gone but his memory lies there
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Key vocabulary
- sheep
- farm animal with woolA1
- sun
- the star that warms EarthA1
- there's
- there isA1
- washed
- cleaned with waterA1
- gulliver's
- from Gulliver’s Travels
- gone
- not here; finishedA1
- final
- last oneA1
- command
- orderB2
- master
- expert; learn thoroughlyB2
- came
- arrivedA1
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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.