Elton John
Social Disease lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1973
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:43
My bulldog is barking in the backyard
Enough to raise a dead man from his grave
And I can't concentrate on what I'm doing
Disturbance's going to crucify my days
And the days they get longer and longer
And the night time is a time of little use
For I just get ugly and older
I get juiced on Mateus and just hang loose
And I get bombed for breakfast in the morning
I get bombed for dinner time and tea
I dress in rags, smell a lot, and have a real good time
I'm a genuine example of a social disease
Oh, my landlady lives in a caravan
Well, that is when she isn't in my arms
And it seems, I pay the rent in human kindness
But my liquor also helps to grease her palms
And the ladies are all getting wrinkles
And they're falling apart at the seams
Well I just get high on tequila
And see visions of vineyards in my dreams
And I get bombed for breakfast in the morning
I get bombed for dinner time and tea
I dress in rags, smell a lot, and have a real good time
I'm a genuine example of a social disease
And the ladies are all getting wrinkles
And they're falling apart at the seams
Well I just get high on tequila
And see visions of vineyards in my dreams
And I get bombed for breakfast in the morning
I get bombed for dinner time and tea
I dress in rags, smell a lot, and I have a pot of gold
I'm a genuine example of a social disease
I'm a genuine example of a social disease
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Key vocabulary
- crucify
- kill on a cross
- days
- 24-hour time periodsA1
- longer
- more in length
- breakfast
- first meal of the dayA1
- real
- true or actualA1
- social
- friendly, for peopleA2
- older
- more aged
- mateus
- a Portuguese given name
- genuine
- real, not fakeB2
- disease
- illnessA2
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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.