Elton John
The Cage lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 1970
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:29
Have you ever lived in a cage
Where you live to be whipped and be tamed
For I've never loved in a cage
Or talked to a friend or just waved
Well I walk while they talk about virtue
Just raised on my back legs and snarled
Watched you kiss your old daddy with passion
And tell dirty jokes as he died
But I'm damned when I really care there
For the cellar's the room in your lives
Where you lace yourself with bad whiskey
And close the cage doors on your life
Well I pray while you bathe in bad water
Sing songs that I learnt as a boy
Then break all the bones in my body
On the bars you can never destroy
Have you ever lived in a cage
Where you live to be whipped and be tamed
For I've never loved in a cage
Or talked to a friend or just waved
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Key vocabulary
- ever
- at any timeA1
- old
- not newA1
- lived
- had a home; existed
- cage
- enclosure for animals
- talked
- spoke with othersA1
- where
- in what placeA1
- virtue
- moral goodnessC1
- loved
- liked a lotA1
- waved
- moved arm to signalA2
- raised
- lifted upwardA2
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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.