Elton John
The Scaffold lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1969
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:19
In Orient where wise I was
To please the way I live
Come give the beggar chance at hand
His life is on his lip
Three score a thousand times
Where once in Amazon
Where Eldorado holds the key
No keeper holds my hand
Unchain the gate of solitude
The ruler says you run
Run hard unto the scaffold high
Your chance to jump the gun
Oh how high the scaffold grows
The plant life of your widow
In black lace curtains brought you near
From out the plate glass window
Oh how high the scaffold grows
The plant life of your widow
In black lace curtains brought you near
From out the plate glass window
The Minotaur with bloody hands
Is enraged by the sun
Caged he by the corpses
Brought forth by the dawn
In Orient is as I told
The buckshee hangman swears
For open crypts to silence
Nylon knots to sway by prayer
Unchain the gate of solitude
The ruler says you run
Run hard unto the scaffold high
It's your chance to jump the gun
Oh how high the scaffold grows
The plant life of your widow
In black lace curtains brought you near
From out the plate glass window
Oh how high the scaffold grows
The plant life of your widow
In black lace curtains brought you near
From out the plate glass window
In Orient where wise I was
To please the way I live
Come give the beggar chance at hand
His life is on his lip
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Key vocabulary
- forth
- forward; outC1
- give
- hand overA1
- chance
- possible opportunityA2
- lace
- thin cord or ties
- where
- in what placeA1
- gate
- entry point with barsA2
- holds
- keeps or containsA2
- hand
- person's arm endA1
- life
- time you liveA1
- times
- repeated occasionsA1
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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.