Elton John
Western Ford Gateway lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 1969
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:16
It's hard to feel what's in your head
Where the gas lamps grow and the garbage blows
Around the paper stands
And a baby cried and I saw a light
And I wondered where and I wondered why
There'd be a loss of life down here tonight
Down on Western Ford Gateway
That's a place where the dead say
That a man lives no more
Than his fair share of days
Down on Western Ford Gateway
Down on Western Ford Gateway
That's a place where the dead say
That a man lives no more
Than his fair share of days
Down on Western Ford Gateway
It flowed upon the cobbled floor
For the bottle's dead and they're drunk again
By the tavern door
And a baby cried and I saw a light
And I wondered where and I wondered why
There'd be a loss of life down here tonight
Down on Western Ford Gateway
That's a place where the dead say
That a man lives no more
Than his fair share of days
Down on Western Ford Gateway
Down on Western Ford Gateway
That's a place where the dead say
That a man lives no more
Than his fair share of days
Down on Western Ford Gateway
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Key vocabulary
- gas
- fuel in a tankA2
- lamps
- small light devicesA2
- garbage
- trash; wasteA2
- loss
- being without somethingB1
- western
- from the West; in WestB1
- ford
- shallow river crossing
- fair
- just; not biasedA2
- upon
- onB1
- they're
- they are
- drunk
- very affected by alcoholB1
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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.