Old Man's Shoes

INTO THE OLD MAN'S SHOES

Year:  1971
Album:  None (Released on 1992's RARE MASTERS collection and as a bonus track on TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION)
Writers:  Elton John\ Bernie Taupin

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I'm moving out of Tombstone, yeah with the sun behind my back

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I'm tired of people talking of things that I lack

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Ever since a week ago, the day he passed away

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I've been taking too much notice of the things they've had to say


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And all they say is you ain't half the man he used to be

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He had strength and he worked his life to feed his family

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So if that's the way it has to be, I'll say goodbye to you

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I'm not the guy, or so it seems to fill my old man's shoes



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Like I'm a wicked way of life, the kind that should be tamed

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They'd like to see me locked in jail and tied up in their chains

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Oh it's hard and I can't see what they want me to do Lord, Lord

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They seem to think I should step into the old man's shoes

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(INSTRUMENTAL VERSE)

(REFRAIN, REPEATED)