Sixty Years On Songtext / Lyric

Sixty Years On

music by Elton John . lyrics by Bernie Taupin . arranged by Paul Buckmaster
album Elton John 1970


who'll walk me down to church when I'm sixty years of age
when the ragged dog they gave me
has been ten years in the grave
Senorita play guitar
play it just for you
my rosary has broken
and my beads have all slipped through

you've hung up your great coat
and you've laid down your gun
you know the war you fought in
it wasn't too much fun

and the future you're giving me
holds nothing for a gun
I've no wish
to be living
sixty years on

yes I'll sit with you and talk, let your eyes relive again
I know my vintage prayers would be very much the same
Magdalena plays the organ
plays it just for you
your choral lamp that burned so low
when you were passing through

and the future you're giving me
holds nothing for a gun
I've no wish
to be living
sixty years on