Sixty Years On

On Elton John. Arranger Paul Buckmaster has expressed dissatisfaction with is arrangement. He preferred Elton's 1970 live version over what he referred to as his "1930s horror-movie score." The lyrics were inspired by Taupin's relationship with his grandfather.

Lyrics (Bernie Taupin):
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 And señorita 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 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 And Magdelena plays the organ, plays it just for you Your choral lamp that burns so low when you are passing through

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