Gulliver

Album: Empty Sky (1969)
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  • From "Empty Sky"

    Gulliver's gone to the final command of his master
    His watery eyes had washed all the hills with his laughter
    And the seasons can change all the light from the grey to the dim
    But the light in his eyes will see no more bright
    As the sheep that he locked in the pen

    There's four feet of ground in front of the barn
    That's sun baked and rain soaked and part of the farm
    But now it lies empty so cold and so bare
    Gulliver's gone but his memory lies there

    By passing the doors of his life was a stage I remember
    And in later years he would cease to bare teeth to a stranger
    For sentiment touched him as cyclamen holds him
    And later men came from the town
    Who said clear the child this won't take a while
    And Gulliver's gone with the dawn Writer/s: BERNIE TAUPIN, ELTON JOHN
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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