Lyrics My Father's Gun - Elton John
From
this
day
on
I
own
my
father's
gun
We
dug
his
shallow
grave
beneath
the
sun
I
laid
his
broken
body
down
below
the
southern
land
It
wouldn't
do
to
bury
him
where
any
Yankee
stands
I'll
take
my
horse
and
I'll
ride
the
Northern
plain
To
wear
the
colour
of
the
greys
and
join
the
fight
again
Oh
and
I'll
rest
until
I
know
the
cause
is
fought
and
won
From
this
day
on
until
I
die
I'll
wear
my
father's
gun
I'd
like
to
know
where
the
riverboat
sails
tonight
To
New
Orleans
well
that's
just
fine
alright
'Cause
there's
fightin'
there
and
the
company
needs
men
So
slip
us
a
rope
and
sail
on
round
the
bend
As
soon
as
this
is
over
we'll
go
home
To
plant
the
seeds
of
justice
in
our
bones
To
watch
the
children
growin'
and
see
the
women
sewin'
There'll
be
laughter
when
the
bells
of
freedom
ring
I'd
like
to
know
where
the
riverboat
sails
tonight
To
New
Orleans
well
that's
just
fine
alright
'Cause
there's
fightin'
there
and
the
company
needs
men
All
are
there,
all
are
there
Slip
us
a
rope
and
sail
on
round
the
bend
I'd
like
to
know
where
the
riverboat
sails
tonight
To
New
Orleans
well
that's
just
fine
alright
'Cause
there's
fightin'
there
and
the
company
needs
men
All
are
there,
all
I
said
Slip
us
a
rope
and
sail
on
round
the
bend
Oh-ho,
I'd
like
to
know
where
the
riverboat,
riverboat
sails
tonight
To
New
Orleans
well
that's
just
fine
alright
'Cause
there's
fightin'
there
and
the
company
needs
men
All
are
there,
all
I
said
Slip
us
a
rope
and
sail
on
round
the
bend
I'd
like
to
know
where
the
riverboat,
riverboat,
riverboat
sails
tonight
To
New
Orleans
well
that's
just
fine,
that's
just
fine
alright
'Cause
there's
fightin'
there
and
the
company
needs
men
All
are
there
So
slip
us
a
rope
and
sail
on
round
the
bend
I'd
like
to
know
where
the
riverboat
sails
tonight
To
New
Orleans
well
that's
just
fine,
that's
just
fine
alright
'Cause
there's
fightin'
there
and
the
company
needs
men
All
are
there,
all
I
said
Slip
us
a
rope
and
sail
on
round
the
bend
The
riverboat
sails
tonight
That's
just
fine
alright
Ohh,
slip
us
a
rope
Sail
on
round,
sail
on
round
Sail
on
round,
sail
on
round
Sail
on
round
the
bend
The
riverboat
sails
tonight
All
are
there
That's
just
fine
alright
1 Ballad Of A Well-Known Gun
2 Come Down In Time
3 Country Comfort
4 Son Of Your Father
5 My Father's Gun
6 Where To Now St. Peter?
7 Love Song
8 Amoreena
9 Talking Old Soldiers
10 Burn Down the Mission
11 There Goes A Well Known Gun - Previously Unreleased
12 Come Down In Time - Piano Demo Previously Unreleased
13 Country Comfort - Piano Demo Previously Unreleased
14 Son Of Your Father - Previously Unreleased
15 Talking Old Soldiers - Piano Demo Previously Unreleased
16 Into The Old Man's Shoes - Piano Demo Previously Unreleased
17 Sisters Of The Cross - Piano Demo Previously Unreleased
18 Madman Across the Water (Original Version)
19 Into The Old Man's Shoes
20 My Father's Gun (BBC session)
21 Ballad Of A Well-Known Gun - BBC Session Previously Unreleased
22 Burn Down The Mission - BBC Session Previously Unreleased
23 Amoreena - BBC Session Previously Unreleased
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