ELTON JOHN - My Father's Gun lyrics

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Music by elton john<br>Lyrics by bernie taupin<br>Available on the album tumbleweed connection<br><br>From this day on I own my father's gun<br>We dug his shallow grave beneath the sun<br>I laid his broken body down below the southern land<br>It wouldn't do to bury him where any yankee stands<br><br>I'll take my horse and I'll ride the northern plain<br>To wear the colour of the greys and join the fight again<br>I'll not rest until I know the cause is fought and won<br>From this day on until I die I'll wear my father's gun<br><br>I'd like to know where the riverboat sails tonight<br>To new orleans well that's just fine alright<br>`cause there's fighting there and the company needs men<br>So slip us a rope and sail on round the bend<br><br>As soon as this is over we'll go home<br>To plant the seeds of justice in our bones<br>To watch the children growing and see the women sewing<br>There'll be laughter when the bells of freedom ring