Elton John - The Scaffold

In Orient where wise I was
To please the way I live
Come give the beggar chance at hand
His life is on his lip

Three score a thousand times
Where once in Amazon
Where Eldorado holds the key
No keeper holds my hand

Unchain the gate of solitude
The ruler says you run
Run hard unto the scaffold high
Your chance to jump the gun

Oh how high the scaffold grows
The plant life of your widow
In black lace curtains brought you near
From out the plate glass window

The Minotaur with bloody hands
Is enraged by the sun
Caged he by the corpses
Brought forth by the dawn

In Orient is as I told
The buckshee hangman swears
For open crypts to silence
Nylon knots to sway by prayer

In Orient where wise I was
To please the way I live
Come give the beggar chance at hand
His life is on his lip
In Orient where wise I was
To please the way I live
Come give the beggar chance at hand
His life is on his lip

Three score a thousand times
Where once in Amazon
Where Eldorado holds the key
No keeper holds my hand

Unchain the gate of solitude
The ruler says you run
Run hard unto the scaffold high
Your chance to jump the gun

Oh how high the scaffold grows
The plant life of your widow
In black lace curtains brought you near
From out the plate glass window

The Minotaur with bloody hands
Is enraged by the sun
Caged he by the corpses
Brought forth by the dawn

In Orient is as I told
The buckshee hangman swears
For open crypts to silence
Nylon knots to sway by prayer

In Orient where wise I was
To please the way I live
Come give the beggar chance at hand
His life is on his lip
Elton John - The Scaffold (Empty Sky 7 of 13)

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Elton John - The Scaffold (1969) With Lyrics!

From Elton John's first album "Empty Sky". It was released in Great Britain in June 1969, but wasn't released in America until after Elton's superstar status had been achieved, in 1975. Guitar...

The Scaffold - Elton John (Cover)

From Elton John's debut album, 'Empty Sky'. This one has some of Taupin's most bizarre lyrics... 'The Scaffold'. Performed by Kris McIntosh.

The Scaffold

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group North America The Scaffold · Elton John Empty Sky ℗ 1969 This Record Company Ltd. ℗ ℗ 1969 This Record Company Ltd. Released on: 1969-01-01...

Elton John with The Scaffold - Gin Gan Goolie (1969)

Not much of Elton John here, but it is well documented that Elton (Reg Dwight) was among the backup singers in this session with The Scaffold. The Scaffold were a English music & comedy trio...

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