Into The Old Man's Shoes - Elton John

I’m moving out of Tombstone, yeah

With the sun behind my back

I’m tired of people talking of things that I lack

Ever since a week ago

The day he passed away

I’ve been taking too much notice

Of the things they’ve had to say

And all they say is you ain’t half the man he used to be

He had strength and he worked his life to feed his family

So if that’s the way it has to be

I’ll say goodbye to you

I’m not that guy, or so it seems

To fill my old man’s shoes

Like I’m a wicked way of life

The kind that should be tamed

They’d like to see me locked in jail

And tied up in their chains

Oh it’s hard and I can’t see

What they want me to do, Lord, Lord

They seem to think

I should step into the old man’s shoes