You Can Make History (Young Again) – English Lyrics

• By: Elton John
• Album: Love Songs

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the emotive power of Elton John's "You Can Make History (Young Again)," a song that beautifully articulates the feeling of being revitalized by love. For those learning English, the song offers a chance to explore tender and heartfelt expressions related to love, aging, and renewal. Its clear and melodic delivery makes it a wonderful piece to learn and sing along to, helping to improve pronunciation and comprehension of poetic lyrics.

[English]

I can feel the time

closing in

I can feel the years

crawling through my skin

And if I doubt myself

I can count on the rain

To cover the tears

of this aging game

But I can count on you

to play your part

I don't miss a beat

of your animal heart

And when you push from behind

I know I can

Cover a mountain

with the palm of my hand

And oh babe,

you can make history young

again

You could rewrite,

you could decide

The things that should

or shouldn't have been

You could look at me

in the scheme of things

Oh babe,

you could make history young

again

I can watch the weeks

sweeping by

I can recollect the hearts

hanging out to dry

When the world shuts down

I can touch my fears

I can hear lost youth

ringing in my ears

But I lost nothing

when I gained you

You just blew me away

with yesterdays news

When you run your fingers

down my spine

It's like throwing a switch

on the hands of time

And oh babe,

you can make history young

again

You could rewrite,

you could decide

The things that should

or shouldn't have been

You could look at me

in the scheme of things

Oh babe,

you could make history young

again

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - to experience an emotion or sensation
close /kloʊz/ A1	verb - to move towards something or someone
crawl /krɔːl/ A2	verb - to move slowly on hands and knees or with the body close to the ground
doubt /daʊt/ A2	verb - to lack confidence in something
count /kaʊnt/ A1	verb - to add up numbers or rely on something
cover /ˈkʌvər/ A2	verb - to place something over or on top of something else
aging /ˈeɪdʒɪŋ/ B1	adjective - growing old
beat /biːt/ A2	noun - a pulse or rhythm
animal /ˈænɪməl/ A1	noun - a living organism other than humans
push /pʊʃ/ A1	verb - to exert force on something to move it
mountain /ˈmaʊntən/ A1	noun - a large natural elevation of the earth's surface
rewrite /riːˈraɪt/ B1	verb - to write something again, often with changes
scheme /skiːm/ B2	noun - a systematic plan or arrangement
recollect /ˌriːkəˈlɛkt/ B2	verb - to remember something from the past
youth /juːθ/ A2	noun - the period of life when someone is young
switch /swɪtʃ/ A2	noun - a device for making or breaking an electrical connection verb - to change or exchange