Lyrics: Coronach Album: Unknown Artist: Jethro Tull   (words and music by david palmer) Grey the mist — cold the dawn; Cruel the sea and stern the shore. Brave the man who sets his course For albion. Sweet the rose…

Lyrics: Two Fingers Album: War Child Artist: Jethro Tull   I’ll see you at the weighing-in, When your life’s sum-total’s made And you set your wealth in godly deeds Against the sins you’ve laid. And you place your final burden…

Lyrics: Mayhem, Maybe Album: Unknown Artist: Jethro Tull   When we’re working nights, the village round The old church becomes scary town. All curtained windows and bolted doors But never a eye to see As us fairy folks sweep from…

Lyrics: Like A Tall Thin Girl Album: Catfish Rising Artist: Jethro Tull   Well, i don’t care to eat out in smart restaurants. I’d rather do a vindaloo: take away is what i want. I was down at the old…

Lyrics: I Don’t Want To Be Me Album: Nightcap: The Unreleased Masters 1973-1991 Artist: Jethro Tull   Got a grand house out in the country. Marble pillars holding the door. Empty bottles lining the wall from the night before. Got…

Lyrics: Dangerous Veils Album: Roots To Branches Artist: Jethro Tull   Desert candle in a tented space Throwing softer shadows on a covered face. Sister, silent to the likes of me — Pay my respects to her propriety. Is this…

Lyrics: Rover Album: Heavy Horses Artist: Jethro Tull   I chase your every footstep And i follow every whim. When you call the tune i’m ready To strike up the battle hymn. My lady of the meadows — My comber…

Lyrics: Wind Up Album: Aqualung Artist: Jethro Tull   When i was young and they packed me off to school And taught me how not to play the game, I didn’t mind if they groomed me for success, Or if…

Lyrics: Hot Mango Flush Album: Dot Com Artist: Jethro Tull   Hot mango flush. Ladies with ice cream hair – Gyroscopic pink neon beams – Everybody’s happy about something. The crowd moves like a flock of startings: they Switch direction…

Lyrics: Spiral Album: Dot Com Artist: Jethro Tull   Kilometers from nowhere on a scented avenue – Lined with poppy girls. I didn’t stop, stop to say hello. Curious vendors – waving bric-a-brac – Looked me over – Thought it…