| Song | Man Of Principle |
| Artist | Jethro Tull |
| Album | Nightcap Unreleased 1973-1991 |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| One day he'll walk from out of this place. | |
| You'll see a quiet determination on his face. | |
| He'll toe no lines. suffer no fools. | |
| But he'll raise three cheers to the losing team | |
| From the other school. | |
| A little dedication. a little pair of daddy's shoes to fill. | |
| Compleat education. one day he'll be a man of principle. | |
| And the battle's on. and he'll play to win. | |
| Feel the blue blood rushing quick beneath his skin. | |
| And grim they stand. and hard they fall. | |
| Harder still, when their backs are up against the wall. | |
| Gonna get your attention. but he's carrying his cross | |
| To the other hill. | |
| With divine intervention, he can be a man of principle. | |
| In the evening light, with a fair-ground girl-- | |
| He stops himself as his head begins to whirl. | |
| And he walks her home. and there's a kiss goodbye. | |
| She feels a chill as she looks him in the eye. | |
| Well, there's a time and a place now | |
| And it's not tonight she'll bend his will. | |
| Slow realization--she's looking at a man of principle. | |
| Hung from the highest station by his old school tie-- | |
| Undressed to kill | |
| He could be a real sensation. but he's a man of principle |
| One day he' ll walk from out of this place. | |
| You' ll see a quiet determination on his face. | |
| He' ll toe no lines. suffer no fools. | |
| But he' ll raise three cheers to the losing team | |
| From the other school. | |
| A little dedication. a little pair of daddy' s shoes to fill. | |
| Compleat education. one day he' ll be a man of principle. | |
| And the battle' s on. and he' ll play to win. | |
| Feel the blue blood rushing quick beneath his skin. | |
| And grim they stand. and hard they fall. | |
| Harder still, when their backs are up against the wall. | |
| Gonna get your attention. but he' s carrying his cross | |
| To the other hill. | |
| With divine intervention, he can be a man of principle. | |
| In the evening light, with a fairground girl | |
| He stops himself as his head begins to whirl. | |
| And he walks her home. and there' s a kiss goodbye. | |
| She feels a chill as she looks him in the eye. | |
| Well, there' s a time and a place now | |
| And it' s not tonight she' ll bend his will. | |
| Slow realizationshe' s looking at a man of principle. | |
| Hung from the highest station by his old school tie | |
| Undressed to kill | |
| He could be a real sensation. but he' s a man of principle |
| One day he' ll walk from out of this place. | |
| You' ll see a quiet determination on his face. | |
| He' ll toe no lines. suffer no fools. | |
| But he' ll raise three cheers to the losing team | |
| From the other school. | |
| A little dedication. a little pair of daddy' s shoes to fill. | |
| Compleat education. one day he' ll be a man of principle. | |
| And the battle' s on. and he' ll play to win. | |
| Feel the blue blood rushing quick beneath his skin. | |
| And grim they stand. and hard they fall. | |
| Harder still, when their backs are up against the wall. | |
| Gonna get your attention. but he' s carrying his cross | |
| To the other hill. | |
| With divine intervention, he can be a man of principle. | |
| In the evening light, with a fairground girl | |
| He stops himself as his head begins to whirl. | |
| And he walks her home. and there' s a kiss goodbye. | |
| She feels a chill as she looks him in the eye. | |
| Well, there' s a time and a place now | |
| And it' s not tonight she' ll bend his will. | |
| Slow realizationshe' s looking at a man of principle. | |
| Hung from the highest station by his old school tie | |
| Undressed to kill | |
| He could be a real sensation. but he' s a man of principle |