Thick As A Brick (Part 1) (1997 Digital Remaster)

Song Thick As A Brick (Part 1) (1997 Digital Remaster)
Artist Jethro Tull
Album Thick As A Brick

Lyrics

[00:10.14] Really don't mind if you sit this one out.
[00:16.97] My words but a whisper your deafness a SHOUT.
[00:24.37] I may make you feel but I can't make you think.
[00:31.78] Your sperm's in the gutter your love's in the sink.
[00:39.14] So you ride yourselves over the fields and
[00:43.57] you make all your animal deals and
[00:48.05] your wise men don't know how it feels to be thick as a brick.
[01:05.49] And the sand-castle virtues are all swept away
[01:12.81] in the tidal destruction the moral melee.
[01:20.43] The elastic retreat rings the close of play
[01:27.89] as the last wave uncovers the newfangled way.
[01:35.35] But your new shoes are worn at the heels
[01:39.72] and your suntan does rapidly peel
[01:44.04] and your wise men don't know how it feels
[01:51.54] to be thick as a brick.
[02:02.45] And the love that I feel is so far away:
[02:11.09] I'm a bad dream that I just had today
[02:20.18] and you shake your head and say it's a shame.
[02:32.90] Spin me back down the years and the days of my youth.
[02:41.57] Draw the lace and black curtains and shut out the whole truth.
[02:49.63] Spin me down the long ages: let them sing the song.
[03:09.56] See there! A son is born and we pronounce him fit to fight.
[03:16.40] There are black-heads on his shoulders, and he pees himself in the night.
[03:25.48] We'll make a man of him, put him to trade
[03:31.47] teach him to play Monopoly and how to sing in the rain.
[06:10.05] The Poet and the Painter casting shadows on the water
[06:15.25] as the sun plays on the infantry returning from the sea.
[06:21.25] The do-er and the thinker: no allowance for the other
[06:26.58] as the failing light illuminates the mercenary's creed.
[06:32.36] The home fire burning: the kettle almost boiling
[06:37.87] but the master of the house is far away.
[06:43.64] The horses stamping, their warm breath clouding
[06:49.07] in the sharp and frosty morning of the day.
[06:54.65] And the poet lifts his pen while the soldier sheaths his sword.
[07:01.38] And the youngest of the family is moving with authority.
[07:09.92] Building castles by the sea, he dares the tardy tide to wash them all aside.
[09:22.11] The cattle quietly grazing at the grass down by the river
[09:27.52] where the swelling mountain water moves onward to the sea:
[09:33.40] the builder of the castles renews the age-old purpose
[09:38.99] and contemplates the milking girl whose offer is his need.
[09:44.58] The young men of the household have all gone into service
[09:50.00] and are not to be expected for a year.
[09:55.64] The innocent young master - thoughts moving ever faster -
[10:01.10] has formed the plan to change the man he seems.
[10:06.55] And the poet sheaths his pen while the soldier lifts his sword.
[10:13.59] And the oldest of the family is moving with authority.
[10:18.82] Coming from across the sea, he challenges the son who puts him to the run.
[11:22.06] What do you do when the old man's gone - do you want to be him?
[11:29.97] And your real self sings the song. Do you want to free him?
[11:38.88] No one to help you get up steam
[11:46.57] and the whirlpool turns you `way off-beam.
[13:17.79] I've come down from the upper class to mend your rotten ways.
[13:24.72] My father was a man-of-power whom everyone obeyed.
[13:46.21] So come on all you criminals! I've got to put you straight
[13:53.29] just like I did with my old man twenty years too late.
[15:27.47] Your bread and water's going cold.
[15:30.73] Your hair is too short and neat.
[15:34.62] I'll judge you all and make damn sure that no-one judges me.
[16:36.56] You curl your toes in fun as you smile at everyone,
[16:40.00] you meet the stares, you're unaware that your doings aren't done.
[16:43.90] And you laugh most ruthlessly as you tell us what not to be.
[16:48.35] But how are we supposed to see where we should run?
[17:42.05] I see you shuffle in the courtroom with
[17:44.83] your rings upon your fingers
[17:47.31] and your downy little sidies
[17:49.29] and your silver-buckle shoes.
[17:55.73] Playing at the hard case,
[17:58.15] you follow the example of the comic-paper idol
[18:03.27] who lets you bend the rules.
[18:40.07] Come on ye childhood heroes!
[18:42.45] Won't you rise up from the pages of your comic-books
[18:46.40] your super crooks
[18:47.96] and show us all the way.
[18:52.88] Well! Make your will and testament.
[18:55.36] Won't you? Join your local government.
[18:58.15] We'll have Superman for president
[19:00.67] let Robin save the day.
[19:06.44] You put your bet on number one and it comes up every time.
[19:11.46] The other kids have all backed down and they put you first in line.
[19:16.74] And so you finally ask yourself just how big you are
[19:21.65] and take your place in a wiser world of bigger motor cars.
[19:27.00] And you wonder who to call on.
[20:00.23] So! Where the hell was Biggles when you needed him last Saturday?
[20:05.39] And where were all the sportsmen who always pulled you though?
[20:12.83] They're all resting down in Cornwall
[20:15.66] writing up their memoirs for a paper-back edition
[20:20.66] of the Boy Scout Manual.