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Beastie (2nd master, Dec ’81 sessions)
Jethro Tull
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From early days of infancy
Through trembling years of youth
Long murky middle age
And final hours long in the tooth
He is a hundred names of terror
Creature you love the least
Picture his face before you
And exorcise the beast
He roved up and down through history
Spectre with tales to tell
In the darkness when the campfire's dead
To each his private hell
If you look behind your shoulder
As your feel his eyes to feast
You can witness now
The ever-changing nature of the beast
Beastie
Beastie
Beastie
Beastie
If you wear a warm Asporin
You can keep the foe at bay
You can pop those pills
And visit some psychiatrist who'll say
"There is nothing I can do for you
Everywhere's a danger zone
I'd love to help get rid of it
But I've got one of my own"
Beastie
There's a beast upon my shoulder
Beastie
And a fiend upon my back
Beastie
Feel his burning breath a-heaving
Beastie
Smoke oozing from his stack
And he moves beneath the covers
Beastie
Or he lies below the bed
Beastie
He's a beast upon your shoulder
Beastie
But he can live inside your head
He's the lonely fear of dying
And for some of living too
He's your private nightmare pricking
He'd just love to turn the screw
So stand as one defiant
Yes, and let your voices swell
Stare that beast in the face
And really give him hell
Beastie
There's a beast upon my shoulder
Beastie
And a fiend upon my back
Beastie
Feel his burning breath a-heaving
Beastie
Smoke oozing from his stack
Beastie
And he moves beneath the covers
Beastie
Or he lies below the bed
Beastie
He's a beast upon your shoulder
Beastie
But he can live inside your head