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CD 2 - Thick As A Brick
Jethro Tull
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I really don't mind if you sit this one out
My words better whisper, your deafness ain't a shout
I may make you feel, but I can't make you think
Your sperm's in the gutter, your love's in the sink
So you rhyme yourselves over the be-ee-ee-ee-eals
And you make all your animal de-ee-ee-ee-eals
And your wise men don't know how it fee-ee-ee-ee-els
To be thick as a brick
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And the sandcastle virtues are all swept away
In the tidal destruction, the moral malay
The elastic retreat rings the close of play
As the last wave uncovers the newfangled way
But your new shoes are worn at the hee-ee-ee-ee-eels
And your suntan has run a lee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-eel
And your wise men don't know how it fee-ee-ee-ee-els
To be thick as a brick
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And the love that I feel is so far away
I've a bad dream that I just can't pay
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And you shake your head and say it's a shame
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See, a parasite is born and we pronounce him fit to fight
There are blackheads on his shoulder and he pees himself in the night
We'll make a man of him, put him to the trades
Teach him to play Monopoly and how to sing in the rain
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The poet and the painter casting shadows on the water
As the sun lays on the infantry returning from the sea
The doer and the thinker, no allowance for the other
As the failing light illuminates the mercenary's creed
The home fire burning, the kettle almost boiling
But the master of the house is far away
The horses stamping, their warm breath clouding
In the sharp and frosty morning of the day
And the poet lifts his pen while the soldier sheets his sword
And the youngest of the family is moving with authority
They're building castles by the sea, in desert or in the wood
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I've come down from the upper class
And met your rotten ways
My father was a man of power
Whom everyone elevates
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So, come on, all you criminals
I've got to put you straight
Just like I did with my old man
Twenty years too late
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So, you ride yourselves over the fields
And you make all your animal deals
And you wise men don't know how it feels
To be thick as a...
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Thank you!
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