| Jethro Tull – Mother Goose Lyrics | 15 years ago |
|
This song is about who we are behind the mask, and who can see through the mask. There's plenty of elephants and lions all over the place, if you go looking Doesn't matter what age the singer is, the schoolgirls can't tell he's just a mischievous schoolboy, and he's the one they're looking for and mourning. A gentle, wild soul, not unlike Long John Silver. The ultimate "straights" or squares, the working stiffs who run away from their families to play golf....they laugh at him...and he tells us that this type, the "suits," deserve the fist. And whilst they're working hard for their gold, the wild child is amongst them, prepared to take their booty, as they laugh at what a fool he is. He's really just a trouble maker inhabiting a world where even our effigies are playful spirited scarecrows stealing the hats off snowmen, who can't run after them. A jet-black mac is also a type of hat. If you think this is raving, then you're a bearded lady. The Yin and Yang turned against itself. Ian couldn't be more clear than This is also NOT a song performed by an intermediate or beginner. At least not well. Martin Barre saw to that. |
|
* This information can be up to 15 minutes delayed.