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Songs From The Wood Lyrics
Let me bring you songs from the wood:
to make you feel much better than you could know.
Dust you down from tip to toe.
Show you how the garden grows.
Hold you steady as you go.
Join the chorus if you can:
it'll make of you an honest man.
Let me bring you love from the field:
poppies red and roses filled with summer rain.
To heal the wound and still the pain
that threatens again and again
as you drag down every lover's lane.
Life's long celebration's here.
I'll toast you all in penny cheer.
Let me bring you all things refined:
galliards and lute songs served in chilling ale.
Greetings well met fellow, hail!
I am the wind to fill your sail.
I am the cross to take your nail:
A singer of these ageless times.
With kitchen prose and gutter rhymes.
Songs from the wood make you feel much better.
to make you feel much better than you could know.
Dust you down from tip to toe.
Show you how the garden grows.
Hold you steady as you go.
Join the chorus if you can:
it'll make of you an honest man.
Let me bring you love from the field:
poppies red and roses filled with summer rain.
To heal the wound and still the pain
that threatens again and again
as you drag down every lover's lane.
Life's long celebration's here.
I'll toast you all in penny cheer.
Let me bring you all things refined:
galliards and lute songs served in chilling ale.
Greetings well met fellow, hail!
I am the wind to fill your sail.
I am the cross to take your nail:
A singer of these ageless times.
With kitchen prose and gutter rhymes.
Songs from the wood make you feel much better.
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its a good song :)
"I am the wind to fill your sail. I am the cross to take your nail: A singer of these ageless times. With kitchen prose and gutter rhymes. Songs from the wood make you feel much better." The song's a social satire on a public view of artists and songwriters. Of course it's mainly just a nice intro thingo, but yeah, 'I am the cross to take your nail' might even be seen as a comment to groups like songmeanings.net (yeah i know the internet was not around back then) that strikes me as an observation of how music is generally just a board on which to post your own interpretations, the fact that he alludes to religion is probably because he doesn't like dogma and is voicing a distaste for the way people use music to get their points across (in an extreme way Charles Manson comes to mind) 'Songs from the wood' is his name for stock music which people throw ideas at, and 'make you feel much better' can be taken at face value: unloading hangups and voicing opinions through criticism makes you feel Much better.
Songs from the Wood is probably a reference to 'beer from the wood', i.e. the real thing (See CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, who saved decent beer in Britain from tatseless too-cold fizz)
Songs from the Wood is probably a reference to 'beer from the wood', i.e. the real thing (See CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, who saved decent beer in Britain from tatseless too-cold fizz)
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I'm not sure Ian would disapprove of using music to make a point, he did that quite a lot. On the Aqualung record, on "Queen and Country" and "Back Door Angels" from War Child, Thick As A Brick and A Passion Play, and "Farm on the Freeway" from Crest of a Knave are examples.
I'm not sure Ian would disapprove of using music to make a point, he did that quite a lot. On the Aqualung record, on "Queen and Country" and "Back Door Angels" from War Child, Thick As A Brick and A Passion Play, and "Farm on the Freeway" from Crest of a Knave are examples.
This is a great Tull song. Complex, melodic, dynamic. I have no idea what it means, except that he is a minstrel here to entertain.
joining the columbia record club 30 years ago
*Note: The previoius comment was not made by me. It was made by my dad, who says he got this song after joining the columbia record club 30 years ago. He said this song was terrible. I have not heard it myself. I hope I have cleared this up.
doesnt the lyric go "a singer oft in these ageless times" not "a singer of these ageless times"?
Nope, 'of these ageless times' is correct.
Nope, 'of these ageless times' is correct.
Just a good old, innocent, feel-good introduction to one of the best albums ever.
Unfortunately, the best thing about this whole album is the picture of a tree stump with a record needle on it.
Songs From The Wood and Stand Up are two of the best albums ever recorded. They are Brilliant! These albums are so far out of the realm of pop music that their beauty is completely missed by the masses.
Songs From The Wood and Stand Up are two of the best albums ever recorded. They are Brilliant! These albums are so far out of the realm of pop music that their beauty is completely missed by the masses.
Well, Hunting Girl is pretty good too.
ps. spacepirate: "If the lyrics for Songs From The Wood, by Jethro Tull, are incorrect, please use the Report Thread in the forums so that our team of moderators can make the needed changes. Please do not post the corrections within the comments. " -Songmeanings.net