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For A Thousand Mothers - Lyrics by Jethro Tull


Lyrics
Did you hear mother --
saying I'm wrong but I know I'm right.

Did you hear father?

Calling my name into the night.

Saying I'll never be what I am now.

Telling me I'll never find what I've already found.

It was they who were wrong,
and for them here's a song.


Did you hear baby --
come back and tell you the things he's seen.

Did it surprise you
to be picked up at eight in a limousine?

Doing the things he's accustomed to do.

Which at one time it seemed like a dream
now it's true.

And unknowing
you made it all happen this way.


Did you hear mother --
saying I'm wrong but I know I'm right.

Did you hear father?

Calling my name into the night.

Saying I'll never be what I am now.

Telling me I'll never find what I've already found.

It was they who were wrong
and for them here's a song.

Book: Reflection on the Important Things