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Astronomy - Lyrics by Jethro Tull


Lyrics
The middle lane has trapped my car
in red-light claustrophobia.
I slip the shackles, cut the rope ---
stand naked with a telescope
as the cat walks alone
under a big sky.

Against the dark so thin and white ---
gonna be a big sky night.


Miss Galileo, come with me
and view the new Astronomy.

Black hole dressing on salad plate ---
quasar at the kissing gate.

Now the cat, he walks alone
under a big sky.

Umbrella dome pin-pricked in lights ---
gonna be a big sky night.


My spectacles, my white lab coat ---
my coffee, thermos and my notes.
I pat my pockets. I got the keys
to the secrets of the observatory.

And closing the door,
I feel a new dawn
as the darker slides align ---
you to yours and me to mine.


And now you stand, assisting me ---
I can touch what I can see, see, see.
I look in wonder, I feel no shame ---
see the consequences of the game.

Expand the universe.

Head for the Big Bang.

Reach for my switch and shout ---
gonna turn the big sky out.


There's got to be astronomy.

Astronomy.

Book: Shattered Sighs