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One Brown Mouse - Lyrics by Jethro Tull


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Smile your little smile --- take some tea with me awhile.

Brush away that black cloud from your shoulder.

Twitch your whiskers. Feel that you're really real.

Another tea-time --- another day older.


Puff warm breath on your tiny hands.

You wish you were a man
who every day can turn another page.

Behind your glass you sit and look
at my ever-open book ---

One brown mouse sitting in a cage.


Do you wonder if I really care for you ---

Am I just the company you keep ---

Which one of us exercises on the old treadmill ---

Who hides his head, pretending to sleep?


Smile your little smile --- take some tea with me awhile.

And every day we'll turn another page.

Behind our glass we'll sit and look
at our ever-open book ---

One brown mouse sitting in a cage.

Book: Reflection on the Important Things