when i was younger (note i said younger, meaning very young) my sister turned me on to jethro tull's "songs of the woods" i liked it, it was different. and to this day, i still like this album.

after that other than Aqualung and Locomotive I never heard much more from him. Honestly, up until the early 90's maybe i never paid much attention to lyrics, it was the music that always swayed me and i never gave any deeper thought to the words themselves...but the other night someone pointed out to me the opening lyrics to Aqualung.




the two takes on this are...one, he's a pedophile or two, it's how society looks negatively at the homeless.

regardless of the artist's intent, lyrics are always subjective...what's your take on the song?

Sitting on a park bench --
Eyeing little girls with bad intent.
Snot running down his nose --
Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes.
Drying in the cold sun --
Watching as the frilly panties run.
Feeling like a dead duck --
Spitting out pieces of his broken luck.
Sun streaking cold --
An old man wandering lonely.
Taking time
The only way he knows.
Leg hurting bad,
As he bends to pick a dog-end --
He goes down to the bog
And warms his feet.

Feeling alone --
The armys up the rode
Salvation la mode and
A cup of tea.
Aqualung my friend --
Dont start away uneasy
You poor old sod, you see, its only me.
Do you still remember
Decembers foggy freeze --
When the ice that
Clings on to your beard is
Screaming agony.
And you snatch your rattling last breaths
With deep-sea-diver sounds,
And the flowers bloom like
Madness in the spring.

i'll give my take on this song after you give yours.

;-)