Jethro Tull – Wond'ring Aloud lyrics

Wond'ring Again

There's the stillness of death on a deathly unliving sea
And the motor car magical world long since ceased to be
When the Eve-bitten apple returned to destroy the tree
Incestuous ancestry's charabanc ride
Spawning new millions throws the world on its side
Supporting their far-flung illusion, the national curse
And those with no sandwiches please get off the bus

The excrement bubbles, the century's slime decays
And the brainwashing government lackeys would have us say
"It's under control and we'll soon be on our way
To a grand year for babies and quiz panel games
Of the hot hungry millions you'll be sure to remain."
The natural resources are dwindling and no one grows old
And those with no homes to go to please dig yourself holes

We wandered through quiet lands, felt the first breath of snow
Searched for the last pigeon, slate grey I've been told
Stumbled on a daffodil which she crushed in the rush
Heard it sigh and left it to die
At once felt remorse and were touched by the loss of our own
Held its poor broken head in her hands, dropped soft tears in the snow
And it's only the taking that makes you what you are

Wond'ring aloud - will a son one day be born
To share in our infancy, in the child's path we've worn
In the aging seclusion of this earth
That our birth did surprise
We'll open his eyes