Testo Thick as a Brick - Martin Barre
Testo della canzone Thick as a Brick (Martin Barre), tratta dall'album Live in NY
The poet and the painter
Casting shadows on the water
As the sun plays on the infantry
Returning from the sea
The doer and the thinker
No allowance for the other
As the fading light illuminates
The mercenary's creed
The home fire burning
The kettle almost boiling
But the master of the house is far away
The horses stamping
Their warm breath clouding
In the sharp and frosty morning of the day
And the poet lifts his pen
While the soldier sheathes his sword
And the youngest of the family
Is moving with authority
Building castles by the sea
He dares the tardy tide
To wash them all ashore
I see you shuffle in the courtroom
With your rings upon your fingers
And your darling little sardines
And your silver buckled shoes
Laying out the hard case
You follow the example
Of your comic paper idol
Who lets you bend the rules
So come on your childhood heroes
Won't you rise up from the pages
Of your comic books, your Super-Cracks
And show us all the way
Come make your will and testament
Won't you join your local government
We'll have Superman the president
Let Robin save the day
You put your bets on number one
And it comes up every time
The other kids have all racked up
And they're put through first in line
So you finally ask yourself
Just how often do they winAnd you wonder who to call on
And where the hell was Mingles
When you needed him a Saturday?
And where are all the sportsmen
Who always pull you through?
They're all resting down in Cornwall
Writing up their memoirs
For a bit more back edition
Of the postcard manual
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Writer(s): Ian Anderson
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