Jethro Tull – Life Is A Long Song

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When you're falling awake
And you take stock of the new day
And you hear your voice croak
As you choke on what you need to say,

Well, don't you fret, don't you fear,
I will give you good cheer.
Life's a long song,
Life's a long song,

Life's a long song.
If you wait then your plate I will fill.
As the verses unfold and your soul
Suffers the long day

And the twelve o'clock gloom
Spins the room, you struggle on your way,
Well, don't you sigh, don't you cry,
Lick the dust from your eye.

We'll meet in the sweet light of dawn.
As the Baker Street train spills your pain
All over your new dress
And the symphony sounds underground

Puts you under duress,
Well, don't you squeal as the heel
Grinds you under the wheels.
Life's a long song,

Life's a long song,
Life's a long song,
But the tune ends too soon for us all

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Track duration: 03:18

"Life Is a Long Song" as written by Ian Anderson

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    General Comment:Ian Anderson played this on his new orchestral dvd. Just before he played this he dedicated it to all the people who didn't make it (The John Bonham's, the Keith Moon's, the Jimi's). It was a great tribute to all those legends who's tunes ended too soon.
    Flag Tmo2199on January 12, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:the immediately previous comment should be deleted since the initial posters have the song described perfectly.
    Flag orphan_yachtson September 29, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:the immediately previous comment should be deleted since the initial posters have the song described perfectly.
    Flag orphan_yachtson September 29, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:what a bittersweet song. The narrator is giving advise to someone -reassumig them that life is good (I will give you good cheer) and compares life to a long song. However, the last two verses decay into suffering/gloam and grinding you under the wheel; and the final line then tells us that our deaths will come sooner than we want or choose.
    Flag offhandon June 25, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:You guys have ruined Jethro Tull for me.
    Flag Slovakon May 18, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:I just climaxed
    Flag Prog_Rockeron January 11, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:Duh, everyone knew that toolmusik. Why do you think no one has posted under this song? Can you say Self-Explanatory? The question on my mind is whether the corn was steamed and butted first before the main character slid it into his unholiest of holes. Whether or not it was yellow corn, or indian? And of the all the questions, i want to know....is....did he use the patent cactus condom...
    Flag Prog_Rockeron January 11, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:This song is a step by step description of a corn cob enema.
    Flag toolmusikon January 09, 2005   Link

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