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For A Thousand Mothers

Released by Jethro Tull in 1969
From the Album: Stand Up |

This version of For A Thousand Mothers was released by Jethro Tull in 1969.

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Did you hear mother —
saying I’m wrong but I know I’m right.
Did you hear father?
Calling my name into the night.
Saying I’ll never be what I am now.
Telling me I’ll never find what I’ve already found.
It was they who were wrong,
and for them here’s a song.

Did you hear baby —
come back and tell you the things he’s seen.
Did it surprise you
to be picked up at eight in a limousine?
Doing the things he’s accustomed to do.
Which at one time it seemed like a dream
now it’s true.
And unknowing
you made it all happen this way.

Did you hear mother —
saying I’m wrong but I know I’m right.
Did you hear father?
Calling my name into the night.
Saying I’ll never be what I am now.
Telling me I’ll never find what I’ve already found.
It was they who were wrong
and for them here’s a song.


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Jethro Tull has released many songs over the years besides For A Thousand Mothers. Jethro Tull released songs from 1968 to 2003 spanning across albums like This Was, Stand Up, Benefit, Aqualung, Living In The Past, Thick As A Brick, A Passion Play, Warchild, Minstrel In The Gallery, Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die!, Songs From The Wood, Heavy Horses, Stormwatch, A, The Broadsword And The Beast, Under Wraps, Crest Of A Knave, Rock Island, Catfish Rising, Nightcap, Roots To Branches, J-Tull Dot Com, and The Jethro Tull Christmas Album. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Jethro Tull.

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