Lyrics to
Acres Wild

This version of Acres Wild was released by Jethro Tull in 1978.

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I’ll make love to you
in all good places
under black mountains
in open spaces.
By deep brown rivers
that slither darkly
through far marches
where the blue hare races.

Come with me to the Winged Isle —
northern father’s western child.
Where the dance of ages is playing still
through far marches of acres wild.

I’ll make love to you
in narrow side streets
with shuttered windows,
crumbling chimneys.

Come with me to the weary town —
discos silent under tiles
that slide from roof-tops, scatter softly
on concrete marches of acres wild.

By red bricks pointed
with cement fingers
Flaking damply from sagging shoulders.

Come with me to the Winged Isle —
northern father’s western child.
Where the dance of ages is playing still
through far marches of acres wild.

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Jethro Tull has released many songs over the years besides Acres Wild. 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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About Lyrics and Acres Wild by Jethro Tull

The lyrics to Acres Wild are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Jethro Tull in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to Acres Wild are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Jethro Tull and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Acres Wild back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Acres Wild by Jethro Tull in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Acres Wild" means the words set to the music of Acres Wild, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Jethro Tull. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Acres Wild and the lyrics to Acres Wild are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Jethro Tull who came here looking just for the lyrics to Acres Wild, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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