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Astronomy

This version of Astronomy was released by Jethro Tull in 1984.

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The middle lane has trapped my car
in red-light claustrophobia.
I slip the shackles, cut the rope —
stand naked with a telescope
as the cat walks alone
under a big sky.
Against the dark so thin and white —
gonna be a big sky night.

Miss Galileo, come with me
and view the new Astronomy.
Black hole dressing on salad plate —
quasar at the kissing gate.
Now the cat, he walks alone
under a big sky.
Umbrella dome pin-pricked in lights —
gonna be a big sky night.

My spectacles, my white lab coat —
my coffee, thermos and my notes.
I pat my pockets. I got the keys
to the secrets of the observatory.
And closing the door,
I feel a new dawn
as the darker slides align —
you to yours and me to mine.

And now you stand, assisting me —
I can touch what I can see, see, see.
I look in wonder, I feel no shame —
see the consequences of the game.
Expand the universe.
Head for the Big Bang.
Reach for my switch and shout —
gonna turn the big sky out.

There’s got to be astronomy.
Astronomy.

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Jethro Tull has released many songs over the years besides Astronomy. 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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