Jethro Tull- Journeyman

Spine-tingling railway sleepers ---
Sleepy houses lying four-square and firm
Orange beams divide the darkness
Rumbling fit to turn the waking worm.
Sliding through Victorian tunnels
where green moss oozes from the pores.
Dull echoes from the wet embankments
Battlefield allotments. Fresh open sores.

In late night commuter madness
Double-locked black briefcase on the floor
like a faithful dog with master
sleeping in the draught beside the carriage door.
To each Journeyman his own home-coming
Cold supper nearing with each station stop
Frosty flakes on empty platforms
Fireside slippers waiting. Flip. Flop.

Journeyman night-tripping on the late fantasic
Too late to stop for tea at Gerard's Cross
and hear the soft shoes on the footbridge shuffle
as the wheels turn biting on the midnight frost.
On the late commuter special
Carriage lights that flicker, fade and die
Howling into hollow blackness
Dusky diesel shudders in full cry.
Down redundant morning papers
Abandon crosswords with a cough
Stationmaster in his wisdom
told the guard to turn the heating off.



Jethro Tull- Journeyman, from the album Heavy Horses

Category:

Music

Tags:

• jethro
• tull
• journeyman
• heavy
• horses
• ian
• anderson

[tttaboo]

could you pls include the lyrics...ian anderson is just poetic.

[Aqualung1989]

done! and I agree, he's really poetic

[zxcvbnm6012]

Listen to this while taking a walk and zone in on Glascock's bassline.

[KGisDaMAn5]

incredible tune jethro tull is an amazingly talented band other bands should take notes and study up

[Siipilintu]

Dat bass! xE

[siggisongs1]

So many different things you can listen too . . . !

[willicat441]

@swamirob

Best advice on Utube

[jublaim]

I've always loved this song, fabulous bass line! Love!

Mats

[ejshepp1]

fantastic lyrics to this wonderful song! thanks for uploading

[meowandmeow]

Oh my god, I've loved tull for years but i keep coming across stuff i've never heard before and that is awesome!

[yaminovitchable]

Spine tingling music indeed!

[dorafily]

I eat babies!

[stellapuss1]

thanks again!! u no this is out of print?