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Artist: Jethro Tull
Canonical path: /jethro-tull/requiem
Related lyric paths: 6
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Requiem
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Requiem
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Well I saw a bird today - flying from a bush and the wind blew it away
And the black-eyed mother Sun scorched the butterfly at play - velvet
Veined I saw it burn
With a wintry storm-blown sigh, a silver cloud blew right on by
And, taking in the morning, I sang - O Requiem
Well, my lady told me: Stay
I looked aside and walked away along the Strand
But I didn't say a word, as the train time-table blurred close behind the
Taxi stand
Saw her face in the tear-drop black cab window
Fading in the traffic; watched her go
And taking in the morning, heard myself singing - O Requiem
Here I go again
It's the same old story
Well, I saw a bird today - I looked aside and walked away along the Strand
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Jethro Tull performs "Requiem", and this lyric page sits inside the Jethro Tull catalog on LyroVerse.
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