Jethro Tull - Ears Of Tin Lyrics
In the late hours of a sunset rendezvous ---Chill breeze against tide, that carries me from you.Got a job in a southern city --- got some lead-free in my tank.Now I must whisper goodbye --- Im bound for the mainland.Island in the city, cut by a cold sea.People moving on an ocean. groundswell of humanity.Now the sum breaks through rain as I climb glen shielOn the trail of those old cattlemen who drove their bargain south again.And in the eyes of those five sisters of kintailTheres a wink of seduction from the mainland.Island in the city. cut by a cold sea.People moving on an ocean. groundswell of humanity.Storm-lashed on the high-rise --- their words are spray to the wind.Blown like silent laughter. falling on ears of tin.Take my heart and take my brawn.Take by stealth or take by storm ---Set my brain to cruise.I can see the glow of the suburb lights.Im fresh from the out-world ---Singing the mainland blues.There was a girl where I came from.Seems a long time, long time gone by.Wears the west wind in her hair.She calls from the hill --- yeah, she callsIn my mainland blues.Theres a coast road that winds to heavens doorWhere a fat ferry floats on muted diesel roar.And theres a light on the hillside --- and theres a flame in herEyes, but how cold the lights burn on the mainland.Island in the city. cut by a cold sea.People moving on an ocean. groundswell of humanity.Storm-lashed on the high-rise --- their words are spray to the wind.Blown like silent laughter. falling on ears of tinIn my mainland blues.
