"Love Story"
music and lyrics by Ian Anderson
Living In The Past (1972); 20 Years of Jethro Tull: Radio Archives and Rare Tracks (1988); This Was Remastered (2001); Living In The Past Remastered (2001);
This Was: 40th Anniversary Edition (2008); This Was: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (2018); 50 For 50 (2018); 50th Anniversary Collection (2018)
Bootlegs: FM Broadcast London 1968 (2020); BBC Top Gear '68-'69 (2022)
Going back in the morning time to see if my love has changed her mind, yeah
I know what I will find that she is wasting time, she could be picking roses
Going back in the morning time to see if my love has seen the light, yeah
Oh, I told her last night, she should improve her sight, she could be painting the roof
Going back in the morning time to see if my love has come around, yeah
She offered me no sound, her head is in the ground, she could be calling for winter
"Christmas Song"
music and lyrics by Ian Anderson
Living In The Past (1972); A Little Light Music(1992); The Best of Jethro Tull: The Anniversary Collection (1993); This Was Remastered (2001); Living In The Past Remastered (2001);
Living With The Past (2002); The Jethro Tull Christmas Album (2003); Rock Island Remastered (2006); The Best of Acoustic Jethro Tull (2007);
This Was: 40th Anniversary Edition (2008); Live Christmas At St. Bride's 2008 (2009); The String Quartets (2017); This Was: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (2018)
Once in Royal David's City stood a lonely cattle shed
Where a mother held her baby, you'd do well to remember the things He later said
When you're stuffing yourselves, at the Christmas parties
You'll just laugh when I tell you to take a running jump
You're missing the point I'm sure does not need making
That Christmas spirit is not what you drink
So how can you laugh when your own mother's hungry
And how can you smile when the reasons for smiling are wrong?
And if I just messed up your thoughtless pleasures
Remember, if you wish, this is just a Christmas song
(Hey! Santa! Pass us that bottle, will you?)
"Living In The Past"
music and lyrics by Ian Anderson
Living In The Past (1972); 'M.U.': The Best of Jethro Tull (1975); Original Masters (1985); 20 Years of Jethro Tull: The Essential Tull (1988); Live At Hammersmith '84 (1990);
A Little Light Music (1992); The Best of Jethro Tull: The Anniversary Collection (1993); 25 Years of Jethro Tull: Beacons Bottom Tapes (1993);
25 Years of Jethro Tull: Live Across The World and Through The Years (1993); 25 Years of Jethro Tull: Remixed Classic Songs (1993); Through The Years (1997);
36 Greatest Hits (1998); Stand Up Remastered (2001); Living In The Past Remastered (2001); The Very Best of Jethro Tull (2001); Living With The Past (2002);
The Essential Jethro Tull (2003); Ian Anderson Plays The Orchestral Jethro Tull (2005); Live At Montreux 2003 (2007); Stand Up: The Collector's Edition (2010); All The Best (2012);
Minstrel In The Gallery: 40th Anniversary La Grande Edition (2015); Stand Up: The Elevated Edition (2016); The String Quartets (2017);
Songs From The Wood: The 40th Anniversary Country Set Edition (2017); Heavy Horses: 40th Anniversary New Shoes Edition (2018); 50 For 50 (2018);
50th Anniversary Collection (2018); Live: Bursting Out: The Inflated Edition (2024); Live In Berlin 1985 (2025)
Bootlegs: Rainbow Theatre London 8 May 1978 (1978); Capitol Theatre 10/28/84 (1984); One Flute Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1990);
National Concert Hall Dublin (2011); Living In The Past (45 EP) (2013); FM Broadcast London 1968 (2020); BBC Top Gear '68-'69 (2022);
Songs From The Tower (2023); London Fields (2023); Live In Berlin 1985 (2023);
Live From Baloise Session Basel 11-15-2008 (2025)
Tributes: A Classic Case (1985); To Cry You A Song: A Collection of Tull Tales (1996)
Happy and I'm smiling, walk a mile to drink your water
You know I'd love to love you and above you there's no other
We'll go walking out while others shout of war's disaster
Oh, we won't give in, let's go living in the past
Once I used to join in, every boy and girl was my friend
Now there's revolution, but they don't know what they're fighting
Let us close out eyes, outside their lives go on much faster
Oh, we won't give in, we'll keep living in the past
"Driving Song"
music and lyrics by Ian Anderson
Living In The Past (1972); Stand Up Remastered (2001); Living In The Past Remastered (2001); Stand Up: The Collector's Edition (2010); Stand Up: The Elevated Edition (2016)
Will they ever stop drivin' me? Have they ever taken time to see
That I need some rest if I'm to do my best?
Can I please stop workin' so hard? They just tell me gotta close it hard
Got to think of my health, can I be by myself?
Oh, they tell me I'll be home someday, well I doubt it if I continue this way
'Cause this hard life I've led is makin' me dead
"Sweet Dream"
music and lyrics by Ian Anderson
Living In The Past (1972); Live: Bursting Out (1978); Original Masters (1985); 20 Years of Jethro Tull: The Essential Tull (1988);
The Best of Jethro Tull: The Anniversary Collection (1993); 25 Years of Jethro Tull: Remixed Classic Songs (1993); The Very Best of Jethro Tull (2001); Stand Up Remastered (2001);
Living In The Past Remastered (2001); Living With The Past (2002); Live: Bursting Out Remastered (2004); 'A' Remastered (2004); Stand Up: The Collector's Edition (2010);
All The Best (2012); Benefit: A Collector's Edition (2013); Heavy Horses: 40th Anniversary New Shoes Edition (2018); 50 For 50 (2018); 50th Anniversary Collection (2018);
Stormwatch: 40th Anniversary Force 10 Edition (2019); Benefit: The 50th Anniversary Enhanced Edition (2021); The Broadsword and The Beast: The 40th Anniversary Monster Edition (2023);
Live: Bursting Out: The Inflated Edition (2024)
Bootlegs: Rainbow Theatre London 8 May 1978 (1978); Nostell Priory UK 08-24-1982 (1982); Jack In The Green: Live In Germany 1970-1993 (1993);
Hard Times of Old England (2021); Live In Freiburg 1982 (2022)
You'll hear me calling in your sweet dream, can't hear your daddy's warning cry
You're going back to be all the things you want to be, while in sweet dreams you softly sigh
You hear my voice is calling to be mine again, live the rest of your life in a day
Get out and get what you can while your mummy's at home a-sleeping
No time to understand, 'cause they lost what they thought they were keeping
No one can see us in your sweet dream, don't hear you leave to start the car
All wrapped up tightly in the coat you borrowed from me, your place of resting is not far
You hear my voice is calling to be mine again, live the rest of your life in a day
Get out and get what you can, while your mummy's at home a-sleeping
No time to understand, 'cause they lost what they thought they were keeping
"Singing All Day"
music and lyrics by Ian Anderson
Living In The Past (1972); Benefit Remastered (2001); Living In The Past Remastered (2001); Benefit: A Collector's Edition (2013); Benefit: The 50th Anniversary Enhanced Edition (2021)
Singing all day, singing 'bout nothing, singing all day, singing 'bout nothing
Singing all day, singing 'bout nothing, oo, my, my, my, oo, my, my, my
Went down to the station to look for her there
Looked through the crowds for a glimpse of her hair
Nothing to see but the crowds keep a-staring at me, my, my, oo, my, my, my
Down in the street, try'n' to remember, shuffling my feet outside a menswear
Is that her in the fur coat? No it's not December yet, my, my, my, oo, my, my, my
Singing all day, singing 'bout nothing, singing all day, singing 'bout nothing
Back to the house, maybe she'll phone me, singing my song, feeling so lonely
I'll sing very softly, so if the phone rings I can hear it, I can hear it
Singing all day, singing 'bout nothing, singing all day, singing 'bout nothing
Singing all day, singing 'bout nothing, oo, my, my, my, oo, my, my, my
"Witch's Promise"
music and lyrics by Ian Anderson
Living In The Past (1972); Original Masters (1985); 20 Years of Jethro Tull: The Essential Tull (1988); 25 Years of Jethro Tull: Remixed Classic Songs (1993);
The Very Best of Jethro Tull (2001); Benefit Remastered (2001); Living In The Past Remastered (2001); All The Best (2012); 50 For 50 (2018); 50th Anniversary Collection (2018);
Benefit: A Collector's Edition (2013); Benefit: The 50th Anniversary Enhanced Edition (2021)
Bootlegs: Living In The Past (45 EP) (2013)
Lend me your ear while I call you a fool, you were kissed by a witch one night in the wood
And later insisted your feelings were true, the witch's promise was coming, believing he listened while laughing you flew
Leaves falling red, yellow, brown, all are the same, and the love you have found lay outside in the rain
Washed clean by the water but nursing its pain, the witch's promise was coming, and you're looking elsewhere for your own selfish gain
Keep looking, keep looking, for somewhere to be, well, you're wasting your time, they're not stupid like he is
Meanwhile leaves are still falling, you're too blind to see
You won't find it easy now, it's only fair, he was willing to give to you, you didn't care
You're waiting for more, but you've already had your share
The witch's promise is turning, so don't you wait up for him, he's going to be late
"Just Trying To Be"
music and lyrics by Ian Anderson
Living In The Past (1972); Benefit Remastered (2001); Living In The Past Remastered (2001);
Aqualung: 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition (2011); Aqualung: 45th Anniversary Adapted Edition (2016); Benefit: The 50th Anniversary Enhanced Edition (2021)
There was a time when you were so young and walked in their way
They made you feel they loved you, all-seeing they say
You're going wrong if their game you don't play
And that the song I sing will leave you astray
Unfeeling, feel lonely rejection, unknowing, know you're going wrong
And they can't see that we're just trying to be and not what we seem
And even now believe that it's not real and only a dream
"By Kind Permission of" (Instrumental)
music by John Evan
Living In The Past (1972); 25 Years of Jethro Tull: Carnegie Hall 1970 (1993); Living In The Past Remastered (2001); Nothing Is Easy: Live At The Isle of Wight 1970 (2004);
Benefit: The 50th Anniversary Enhanced Edition (2021)
Bootlegs: Anaheim 10/19/1970/"Flute Cake" (1970); Jack In The Green: Live In Germany 1970-1993 (1993); At The Turn of A Page (2023); Boston Tea Party (2024)
Introduction: "Please, let's give a big welcome for Jethro Tull. Whoop! Hello, hang on, press on, be back with you in a minute.
I better not open this now because it might contain contraband. We'll give it to John, supplement his camels, all right.
He dropped on his head when he was really small. We occasionally cut his fingernails off and smoke them.
This is a song about, about everything. John Evans piano..."
Exit: "Thank you, John Evans Piano, thank you."
Lyrics apply only to the initial album and remaster. All other renditions are mixed in with other songs, usually "With You There To Help Me."
"Wond'ring Again"
music and lyrics by Ian Anderson
Living In The Past (1972); Living In The Past Remastered (2001); Aqualung: 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition (2011); Aqualung: 45th Anniversary Adapted Edition (2016)
There's the stillness of death on a deathly unliving sea
And the motor car magical world long since ceased to be
When the Eve-bitten apple returned to destroy the tree
Incestuous ancestry's charabanc ride
Spawning new millions throws the world on its side
Supporting their far-flung illusion, the national curse
And those with no sandwiches, please get off the bus
The excrement bubbles, the century's slime decays
And the brainwashing government lackeys would have us say
It's under control and we'll soon be on our way
To a grand year for babies and quiz panel games
Of the hot hungry millions, you'll be sure to remain
The natural resources are dwindling and no one grows old
And those with no homes to go to, please dig yourself holes
We wandered through quiet lands, felt the first breath of snow
Searched for the last pigeon, slate grey I've been told
Stumbled on a daffodil which she crushed in the rush, heard it sigh, and left it to die
At once felt remorse and were touched by the loss of our own
Held its poor broken head in her hands, dropped soft tears in the snow
And it's only the taking that makes you what you are
Wond'ring aloud will a son one day be born
To share in our infancy, in the child's path we've worn
In the aging seclusion of this earth, that our birth did surprise, we'll open his eyes
"Life Is A Long Song"
music and lyrics by Ian Anderson
Living In The Past (1972); Original Masters (1985); 20 Years of Jethro Tull: The Essential Tull (1988); A Little Light Music (1992); 25 Years of Jethro Tull: Remixed Classic Songs (1993);
The Very Best of Jethro Tull (2001); Living In The Past Remastered (2001); Living With The Past (2002); Ian Anderson Plays The Orchestral Jethro Tull (2005);
The Best of Acoustic Jethro Tull (2007); Aqualung: 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition (2011); All The Best (2012); Aqualung: 45th Anniversary Adapted Edition (2016);
50 For 50 (2018); 50th Anniversary Collection (2018)
Bootlegs: National Concert Hall Dublin (2011); Living In The Past (45 EP) (2013)
Tributes: To Cry You A Song: A Collection of Tull Tales (1996)
When you're falling awake and you take stock of the new day
And you hear your voice croak as you choke on what you need to say
Well, don't you fret, don't you fear, I will give you good cheer
Life's a long song, life's a long song, life's a long song
If you wait then your plate I will fill
As the verses unfold and your soul suffers the long day
And the twelve o'clock gloom spins the room you struggle on your way
Well, don't you sigh, don't you cry, lick the dust from your eye
Life's a long song, life's a long song, life's a long song
We will meet in the sweet light of dawn
As the Baker Street train spills your pain all over your new dress
And the symphony sounds underground put you under duress
Well don't you squeal as the heel grinds you under the wheel
Life's a long song, life's a long song, life's a long song
But the tune ends too soon for us all
"Up The 'Pool"
music and lyrics by Ian Anderson
Living In The Past (1972); Living In The Past Remastered (2001); Ian Anderson Plays The Orchestral Jethro Tull (2005);
Aqualung: 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition (2011); Aqualung: 45th Anniversary Adapted Edition (2016)
Tributes: To Cry You A Song: A Collection of Tull Tales (1996)
I'm going up the 'pool from down the smoke below
To taste my mum's jam sarnies and see our Aunty Flo
The candyfloss salesman watches ladies in the sand
Down for a freaky weekend in the hope that they'll be meeting, Mister Universe
The iron tower smiles down upon the silver sea
And along the golden mile, they'll be swigging mugs of tea
The politicians there, who've come to take the air
While posing for the daily press, will look around and blame the mess, on Edward Bear
There'll be bucket, spades and bingo, cockles, mussels, rainy days
Seaweed and sand castles, icy waves
Deck chairs, rubber dinghies, old vests, braces dangling down
Sun-tanned stranded starfish in a daze
I'm going up the 'pool from down the smoke below
To taste my mum's jam sarnies and see our Aunty Flo
The candyfloss salesman watches ladies in the sand
Down for a freaky weekend in the hope that they'll be meeting, Mister Universe
There'll be bucket, spades and bingo, cockles, mussels, rainy days
Seaweed and sand castles, icy waves
Deck chairs, rubber dinghies, old vests, braces dangling down
Sun-tanned stranded starfish in a daze
Oh Blackpool, oh Blackpool
"Dr. Bogenbroom"
music and lyrics by Ian Anderson
Living In The Past (1972); Living In The Past Remastered (2001); Aqualung: 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition (2011); Aqualung: 45th Anniversary Adapted Edition (2016)
I have one foot in the graveyard and the other on the bus
And the passengers do trample each other in the rush
And the chicken hearted lawman is throwing up his fill
To see the kindly doctor, to pass the super pill
Well, I'm going down, three cheers for Doctor Bogenbroom
Well, I'm on my way, three cheers for Doctor Bogenbroom
Well I've tried my best to love you all, yeah, all you hypocrites and whores
With your eyes on each other and the locks upon your doors
Well you drowned me in the fountain of life and I hated you
For living while I was dying, we were all just passing through
Well, I'm going down, three cheers for Doctor Bogenbroom
Well, I'm on my way, three cheers for Doctor Bogenbroom
"For Later" (Instrumental)
music by Ian Anderson
Living In The Past (1972); Living In The Past Remastered (2001); Aqualung: 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition (2011); Aqualung: 45th Anniversary Adapted Edition (2016)
"Nursie"
music and lyrics by Ian Anderson
Living In The Past (1972); 20 Years of Jethro Tull: Flawed Gems and The Other Sides of Tull (1988); A Little Light Music (1992); 36 Greatest Hits (1998);
Aqualung: 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition (2011); All The Best (2012); Aqualung: 45th Anniversary Adapted Edition (2016)
Bootlegs: Live From Baloise Session Basel 11-15-2008 (2025)
Tip-toes in silence 'round my bed and quiets the raindrops overhead
With her everlasting smile, she still my fever for a while
Oh, nursie dear, I'm glad you're here to brush away my pain