Astronomy lyrics

Song information

Artist: Jethro Tull
Album: Under Wraps

Lyrics

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