Minstrel In The Gallery lyrics

Song information

Artist: Jethro Tull
Album: Minstrel In The Gallery

Lyrics

The minstrel in the gallery looked down upon the
Smiling faces
He met the gazes --- observed the spaces between the
Old men's cackle
He brewed a song of love and hatred --- oblique
Suggestions --- and he waited
He polarized the pumpkin-eaters --- static-humming
Panel-beaters --- freshly day-glow'd factory cheaters
(Salaried and collar-scrubbing)
He titillated men-of-action --- belly warming, hands
Still rubbing on the parts they never mention
He pacified the nappy-suffering, infant-bleating
One-line jokers --- t.v. documentary makers
(Overfed and undertakers)
Sunday paper backgammon players --- family-scarred
And women-haters
Then he called the band down to the stage and he
Looked at all the friends he'd made
The minstrel in the gallery looked down on the
Rabbit-run
And threw away his looking-glass - saw his face in
Everyone