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Over Jerusalem Lyrics by Jethro Tull

Curious Ruminant

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Am I the hawk? Am I the dove?
\nThe vulture swooping down from above?
\nAm I the drone, circling high
\nWhirring tuneless, pie-eyed in the sky?
\n
\nAngry gods of retribution
\nDriving hate without solution
\nCity, home to all who came and ever will
\n
\nLong lost tribes, invaders of old
\nStaking their claim to spiritual gold
\nLayers of antiquity buried below
\nEach with a sad tale to better not know
\n
\nThere is no time for meditation
\nPause for thought or hesitation
\nSet in stone, firm pledges to fulfil
\nAngry gods of retribution
\nDriving hate without solution
\nCity, home to all who came and ever will
\n
\nRocks upon rocks
\nAshes on ashes
\nBagels and lox
\nWarak dawali
\nDivisible loaves
\nTwo fish from the Galilee
\nAs friends sit and dine
\nTake water and wine
\n
\nI walk the cobbled alleys nervously
\nSoldier girls, soldier boys stare at me
\nDown the line, out of time, switch alliance in my mind
\n
\nI walk the cobbled alleys nervously
\nSoldier girls and soldier boys stare at me
\nDown the line, out of time, switch alliance in my mind
\n
\nAm I the hawk? Am I the dove?
\nThe vulture swooping down from above?
\nAm I the drone, circling high
\nWhirring tuneless, pie-eyed in the sky?
\n
\nThere is no time for meditation
\nPause for thought or hesitation
\nSet in stone, firm pledges to fulfil
\nAngry gods of retribution
\nDriving hate without solution
\nCity, home to all who came and ever will
\nBut I never will
\n
\nI'm not over Jerusalem
\nJerusalem\n\n
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Jethro Tull

Jethro Tull

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