Jethro Tull - Part Of The Machine

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Song Lyrics

Everybody`s jumping on the circus train.
Some jump high, some jump off again.
And the razzmatazz is rolling, women folk unveiled.
All truths to light, all crosses nailed.
Aiming high where the eagle circles ---
where he keeps his tail feathers clean.
And wonders ``Am I still a free bird?
Or just a part of the machine.``

They hitch their coverd wagons and they roll out west.
Politics in the pockets of their Sunday best.
Shaking hands, kissing babies, for all that they`re worth.
Oh, they promise you gold, promise heaven on earth.

Still, that old bald eagle circles ---
it`s not the first time that he`s seen
his reflection in the eyes of innocence.
He`s become just another
part of the machine.

I wish I had an eagle like you ---
to look up to.
He could be my wings to fly in a big bird sky
up above the whole machine.

Smart guys aren`t running --- they`re home and dry.
Up in the mountains where the eagle flies.
They wouldn`t take that job
offered on a plate.
They got to fly with the eagle, and he won`t wait.
Looking down on the smoke and the factories
till the truth creeps up unseen.
They see themselves in the faces of their children
and realize they too are
part of the machine.

I wish I had an eagle like you ---
to wake up to.
He could be my wings to fly
in a big bird sky, hey ---
let`s be part of the machine.
Part of the machine.

Release History

27 June 1988

20 Years Of Jethro Tull

1. Lick Your Fingers Clean (2:46)
2. Song For Jeffrey (2:52)
3. Witch's Promise (3:49)
4. Bungle In The Jungle (3:20)
5. Love Story (2:50)
6. The Chateau D'Isaster Tapes (11:11)
7. Beltane (5:19)
8. Farm On The Freeway (6:48)
9. Fat Man (3:15)
10. Bouree (4:24)
11. Crossword (3:34)
12. Thick As A Brick (6:27)
13. Saturation (4:20)
14. Stormy Monday Blues (4:05)
15. Sweet Dream (4:35)
16. A New Day Yesterday (4:07)
17. Jack-A-Lynn (4:13)
18. The Clasp (3:31)
19. Cold Wind To Valhalla (1:33)
20. Motoreyes (3:39)
21. Pibroch (Pee Break)/Black Satin Dancer (Instrumental) (4:02)
22. Blues Instrumental (5:16)
23. Fallen On Hard Times (4:00)
24. Minstrel In The Gallery (2:11)
25. Cheap Day Return (1:21)
26. Rhythm In Gold (3:06)
27. Velvet Green (6:03)
28. Grace (0:35)
29. Part Of The Machine (6:55)
30. Wond'ring Aloud (1:53)
31. Dun Ringill (3:04)
32. Jack Frost And The Hooded Crow (3:37)
33. Mayhem, Maybe (3:04)
34. I'm Your Gun (3:22)
35. Life's A Long Song (3:18)
36. Overhang (4:29)
37. Down At The End Of Your Road (3:32)
38. Kelpie (3:31)
39. One White Duck/0=Nothing at All (4:36)
40. Coronach (3:49)
41. Living In These Hard Times (3:11)
42. Songs From The Wood (4:52)
43. Living In The Past (3:16)
44. Summerday Sands (3:44)
45. Under Wraps #2 (2:16)
46. Only Solitaire (1:30)
47. Teacher (4:45)
48. Too Many Too (3:26)
49. Aqualung (7:35)
50. March of the Mad Scientist (1:49)
51. Salamander (2:52)
52. Locomotive Breath (3:23)
53. Moths (3:26)
54. Pan Dance (3:26)
55. Nursie (1:35)
56. Strip Cartoon (3:18)
57. King Henry's Madrigal (2:59)
58. A Stitch In Time (3:39)
59. 17 (3:07)
60. One For John Gee (2:05)
61. Aeroplane (2:17)
62. Sunshine Day (2:24)

1988

20 Years Of Jethro Tull

1. Stormy Monday Blues (4:05)
2. Love Story (2:50)
3. A New Day Yesterday (4:07)
4. Summer Sands
5. Coronach (3:49)
6. March The Mad Scientist (1:40)
7. Pibroch (Pee Break)/Black Satin Dancer (Instrumental) (4:02)
8. Lick Your Fingers Clean (2:46)
9. Overhang (4:29)
10. Crossword (3:34)
11. Saturation (4:20)
12. Jack-A-Lynn (4:13)
13. Motoreyes (3:39)
14. Part Of The Machine (6:55)
15. Mayhem, Maybe (3:04)
16. Kelpie (3:31)
17. Under Wraps #2 (2:16)
18. Wond'ring Aloud (1:53)
19. Dun Ringil
20. Life's A Long Song (3:18)
21. Nursie (1:35)
22. Grace (0:35)
23. Witch's Promise (3:49)
24. Teacher (4:45)
25. Living In The Past (3:16)
26. Aqualung (7:35)
27. Locomotive Breath (3:23)

1988

20 Years Of Jethro Tull - The Definitive Collection

1. Song For Jeffrey (2:52)
2. Love Story (2:50)
3. Fat Man (3:15)
4. Bouree (4:24)
5. Stormy Monday Blues (4:05)
6. A New Day Yesterday (4:07)
7. Cold Wind To Valhalla (1:33)
8. Minstrel In The Gallery (2:11)
9. Velvet Green (6:03)
10. Grace (0:35)
11. The Clasp (3:31)
12. Pibroch (Pee Break)/Black Satin Dancer (Instrumental) (4:02)
13. Fallen On Hard Times (4:00)
14. Jack Frost And The Hooded Crow (3:37)
15. I'm Your Gun (3:22)
16. Down At The End Of Your Road (3:32)
17. Coronach (3:49)
18. Summerday Sands (3:44)
19. Too Many Too (3:26)
20. March The Mad Scientist (1:40)
21. Pan Dance (3:26)
22. Strip Cartoon (3:18)
23. King Henry's Madrigal (2:59)
24. A Stitch In Time (3:39)
25. 17 (3:07)
26. One For John Gee (2:05)
27. Aeroplane (2:17)
28. Sunshine Day (2:24)
29. Lick Your Fingers Clean (2:46)
30. Scenario (3:25)
31. Audition (2:34)
32. No Rehearsal (5:13)
33. Beltane (5:19)
34. Crossword (3:34)
35. Saturation (4:20)
36. Jack-A-Lynn (4:13)
37. Motoreyes (3:39)
38. Blues Instrumental (Untitled) (5:15)
39. Rhythm In Gold (3:06)
40. Part Of The Machine (6:55)
41. Mayhem, Maybe (3:04)
42. Overhang (4:29)
43. Kelpie (3:31)
44. Living In These Hard Times (3:11)
45. Under Wraps #2 (2:16)
46. Only Solitaire (1:30)
47. Cheap Day Return (1:21)
48. Wond'ring Aloud (1:53)
49. Dun Ringill (3:04)
50. Salamander (2:52)
51. Moths (3:26)
52. Nursie (1:35)
53. Life's A Long Song (3:18)
54. One White Duck / 0^{10} = Nothing At All (4:38)
55. Songs From The Wood (4:52)
56. Living In The Past (3:16)
57. Teacher (4:45)
58. Aqualung (7:35)
59. Locomotive Breath (3:23)
60. Witch's Promise (3:49)
61. Bungle In The Jungle (3:20)
62. Farm On The Freeway (6:48)
63. Thick As A Brick (6:27)
64. Sweet Dream (4:35)