Procol Harum - Rambling On Lyrics
(brooker / reid)Our local picture house was showing a batman movieYou see this guy fly up in the sky, thought to myself, why shouldnt i?So I bought a pair of wings, went up upon a wallI was about to jump into the air when a guy from the street calledHe said, hey wait a minute! dont you realize the danger?What do you think you are, some kind of angel?I considered for a minute, realized he spoke the truth.For the barbells on my eyelids only emphasised my youthAnd the sawdust in my plimsolls means the same to him as meBut thats neither here nor further, so I spoke consideratelynow if you understand just what Im trying to say,Whatever you do, dont grin, youll give the game away!By now a crowd had gathered and it seemed that all was lostIn the anger of the moment I had diced with death and lostIt seemed to me the time was right so I burst into songIn the anger of the moment the crowd began to sing alongI could not see a way out of this predicamentJust then a breeze came through the trees and up in the air I wentI must have flown a mile, or maybe it was eightThought to myself pretty soon Id hit the golden gatesJust then a passing bird for no reason I could seeTook a peck at my wings and that was the end of meI went down, hit the ground faster than the speed of soundLuckily I broke no bones only tore my underclothes
