Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull
On the way to his hotel, Ray Lomas takes a stroll through Kensington (complete with a store humorously named “Horrid’s”) and is deeply unimpressed by the British high society, calling it a “crazed institution”. Some rather blunt commentary by Ian Anderson, no doubt.
Just a little touch of make-up; just a little touch of bull;
Just a little 3-chord trick embedded in your platform soul;
You can wear a gold Piaget on your semaphore wrist;
And you can dance the old adage with a new dapper twist
And you can ring a crown of roses around your cranium
Live and die upon your cross of platinum
Join the crazed institution of the stars
Be the man that you think you really are
Join the crazed institution of the stars
Be the man that you know you really are
Crawl inside your major triads, curl up and laugh
As your agent scores another front page photograph
Is it them or is it you throwing dice inside the loo
Awaiting someone else to pull the chain?
Well grab the old bog-handle
Hold your breath and light a candle
Clear your throat and pray for rain
To irrigate the corridors that echo in your brain
Filled with empty nothingness, and empty hunger pains
And you can ring a crown of roses around your cranium
Live and die upon your cross of platinum
Join the crazed institution of the stars
Be the man that you think you really are
Join the crazed institution of the stars
Be the man that you know you really are
Just a little touch of make-up; just a little touch of bull;
Just a little 3-chord trick embedded in your platform soul;
You can wear a gold Piaget on your semaphore wrist;
And you can dance the old adage with a new dapper twist
And you can ring a crown of roses around your cranium
Live and die upon your cross of platinum
Join the crazed institution of the stars
Be the man that you think you really are
Join the crazed institution of the stars
Be the man that you know you really are
Join the crazed institution of the stars
Be the man that you think you really are
Join the crazed institution of the stars
Be the man that you know you really are
Join the crazed institution of the stars
Be the man that you know you really are
Crazed Institution was written by Ian Anderson.
Crazed Institution was produced by Ian Anderson.
Jethro Tull released Crazed Institution on Fri Apr 23 1976.