Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull & Darryl Way
Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull
Ian Anderson dedicated this song to his dog Lupus, who also appeared on the cover for Songs from the Wood. As he said in an interview,
The subject can be taken both literally, as a dog, and analogously as a tinker, traveler, the person who leaves town the next morning – in my case before the revie...
[Verse 1]
I chase your every footstep
And I follow every whim
When you call the tune, I'm ready
To strike up the battle hymn
My lady of the meadows
My comber of the beach
You've thrown the stick for your dog's trick
But it's floating out of reach
[Chorus]
The long road is a rainbow
And the pot of gold lies there
So slip the chain and I'm off again
You'll find me everywhere
'Cause I'm a rover
[Verse 2]
As the robin craves the summer
To hide his smock of red
I need the pillow of your hair
In which to hide my head
I'm simple in my sadness
Resourceful in remorse
Then I'm down straining at the lead
Holding on a windward course
[Chorus]
The long road is a rainbow
And the pot of gold lies there
So slip the chain and I'm off again
You'll find me everywhere
'Cause I'm a rover
[Verse 3]
Strip me from the bundle
Of balloons at every fair
Colourful and carefree
They're designed to make you stare
But I'm lost and I'm losing
The thread that holds me down
And I'm up, hot and rising
In the lights of every town
[Chorus]
The long road is a rainbow
And the pot of gold lies there
So slip the chain and I'm off again
You'll find me everywhere
'Cause I'm a rover
Rover was written by Ian Anderson.
Rover was produced by Ian Anderson.
Jethro Tull released Rover on Mon Apr 10 1978.