Jethro Tull - ...And The Mouse Police Never Sleeps Lyrics
Muscled, black with steel-green eye
swishing through the rye grass
with thoughts of mouse-and-apple pie.
Tail balancing at half-mast.
...And the mouse police never sleeps ---
Savage bed foot-warmer of purest feline ancestry.
Look out, little furry folk!
He's the all-night working cat.
Eats but one in every ten ---
leaves the others on the mat.
...And the mouse police never sleeps ---
waiting by the cellar door.
Window-box town crier;
birth and death registrar.
With claws that rake a furrow red ---
From warm milk on a lazy day
to dawn patrol on hungry hate.
...No, the mouse police never sleeps ---
climbing on the ivy.
Windy roof-top weathercock.
Warm-blooded night on a cold tile.
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Jethro Tull ...And The Mouse Police Never Sleeps Comments
nice song!
suggestion- put song title ahead of the album title so we can see it on top right, it is often cut out.
Muscled, black with steel-green eye
Swishing through the rye grass
With thoughts of mouse-and-apple pie
Tail balancing at half-mast
...And the mouse police never sleeps ---
Lying in the cherry tree
Savage bed foot-warmer of purest feline ancestry
Look out, little furry folk!
He's the all-night working cat
Eats but one in every ten ---
Leaves the others on the mat
...And the mouse police never sleeps ---
Waiting by the cellar door
Window-box town crier;
Birth and death registrar
With claws that rake a furrow red ---
Licensed to mutilate
From warm milk on a lazy day
To dawn patrol on hungry hate
...No, the mouse police never sleeps ---
Climbing on the ivy
Windy roof-top weathercock
Warm-blooded night on a cold tile
Have to buy up Heavy Horses...and too old to Rock’nRoll in vinyle...very soon or I will die ! Ian Anderson, can I see you live before you die ! Or I die !
Memories of a drunken thrash down to Stonehenge in a Triumph Vitesse. many years ago, you cannot take my memories from me.
fuck horses. only good for food
JT, Ian, thx for the music.
fuck music... very good song... a hug from Brazil...
super jethro tull
Adore this album being a country girl and I wouldn't change that for the world. You see there is just no way I would want to join in the rat race life of a town. xxx
You can live in a town and still skip the rat race ;)
Well said you country girl, and nor would I. Triffic album xxx
clásico del rock
This album ruined me for city life.
sweet jesus's Mary mother of GOD....this is good
lixer son of satan
Absolutely gorgeous
I had several JT albums in my collection back in the day. This was my favorite both for the folk/blues as well as the stories that painted pictures of farm life. I also appreciate that both cat and mouse were given equal time ;-). I think the purr at the start of the album is one of the best openings ever since the heartbeat on Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon".
best music at the time...still is
Yes, it still is, and will be forever