Jethro Tull - Hymn 43 Lyrics






Oh, father high in heaven
Smile down upon your son
Whose busy with his money games
His women and his gun

Oh, Jesus, save me!

And the unsung Western hero
He killed an Indian or three
And then he made his name in Hollywood
To set the white man free

Oh, Jesus, save me!

If Jesus saves, well, He'd better save Himself
From the gory glory seekers who use His name in death

Oh, Jesus, save me!

If Jesus saves, well, He'd better save Himself
From the gory glory seekers who use His name in death

Oh, Jesus, save me!

Well, I saw him in the city
And on the mountains of the moon
His cross was rather bloody
He could hardly roll His stone

Oh, Jesus, save me!





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  1. I.... F....

    Rock band brought me here

  2. S.... C....

    He killed an Indian r 3

  3. J.... T....

    Rockin'

  4. E.... P....

    10 of My Favorite Bands
    ( nnio ) ;

    - Jethro Tull
    - Rush
    - The Rolling Stones
    - Van Halen/Hagar
    - ZZ Top
    - KISS
    - Lynryd Skynyrd
    - Billy Joel
    - The Beatles
    - Led Zeppelin

    E.... P....

    Great list

    E.... P....

    Remenber the who

  5. M.... W....

    He meant absolutely what he said.

  6. R.... R....

    John Evan's piano (at times tasty, at times thundering) just adds something on this song and album that I can"t quite put my finger on--immediacy, maturity, sophistication, authenticity...??

  7. T.... J....

    Jesus save me Locomotive Breathe is coming down the rails and I believe he means to take me away far far away!

  8. R.... U....

    48 years old now. Heard this at age of 16. Played this song for my Catholic Mother. She never listened to my music again.

    R.... U....

    lmao sounds about right

    R.... U....

    Ian Anderson was brought up Protestant...!

  9. r.... t....

    aqualung the best album JT??

  10. K.... A....

    fucking love this tune..in.my top 5 Tull songs

  11. D.... ....

    I despise anti-money. But what corporeal body here can live without it? No one on the north American continent can live without banker anti-money debt based bank note credits. The NWO has been here for generations and all the violent self serving sleeping sheep refused to see the truth and warn their children, and now their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren are all impoverished and must live like zombies because of the bank owned government share holding medical monopolies that injured all of them from 1989-prsent with 75 rounds of heavy metal laden vaccines before they turned 5..... then they were all severely brainwashed in the bank owned schools and by the bank owned media entertainers and outlets and the entire empire is now run by vaccine injured narcissist super soldiers who lack empathy for anyone including themselves and the ones running the show all think they are God. This nation is doomed unless the U.S. D.C. Inc. turns all the illegal Mexican's into U.S. Citizens asap so they have some new dupes to pay the astronomical bills for their lavish spirit cooking parties.

  12. F.... G....

    He has balls

  13. F.... G....

    I remember red bud...cali

  14. j.... ....

    Great guitar work on this song. I'd call it raucous!

    j.... ....

    What group of the time had a harder sound than Martin Barre puts out on this album?

  15. B.... P....

    God, I love it! The entire Aqualung album is wonderful and brilliant and altogether great fun. Such a talented bunch. Love Martin Barre's solos and epic riffs.

    B.... P....

    Yes, but what is this album titled after?

    B.... P....

    @Erik Lewis Mike Nelson of "Sea Hunt".

    B.... P....

    @Erik Lewis Anderson's wife at the time was photographing people "down on their luck" and she wrote captions to her photos, which is where some of the lyrics came from (and why she is credited)--"Aqualung" refers, by way of citing the eponymous breathing apparatus, to an individual in ill health (namely, in need of an "aqualung") as was characteristic of those she was photographing...

  16. A.... D....

    Oh I almost forgot . Mr short Anderson stated that he had 400,000 dollars in stocks and he also told Zak the same thing . Strange huh . Where did you get that from ....? You can guarantee I’m gonna find out now . He also stated that if anyone discussed their financial situation with anyone that it would be inexcusable . Really , enough to try and murder someone (me) . The IRS will clear up some of these questions I’m sure . Why would he take a letter (w2 tax statement for working a week 700 dollars) and then say he found it on the ground next to the dog cage . My sister told me that I had a check from the company and that she put on the kitchen bar like she always does . But when we looked for it and I mean everywhere it was gone and it certainly wasn’t in front of the dog cage . This is when he tried to extort a thousand dollars from me for his 200 hood that was his fault and very possibly done on purpose . Now a lot of weird shit going on around there . Then theirs her top employee Cynthia who I can to really like along with her boyfriend and her two boys. Guess who is in a picture with President Trump as Stormy Daniels . That’s right Cynthia . When I brought it up to her boyfriend she never spoke to me again and neither does he . Strange huh. It’s fucking obvious that it’s her in that one picture . This was on the news and is still on the internet .

  17. A.... D....

    Before we get into the bank . I did see a therapist (like a psychologist) which is standard social security disability procedure when determining benefits according to them . This was not a psychiatrist and I’m pretty sure she wasn’t even a licensed psychologist and yet she drove all the way up from the rio grande valley for the meeting . A 30 minute assessment in which I was ten minutes late . A bunch of standard bullshit psychological questions. No big deal . Right ... Wrong ... This woman asked me who the President of the United States was . Excuse me ... Well according to the news it’s Barrack Huessein Obama . And then she asked and who was the president before that . Again according to the news George Bush Jr. Those are two very odd questions regarding situations that I have always questioned . I mean really . A terrorist by the name of Usama Bin Laden masterminds the worst attack ever on the United States ... which is certainly debatable.... and the next President / Vice President name is Barrack Obama . And then Biden . Obama Biden , Usama Bin Laden . Huh really ... get out of here . Mr. Obstetrics of the American Medical Association. OB / AMA . This therapist name was Tracy Kopp: that’s right I still remember

  18. A.... D....

    I also found a social security check stubs in the name of Taylor Anderson which is their daughter . Now why would she be receiving social security checks . Good question . Because Mr. Anderson is dead ? Oh hey ding dong thanks for not mentioning Mr. Anderson’s death or inviting me to his funeral . I liked Mr. Anderson , always did . So who is this sawed off prick and what the fuck are you up to . Now when I was moving out due to her trying to extort $400 dollars a month from me we got into it . I told her go ahead and call the police . When the police arrived she tried to run off . They made her stay . No big deal I was leaving . I start to tell the police about the shrunken Mr. Anderson and she interrupts and tells them that I have been diagnosed with schizophrenia.. Excuse me .. ho ho ho ...fiction can be fun . Not ...Well come to find out that the reason I’m receiving disability checks is because .... guess .. yep schizophrenia. Yet that i filled out the paperwork myself because of serious physical issues due to a genetic disease and the fact that I have had TWO major surgeries to correct foot issues . I was in a body cast for the first 3 months and in bed for pretty much most of the year because of the intensity of the surgery . Who the fuck altered my paperwork and lied to social security . Now we have shady issues regarding social security checks in the name of ding dongs daughter and now we have another situation which is very odd. . Next chapter Fraud and financial theft at Bank of America and the probable connection to my ding dong sister .

  19. A.... D....

    My ding dong sister and her sawed off wrinkled so called husband . Do not forgive her for she knows better . No Mr . Anderson when I knew him was very descent man. He took good care of himself, excercised regularly, ate healthy , didn’t smoke , and didn’t drink to excess. Mr. Anderson is 5 ft 10 inches tall pretty much the same height as me . But when I went down to see them Mr. Anderson was now 5 Ft 6 at best . Really more like 5 ft five and a half. This man had no muscle tone even though he is up there in age and never worked out . Who the fuck looses over 4 and half inches of height . No one ... I understand with age people do shrink some but not that much. I believe that this man was his half brother . Me Anderson also had very curly hair . This man very straight hair . So when they home I went looking around for old pictures just to be sure . Every picture I found was with of shorter version. Then I found the wedding pictures and sure enough he’s 5 ft ten . This man stole an irreplaceable ( for me ) gold bracelet from me and I believe switched my television with a different version. This has happened before and I could prove it . He also stole and lied about a W2 form statement in which their was only one copy of the W2 in the envelope . Everyone knows the employer sends at least two copies . I get to why I believe this was done later . This man I believe tried to kill me by sabotaging his trashed out explorer with the hood popping up , slamming against the windshield when I was going down the highway to return the very expensive TV that I had purchased . It wouldn’t fit in my Honda Civic . I couldn’t see and very easily could have been in a serious accident involving innocent people if I hadn’t of remained calm and manaaged to find the exit and get off the road . He had opened the hood before I left to check the water in the radiator . Convenient time for that huh ? He then blamed me for the whole thing and demanded at first a thousand dollars then 400 dollars and finally I gave in and gave him 200 Dollars . This mother fucker then filed a claim with his insurance company for the damage. The hood had already been fixed by a shade tree mechanic for 200 dollars . That’s insurance fraud. That’s of course if he actually went through with his claim . I moved soon after that . My sister treated this man like shit . Calling him ugly names like dork and moron all the time . She never ever spoke to the Mr. Anderson that I knew years ago like that . So what the fuck are these con artist up too and where’s Mr. Anderson ? If any licensed doctor can give me a legitimate reason for a human male shrinking four and half inches then by god I’ll be the first to apologize.

  20. A.... D....

    Now I don’t like guns ... never have . I felt the need for protection several years ago because of two attempted break ins while I was home in one night and a bunch of other bizarre shit . I would never buy a hand gun and a shotgun is a better defensive weapon anyway . When I tried to purchase one at Academy Sports Store I was denied in violation of my constitutional right to bear arms . I was given a brochure with a number to call to find out why I was denied . Guess what ? The brochure was out of date and the phone number was a number for a national sales office . Now the intercepted phone calls have been going on for quite some time now which is probably the answer to that one .:: but who knows . I have never been convicted of a felony . I have not been convicted of any violent crimes . But yet another constitutional rights violataion for the books .

  21. A.... D....

    The Dentist Demon and his gum line specialist in collusion together on the Island of Dr. Quak . The result being fraud , harassment , and medical malpractice . I have paid in full and have a receipt to prove it for a post and a crown . I have still not received my crown and he refused to put a temporary crown on causing the post to shift and create more problems with a crown next to it . This allowed bacteria to get into the area and ruin both . I have 3 crowns done in the past and I know the procedure because i pay attention when I’m at any medical or dental facility. This is gross negligence along with probable medical experimentation fraud . When the Chinese administrator EVE yes that’s her name ... told me they were in a budget crisis and my crown could not be made until the board decided what the new fees were going to be. Her wording was and I quote . No lab work can be done until the budget is done. Yet when I asked her if she received any federal money , whether it be grants or other funding she said that they do not get any money from the federal government . I was a bit shocked so I asked her again . So you receive no money from the federal , state government . NO she said . Well my receipt contradicts everything you just said because their is a federal claim number on the receipt stating that you are getting reimbursed for some of the procedure . Now why would anyone lie about receiving federal funds . Not to mention the downright rude office staff and the constant cancellation of appointments . It’s at least 3 and that’s discrimination. Denial of service . To complete a procedure already paid for . Oh it gets better . Now I still owe money to the gum line specialist which is supposedly an entirely separate entity . It’s also in a different city about an hour away . After the third cancellation at the last minute supposedly due to a staff meeting , I stated to them that I was going to sue . Now I was in Europe for a couple of months and when I got back I had changed my phone number and had moved to a new address . I still owed money to the gum line specialist and planned on contacting them at a later date . Guess what ? The very next morning after I had threatened to sue the dentist office I received collection calls from a collection company about the money I still owed to the gum line specialist . A little over six hundred dollars . THE VERY NEXT DAY !!! and I received a call from a different spoofed phone number in a different city each time from this collection company every morning for about a week . Now how did they get my phone number ? Coincidence . Fuck No . Those ghouls are in collusion with each other . Also the gum line specialist was drilling into either the bone or the tooth when she did the procedure . It was like surgery . Now another dentist told me that their should be no reason for that and of course it makes sense . He needed 3 cm of room to be able to place the crown properly . Gum line surgery is like peeling a banana . You pull back the gum line to give more room for the tooth . Yet this lady was drilling for gold . Things that make you go hmmmmmm.

  22. A.... D....

    Doctors can now fix certain genetic diseases by correcting the gene in an unborn baby . At least that’s what I’ve read . Now Dr. Moreau from the island of evil comes along and injects disease into the entire chromosome of the targeted gene location using this technology except the Subject is an adult male . Cover up time due to the great interior battle of the Giant Pox of chicken , a bunch of sharks , and the HIV virus .

  23. A.... D....

    20 years a prisoner .... that’s how long this shits been going on . A few years ago I tried to contact the FCC in Washington . I asked where the nearest field office was because my complaints were not being taken seriously . The interceptor phone operator said and I quote .... We have shut down all the FCC field offices in the country except for Five locations none of which are in Texas . AVENUE FIVE - a criminal organization trained by the Nixon Plumbers .

  24. A.... D....

    Oh .... good good good .. my deepest apologies for your phone running into my interference. AJIT PAI

  25. A.... D....

    FCC chairman AJIT PAI ... uh huh and Mr. Obstentrics at the American medical association is the Surgeon General . OB/ AMA

  26. A.... D....

    And God sent a seven headed dragon out from the apple logo bite mark and blow torched the entire company into submission .

  27. A.... D....

    I’m just going to document everything all day long . You know for the final conflict ... The Giant Lawsuit

  28. A.... D....

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    Date/Time: 2019-04-26 09:43:16.9644 -0500
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    Baseband Version: 5.32.00
    Report Version: 104

    Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGKILL)

    And here is just a small part of ONE Analytics Data referenced from my iPhone settings - privacy - analytics

  29. A.... D....

    Oh and one important piece of evidence ... my iPhone 6 states on the analytics when bugs happen or whatever crashes that the hardware model and I quote HARDWARE MODEL is an IPHONE 8 . This is the phone that’s controlling my phone illegally and criminally . If anyone could call and report this to the FCC I would appreciate greatly .

  30. A.... D....

    That’s not what I typed in below. It’s ......smart link dot cnn dot com slash cnn underscore go underscore 2 underscore homepage dot nav

  31. A.... D....

    The word smart was directly in front of the word link

  32. A.... D....

    Oh and by the way the charges were completely dismissed 6 months to the day after the arrest and a two or three business days after I placed a call to the mayors office and internal affairs for the police dept. of course I’m out 3000 dollars which is over 20 percent of my income for the year and my license is still suspended.

  33. A.... D....

    And here comes the attacks . Just googled a search for CBS news and went on to so called web site . A pop up ad surfaced and yet I have that function turned off . Here is what is said and I quote
    If you’ve taken antipsychotics for a while and have movements you can’t control , it could be tardine dyskinesia .
    Neurocrine Biosciiences . .. now look at that statement ... what kind of movements are you talking about ???? . Bowel movements or restricting my movements by illegally taking my drivers license and subjecting me to unheard of harassment . Their it is :...and that the way it was . Sunday May 19, 2019 @ 4:28 pm :

  34. A.... D....

    Continued ..... Excessive bail amounts which involved no due process and signed by the same municipal court judge who had no authority to sign or decide bail amounts . Refusal to allow personal bond due to discrimination yet this individual has lived in the area for over 20 years and has never missed a court date .(that he was ever AWARE Of) Alleged crime was also non violent with no victim. False representation from attorneys who were not working for the client . And then theirs the all important FIRST Amendment. When phone calls , mail , altered web sites with false telephone number applications or spoofing are being used then by definition the first amendment has been violated . If a person can not reach the intended receipient because of the above mentioned fraud then their right to speak not to mention speak freely has been violated . It’s very disturbing how corrupt it actually and truthfully is .

  35. A.... D....

    And then their is the politicians who sit back and pretend nothing is going on. When two black students were denied entrance to college because of ignorant racist beliefs the federal government stepped in . God we could use a Kennedy again . But here it’s the most unbelievable constitutional rights violations ever heard of . False arrest , False imprisonment , Malicious prosecution , Illegal search and seizure under the 4rth amendment which involved the cruel and unusual 4 sticks including a dig into the hand to draw blood with a warrant from a judge who had no authority to sign such an order . Censorship, rerouted phone calls, communication fraud , federal fake web site creations , illegal and unethical medical applications , harassment at a place of business , stalking , federal mail fraud and theft , financial fraud and SEC fraud , IRS tax return fraud, social security fraud with horrendous medical lies , targeting and hate speech using all kinds of unbelievable methods . Oh and it’s not the police who are at fault . So when will Washington get off its ass and actually investigate what’s going on down here in Texas . Well we’re waiting .....

  36. A.... D....

    Who are busy with their change game names their dirty money and search engine Twitter scum. Al Qaeda is just an exploitation of a name brought forth by people who got a hold of private personal medical information and in the process ruined many good peoples lives . Slander at its worst . Now these worthless turds are actually conducting medical experiments without consent or the knowledge their of . This has caused severe damage and pain . Well see what the Good Jews have to say about Nazi doctor like tactics which is a violation of International Law. At the same time we will see what the Good Catholics have to say about the reality of the cruelty that these people have caused . When the truth is told ... don’t be so surprised when it’s learned how ruthless these individuals , corporations , and the god awful media can actually be .
    ME

  37. B.... J....

    Smoked a lot red-bud to that one in the day. Chinese eyes lol....

  38. R.... K....

    One of the best chucka-chuckas in all of rock & roll.

  39. j.... ....

    Oh, Father high in heaven
    Smile down upon your son, hey, hey
    Who's busy with his money games, oh
    His women and his gun
    Lord Jesus save me

    And the unsung western hero
    He killed an Indian or three, ey hey
    And then he made his name in Hollywood, oh
    To set the white man free
    Lord Jesus save me

    If Jesus saves
    Well, He'd better save Himself
    From the gory glory seekers
    Who use His name in death
    Woh, Jesus hear me

    If Jesus saves
    Well, He'd better save Himself
    From the gory glory seekers
    Who use His name in death, baby
    Woh, Jesus save me, hey

    Well, I saw him in the city
    And on the mountains of the moon, hey, hey
    His cross was rather bloody, oh
    He could hardly roll His stone
    And Jesus save me, hey

  40. s.... ....

    Its progressive as fuck and it grooves like a bitch

  41. L.... C....

    Ian Anderson isn't so fond of this song in retrospect. But I still like it. It's a bit balsy and rebellious. If naive. But it flowed so well with the patchwork quilt that was Aqualung. There's a blowing off of steam. And then a gentleness that comes in afterward with Slipstream.

    L.... C....

    I do this song in my band and get that same kind of attitude sometimes but I THOUGHT this songs going after the fake prophets like JIM BAKER and SWAGGER and all the other using faith to make money. So I have no problem with it...peace!

    L.... C....

    Hmm, interesting. Idk know though. What I do know is that I've always had a rather indecisive feeling towards this album "Aqualung". Yet Very remarkable work in my ears..

    L.... C....

    He also did not like the sound quality of this album. He actually said it sucked

  42. M.... L....

    Who says a flute can't rock your world? Classic...

    M.... L....

    Tull and Hocus Pocus from Focus..

  43. M.... 1....

    totally underrated!

    M.... 1....

    by who?

  44. I.... F....

    His voice reminds me of tobuscus the YouTuber when he sings in his videos lol

  45. S.... C....

    To set the white boys free

    S.... C....

    @Scott Carter - "to set the white man free" Spaghetti Westerns comes to mind...

    S.... C....

    He is referring to the idea that the White Man set the Native Americans "free". Ha! They were better off before. Just hunt, sleep, and screw. They had it great before Europeans, Smallpox, and guns. Now it's all about making enough $$ for an IPhone, cable TV bills, and a house payment.

    S.... C....

    Slave up to WalMart now and buy your cheap Chinese stuff folks!

  46. C.... D....

    I listened 2 this song on 8 track on the way 2 school. Good memories!!!!! Mitzi Durham

  47. d.... ....

    THERE BEST TUNE.

    d.... ....

    danoto1000 where?

  48. G.... S....

    Music for young heretics. Good times.

    G.... S....

    not heretics ,just someone trying to keep the dogma on a leash

    G.... S....

    @Bill House Good comeback!!

    G.... S....

    I'm a heretic and was born into a targeted long line of heretics that dates back before the control freaks of nature Roman's conquered the entire earth.

    G.... S....

    I hear Matthew 7:21 when I listen.

    G.... S....

    Who knew that is what we were, young heretics. Hare Krishna!!

  49. J.... E....

    Memories.

  50. m.... s....

    jah-shuah   saved us all once again too day

  51. J.... ....

    I came here on my own. I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul.

    J.... ....

    Invictus.

  52. c.... ....

    There are no kids coming here, saying "such and such brought me here". Which is a bummer for adults to read. I'm fortunate the music is part of me. Thank you Lord!

    c.... ....

    Ya god forbid kids discover music they like through an alternative source. Dumbass

    c.... ....

    @chrisradano:
    So true---where I'm from music was something you shared with your family and friends during a party, or just chilling at home after dinner, work and school. I like the Aqualung release, and have on it cassette, and I recall hearing this song off of it. It sounds like a Cream song I like, too.

    c.... ....

    @chrisradano "The music was a way of life for me and many others. And, let's face it, music of this caliber we may never hear again."


    Never is a long time my friend. I find it unlikely that the world will not ever know music as good as this.
    However, to your point, I find it very likely that such music will not be in the mainstream again within the period of our lifetimes.


    It was such a unique era of well trained musicians intersecting with popular music. Making music that can "Jam" or "Grove" while still showcasing incredible talent in the musicianship.

    c.... ....

    @Nathaniel Croke Too bad you never heard it from the radio. Asswipe.

    c.... ....

    Thanks for replying. I forgot I wrote this.

  53. A.... D....

    great "unknown" classic JT!!!

    A.... D....

    true, absolutely underrated

  54. G.... A....

    Great piece.