Rambling on lyrics

Artist  : Procol harum 
Song : Rambling on
 
(brooker / reid)

Our local picture house was showing a batman
movie
You see this guy fly up in the sky, thought to
myself, ’why shouldn’t i? ’
So I bought a pair of wings, went up upon a wall
I was about to jump into the air when a guy from
the street called
He said, ’hey wait a minute! don’t 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
youth
And the sawdust in my plimsolls means the same to
him as me
But that’s neither here nor further, so I spoke
considerately
’now if you understand just what I’m trying to
say,
Whatever you do, don’t grin, you’ll give the game
away!’

By now a crowd had gathered and it seemed that
all was lost
In the anger of the moment I had diced with death
and lost
It seemed to me the time was right so I burst
into song
In the anger of the moment the crowd began to
sing along
I could not see a way out of this predicament
Just then a breeze came through the trees and up
in the air I went

I must have flown a mile, or maybe it was eight
Thought to myself pretty soon I’d hit the golden
gates
Just then a passing bird for no reason I could
see
Took a peck at my wings and that was the end of
me
I went down, hit the ground faster than the speed
of sound
Luckily I broke no bones only tore my
underclothes