“And the weatherman says something’s on the move. . .”
From the Stormwatch Album.
How appropriate.
I was not able to find an acceptable live performance, but here is the studio version with lyrics below.
Drummers, please note the judicious use of cowbell.
Something’s on the Move
She wore a black tiara
Rare gems upon her fingers
And she came from distant waters
Where northern lights explode
To celebrate the dawning
Of the new wastes of winter
Gathering royal momentum
On the icy road.
With chill mists swirling
Like petticoats in motion
Sighted on horizons
For ten thousand years
The lady of the ice sounds
A deathly distant rumble
To Titanic-breaking children lost
In melting crystal tears.
Capturing black pieces
In a glass-fronted museum
The white queen rolls
On the chessboard of the dawn
Squeezing through the valleys
Pausing briefly in the corries
The Ice-Mother mates
And a new age is born.
Driving all before her
Un-stoppable, un-straining
Her cold creaking mass
Follows reindeer down.
Thin spreading fingers seek
To embrace the sill-warm bundles
That huddle on the doorsteps
Of a white London Town.
Oh, sunshine take me now away from here
I’m a needle on a spiral in a groove.
And the turntable spins
As the last waltz begins
And the weather-man says
Something’s on the move.
Very apt!
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Sadly the fascist dictator that is YouTube tells me that the clip is not availabe in my country. So I will just have to play the Neil Young again 😉
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Oops, I thought you were referring to the Hitler YouTube about Ian Anderson. Censorship is not a good thing
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Indeed it is not.
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PS: Jethro Tull are one of my husband’s all time favourite bands. Which makes HitlerTube even more irritating.
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Mine also. I found the hitler video mildly amusing, but that’s my sense of humor.
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Here is link to video I mentioned. https://youtu.be/rnWx8iDwVUs
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Thank you!
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