Songtexte:
Jethro Tull The Broadsword And The Beast

Take women and children and bed them down Bring me my broadsword and clear understanding Bring me my cross of gold as a talisman Bless with a hard hearth and

been put to the test Come clean for once and hit us with the truth Looking for sunshine, oh, but it's black and it's cold Yet, you say that milk and

In the half tone light of a young morning She sighs and shifts on her pillow And across her face dancing, the first shadows fly To kiss the pussy willow

And take pleasure in your leaving As the ferry sails and tears are dried And cows come home at evening? Would you get behind a slow marching band And

as strangers will, let the stress unload Talk in confidential terms, share a dark unspoken fear Refill the cup and drink it up, say goodnight and wish

defiant - yes, and let your voices swell. Stare that beastie in the face and really give him hell. Beastie! There's a beast upon my shoulder, (Beastie!) and

my broadsword and clear understanding. Bring me my cross of gold as a talisman. Get up to the roundhouse on the cliff-top standing. Take women and children and

to the test. Come clean, for once, and hit us with the truth. Looking for sunshine - oh but it's black and it's cold Yet, you say that milk and honey

: Along the coast road, by the headland the early lights of winter glow. I'll pour a cup to you my darling. Raise it up - say Cheerio.