wind up - jethro tull
when i was young
they had packed me off to school
and taught me
how not to play the game
i didn't mind if
they groomed me for success
or if they said that i was just a fool
so i left there in the morning
with their god tucked
underneath my arm
their half-assed smiles
and the book of rules
and i asked this god a question
and by way of firm reply he said
"i'm not the kind you
have to wind up on sundays"
so to my old headmaster
and to anyone who cares
before i'm through
i'd like to say my prayers
i don't believe you, you had the
whole damn thing all wrong
he's not the kind you
have to wind up on sundays
well, you can excommunicate me
on my way to sunday school
and have all the bishops
harmonize these lines
how do you dare tell me
that i'm my father's son
when that was just
an accident of birth
i'd rather look around me,
compose a better song
'cos that's the honest
measure of my worth
in your pomp and all your glory
you're a poorer man than me
as you lick the boots of death
born out of fear
when i was young
and they packed me off to school
and taught me how not to
play the game,
i didn't mind if
they groomed me for success
or if they said
that i was just a fool
why left there in the morning
with their god tucked my arm
their half-assed smiles
and the book of rules
when you can excommunicate me
on my way to sunday school
have all the bishops
harmonize these lines
when i was young
they packed me off to school
and taught me
how not to play the game
i didn't mind if
they groomed me for success
or if they said
that i was just a fool
so to my old headmaster
and to anyone who cares
before i'm through
i'd like to say my prayers
when you can excommunicate me
on my way to sunday school
and have all the bishops
harmonize these lines
i don't believe you,
you had the whole
damn thing all wrong
he's not the kind
you have to wind up on sundays