General Crossing - Jethro Tull

General Crossing (2005 Digital Remaster) - Jethro Tull
Written by：Ian Scott Anderson/Peter John Vettese
It's an old profession
Of subtle artillery
Rough wheels meshing
Button out button in
The tall general will mine
A few bridges tonight
Stroking soft machinery
Fanfare at dawn
Courting green steel
Lined up for world war one
Two three four
It's an old profession
Of subtle artillery
Rough wheels meshing
On a landscape with no trees
The tall general points
To the distance
Disconnects his power supply
Writes a stiff note to his nearest
And dearest
He takes the battle plan
And contemplates his fly
It's an old profession
Of subtle artillery
Rough wheels meshing
Button out button in
The tall general
Flies by the seat of history
The tall general
Is crossing
The tall general
He thinks inevitability
The tall general
Is definitely crossing
With spit and with polish
Time for desperate measures
The pain in the forehead
From holding up to the pressures
Of life on the rim
Of the convenient alliance
Out on the rim
Let me out on the rim
The tall general will walk
Across the compound
With his briefcase and ID
Later they'll post him
Seemingly missing
He's gone to be a general ski
The tall general
Flies by the seat of history
The tall general
Is crossing
The tall general
He thinks inevitability
The tall general
Is definitely crossing
The tall general
The tall general
Is definitely crossing