Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Jethro Tull
Performer
Ian Anderson
Lead Vocals
Jeffrey Hammond
Bass Guitar
Clive Bunker
Drums
Martin Barre
Electric Guitar
John Evan
Piano
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ian Anderson
Songwriter
Jennie Anderson
Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Ian Anderson
Producer
John Burns
Engineer
Terry Ellis
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Sitting on a park bench
Eying little girls with bad intent
Snots running down his nose
Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes
Hey Aqualung
[Verse 2]
Dying in the cold sun
Watching as the frilly panties run
Hey Aqualung
Feeling like a dead duck
Spitting out pieces of his broken luck
Oh Aqualung
[Verse 3]
Sun streaking cold, an old man wandering lonely
Taking time the only way he knows
Leg hurting bad as he bends to pick a dog end
He goes down to a bog and warms his feet
[Verse 4]
Feeling alone, the army's up the road
Salvation a la mode and a cup of tea
Aqualung my friend, don't you start away uneasy
You poor old sod, you see it's only me
[Verse 5]
Do you still remember December's foggy freeze
When the ice that clings on to your beard
It was screaming agony
[Verse 6]
Hey and you snatch your rattling last breaths
With deep sea diver sounds
And the flowers bloom like
Madness in the spring
[Verse 7]
Sun streaking cold, an old man wandering lonely
Taking time the only way he knows
Leg hurting bad as he bends to pick a dog end
He goes down to a bog and warms his feet
[Verse 8]
Feeling alone, the army's up the road
Salvation a la mode and a cup of tea
Aqualung my friend, don't you start away uneasy
You poor old sod, you see it's only me
[Verse 9]
Aqualung my friend, don't you start away uneasy
You poor old sod, you see it's only me
[Verse 10]
Sitting on a park bench
Eying little girls with bad intent
Snots running down his nose
Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes
Hey Aqualung
[Verse 11]
Drying in the cold sun
Watching as the frilly panties run
Hey Aqualung
Feeling like a dead duck
Spitting out pieces of his broken luck
Hey Aqualung
[Verse 12]
Oh Aqualung
Written by: Ian Anderson, Jennie Anderson