Ian Anderson

Lyrics The browning of the green Ian Anderson

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The browning of the green


Exponential family planning:
let me play the numbers game,
sign up for some benefits, get my
dues and stake a claim.
Spill out to suburbia then spread
onwards to the country wide
and when the last plot's taken, I'll
spill out on to the other side.

It's the browning of the green: we'll
be tight as canned sardine.
Lemmings to the right and the left of
us and all points in between...
It's the browning of the green.

Be fruitful: nothing to it. Fill the
earth, subdue it, multiply.
It's written in that Goodly Book. So,
it's really best that I comply.
Another baby-booming bloomer?
Imbecile fecundity?
Another mouth, but what the Hell?
Child benefits, they come for free.
It's the browning of the green: we'll
be tight as canned sardine.
Lemmings to the right and the left of
us and all points in between...
It's the browning of the green.

A little boy, a little girl: quite
perfect but it won't suffice.
Bouncing bairns upon my knee;
six or seven might be nice.
Come, time to go with Daddy, find
ourselves some open playground space
on these concrete fields of England, this
blessed realm, this blessed place.

It's the browning of the green: we'll
be tight as canned sardine.
Lcmmings to the right and the left of
us and all points in between...
It's the browning of the green.

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The lyrics THE BROWNING OF THE GREEN of IAN ANDERSON is also present in the album Homo erraticus (2014)

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Biografia

Ian Anderson is a Scottish musician best known as the frontman and flautist of the progressive rock band Jethro Tull. Born in Glasgow in 1947, Anderson began his musical career in the 1960s with several local bands before forming Jethro Tull in 1967. With his unique style of singing and flute playing, Anderson led Jethro Tull to international success, selling over 60 million records worldwide. Jethro Tull have been awarded six Grammy Awards and helped define the aesthetic of 1970s progressive rock. Among Anderson's most famous songs are "Aqualung", "Thick as a Brick" and "Locomotive Breath". In addition to his career with Jethro Tull, Anderson has also pursued a solo career, releasing several successful albums.

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