Minstrel in the gallery      (midi)
 
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1. The minstrel in the gallery
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 looked down upon the smiling faces.
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 He met the gazes, observed the spaces,
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 between the old men's cackle.
 
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2. He brewed a song of love and hatred,
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 oblique suggestions and he waited.
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 He polarized the pumpkin eaters,
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 static-humming panel-beaters,
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 freshly day-glow'd factory cheaters,
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 salari…..ed and collar-scrubbing.
 
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3. He titillated men-of-action, 
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 belly warming, hands still rubbing 
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 on the parts they never mention.
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 He pacified the nappy-suffering, 
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 infant-bleating one-line jokers,
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 T.V. docu - mentary makers,
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 overfed and undertakers.
 
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4. Sunday paper backgammon players,
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 family-scarred and women-haters.
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 Then he called the band down to the stage,
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 and he looked at all the friends he'd made.
 
(orig. = capo 2nd)  (Jethro Tull)