Rambling on (video)

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1. Our local picture house was showing a Batman movie,

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you see this guy fly up in the sky,

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thought to myself, 'Why shouldn't I ?'

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So I bought a pair of wings, went up upon the wall,

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I was about to jump into the air when a man from the street called.

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He said, 'Hey wait a minute ! Don't you realise the danger ?

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What do you think you are, some kind of angel ?'

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2. I considered for a minute, before you he speaks the truth,

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for the barbells on my eyelids only emphasised my youth.

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And the sawdust in my plimsolls means the same to him as me,

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but that's neither here nor further, so I spoke considerately.

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Now if you understand just what I'm trying to say,

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'Whatever you do, don't grin, you'll give the game away !'

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3. By now a crowd had gatherd and it seemed that all was lost,

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in the anger of the moment I had diced with death and lost.

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It seemed to me the time was right, so I burst into song,

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in the anger of the moment the crowd began to sing along.

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I could not see a way out of this predicament,

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just then a breeze came through the trees and up in the air I went.

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4. I must have flown a mile, or maybe it was eight,

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thought to myself pretty soon I'd hit the Golden Gates.

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Just then a passing bird for no reason I could see,

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took a peck at my wings and that was the end of me.

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I went down, hit the ground faster than the speed of sound,

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luckily I broke no bones, only tore my underclothes.

+ G - C - D (4x, with varying bits of lyrics) ….

+ G - C - D (4x, with varying bits of lyrics) ….

(Procol Harum)