SPIRAL
(Anderson)
Jethro Tull


Kilometers from nowhere on a scented avenue - 
Lined with poppy girls. 
I didn't stop, stop to say hello. 
Curious vendors - waving bric-a-brac - 
Looked me over - 
Thought it best, best that I should go. 
Don't wake me: I'm falling. 
Slow spiral into morning. 
Who's out there? Can't hear you. 
Ears covered - early warning. 
Alarm bells ringing. 
Time to make my peace with the dreary day. 

I waited atbles - I was tipped in roubles. 
Wine to water 
Was the best that I could do. 
Wild office parties split the silence. 
Loaves and fishes at an empty table laid for two. 

Down the spiral, spinning madly. 
Gathering momentum 
On a disneyesque adventure ride. 
I fly in colours from richer palettes. 
Famous artists running scared as worlds collide.