[ti:Beltane (2003 Digital Remaster)] [ar:Jethro Tull] [al:Songs From The Wood(2003 Digital Remaster)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Beltane (2003 Remaster) - Jethro Tull [00:11.26]Have you ever stood in the april wood [00:14.25]And called the new year in [00:21.61]While the phantoms of three thousand years fly [00:25.23]As the dead leaves spin [00:32.02]Theres a snap in the grass behind your feet [00:35.02]And a tap upon your shoulder [00:40.12]And the thin wind crawls along your neck [00:43.32]Its just the old gods getting older [00:48.54]And the kestral drops like a fall of shot and [00:51.98]The red cloud hanging high [00:55.39]Come a beltane [01:08.37]Have you ever loved a lover of the old elastic truth [01:19.05]And doted on the daughter in the ministry of youth [01:29.62]Thrust your head between [01:31.68]The breasts of the fertile innocent [01:38.23]And taken up the cause of love for the sake of argument [01:45.81]Or while the kisses drop like a fall of shot [01:49.24]From soft lips in the rain [01:52.73]Come --- a beltane [02:00.79]Happy old new year to you and yours [02:04.13]The suns up for one more day to be sure [02:07.61]Play it out gladly for your cards marked again [03:21.28]Have you walked around your parks [03:23.84]And towns so knife-edged orderly [03:31.92]While the fires are burned on the hills upturned [03:35.25]In far-off wild country [03:42.69]And felt the chill on your window sill [03:45.63]As the green man comes around [03:50.86]With his walking cane of sweet hazel [03:54.07]Brings it crashing down [03:59.41]Sends your knuckles white as the thin stick bites [04:02.97]Well its just your groaning pains [04:07.18]Come a beltane