No Rehearsal-Jethro Tull

[ti:No Rehearsal] [ar:Jethro Tull] [al:Nightcap - The Unreleased Masters 1973-1991] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]No Rehearsal - Jethro Tull [00:08.76]Written by：Ian Anderson [00:17.52]Did you learn your lines today [00:21.31]Well there is no rehearsal [00:24.99] [00:25.90]The tickets have all been sold [00:29.10] [00:29.69]For tomorrow's matinee [00:32.63] [00:33.78]There's a telegram from the writer [00:37.96]But there is no rehearsal [00:41.78]The electrician has been told [00:45.96]To make the spotlights brighter [00:48.91] [00:49.53]There's one seat in the circle [00:52.94]Five hundred million in the stalls [00:56.63] [00:57.23]Simply everyone will be there [01:01.42]But the safety curtain falls [01:05.10]When the bomb that's in the dressing room [01:10.22]Blows the windows from their frames [01:13.88] [01:14.46]And the prompter in his corner [01:18.44]Is sorry that he came [01:21.46] [03:24.44]There's one seat in the circle [03:26.09]Five hundred million in the stalls [03:27.85]Simply everyone will be there [03:29.50]But the safety curtain falls [03:31.29]When the bomb that's in the dressing room [03:33.32]Blows the windows from their frames [03:35.04]And the prompter in his corner [03:37.01] [03:37.93]Is sorry that he came [03:40.45] [03:41.29]When the bomb that's in the dressing room [03:44.93] [03:45.90]Blows the windows from their frames [03:49.93]And the prompter in his corner [03:54.32]Is sorry that he came [03:56.68] [03:58.10]Did you learn your lines today [04:01.83]Well there is no rehearsal [04:05.48] [04:06.37]The interval will last [04:07.97]Until the ice cream lady melts away [04:13.24] [04:14.45]The twelve piece orchestra are here [04:18.08]But there is no rehearsal [04:21.78]The first violinist's hands are chilled [04:25.91]He's gone deaf in both ears [04:28.87]Well the scenery is colourful [04:33.42]But the paint is so damn thin [04:36.95]You see the wall behind is crumbling [04:41.23]And the stage door is bricked in [04:44.72] [04:45.94]But the audience keep arriving 'till [04:50.47]They're standing in the wings [04:53.34] [04:53.95]And we take the final curtain call [04:57.85]And the ceiling crashes in