Sparrow On The Schoolyard Wall - Jethro Tull

You want to be a bookworm?

Yeah, you wanna be aloof?

You wanna sit in judgment

Looking down from the roof?

Try a wee sensation

But first you have to wanna join in

You should be, should be raging down the freeway

With some friends from the mall

Don’t stay forever in your limbo, fly before you fall

Little sparrow on the schoolyard wall

Little sparrow on the wall, yeah

So dress a little dangerous

Yes and modify your walk

There’s nothing wrong with sparrows

But try to be a sparrow hawk

Hunting in the evening

And floating in the heat in the day

You might, might acquire some predatory instinct

Do the wolf pack crawl?

Don’t stay forever in your limbo, fly before you fall

Little sparrow on the schoolyard wall

Little sparrow on the wall

Well, I don’t wanna be your daddy

Don’t wanna be your engineer of sin

And I don’t wanna play the piper here

I’m only banging on a mandolin

And anyway, you’re just a little sparrow

On the schoolyard wall, alright

There’s nothing wrong with learning

And nothing wrong with your books

So exercise some judgment

Too much broth can spoil the cook

Feel a little sensation

And know when it’s time to join in

You should be, should be raging down the freeway

With some friends from the mall

Don’t stay forever in your limbo, fly before you fall, before you fall

Little sparrow on the schoolyard, the schoolyard wall

Little sparrow on the schoolyard wall

Little sparrow on the schoolyard wall

Little sparrow on the schoolyard wall

Little sparrow on the schoolyard