Rambling On lyrics

Our local picture house was showing a Batman movie

You see this guy fly up in the sky, thought to myself, 'Why shouldn't I?'

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

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

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

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

I considered for a minute, realised he spoke the truth.

For the barbells on my eyelids only emphasised my youth

and the sawdust in my plimsolls means the same to him as me

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

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

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

By now a crowd had gathered and it seemed that all was lost

In the anger of the moment I had diced with death and lost

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

In the anger of the moment the crowd began to sing along

I could not see a way out of this predicament

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

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

Thought to myself pretty soon I'd hit the Golden Gates

Just then a passing bird for no reason I could see

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

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

Luckily I broke no bones only tore my underclothes

• Artist:Procol Harum
• Album:Shine On Brightly (1968)