Do the woorkboot shuffle, in the sulphur city Monkey, and some go running before you blink
keep me from falling out the sky
I m a highrise jockey, the sun slips down
Guess what i am, and i feel no pain, i work in the thunder and i work in the rain
I work at my drinking, and have you guessed my trade, some look up and some look down
keep me from falling out the sky
Can you guess my trade, i won t rest before the world is made, now some men hustle and some just think
Steel monkey, loose brains from brawn Jethro, can you guess my name
As the moon slips up, and i feel no pain, keep me from falling out the sky
as the moon slips up
I work at my drinking, and have you guessed my trade
you might be right
I m going to catch you anyway, now some men hustle and some just think
Steel monkey, in the sulphur city
And i feel no pain, i m a steel monkey Tull, i work in the thunder and i work in the rain
i m a steel monkey
Can you guess my name, in the sulphur city
feel me climbing up your knee
and have you guessed my trade
and can you guess my trade
As the moon slips up, as the moon slips up Tull, feel me climbing up your knee
where men are men
steel monkey
Loose brains from brawn, i m going to catch you anyway
i m a monkey puzzle and the lid is on
Some look up and some look down, can you guess my name, you can have me a climb all over you
Great track. Borrowed a family members ipod last week when having a tooth pulled and this was blasting in my ear as the nitrous oxide hit me; oh that was so cool it almost made me like having a tooth pulled.
Excellent!
Now, have you guessed my name?
And have you guessed my trade?
I'm cheap at the money I get paid.
In the sulphur city, where men are men,
we bolt those beams then climb again.
:)
First of all, Jethro Tull is NOT a metal band, which is obvious on the album, HOWEVER, the album was awesome, definitely the best of the year, above and beyond anything Metallica could compose with their endless e minor riffing that goes nowhere for an 8 minute song. Next, I really don't see the ZZ Top connection. At all. Crest of a Knave really is a fantastic album all the way thru.
When Tulll got the Grammy, most of the members couldn't find a metal band with both hands. No offense to Tull, who I do live (ahem, as well as Dire Straits). Just look at past history who they awarded Grammys to in the past
Crest of a Knave was my first introduction to Tull. It still has to be my favourite album. Yes it's rocky but it's refined with Budapest still giving me the tingle factor every time I hear it. That's the beauty of Tull though, their albums are like the Flake ads... You always prefer the one from your era.
Very glad to see so many younger listeners too. I'm 35 and most of my peers havent heard of them.
Well,I'm a retired ironworker,and a life-long Tull fan.And though I appreciate their tip-of-the-fedora to my trade,this is NOT Jethro Tull's best work,by a long-shot.I think whoever said it could be a spoof on ZZ,may be close to the truth.A decent track,but not great(oh,I am also a lifelong musician,and I love ZZ too,btw)
thanks for the comment!
I, too, am a big ZZ fan... Billy Gibbons is one of the greatest living guitarists. ever hear the story behind his Pink Stratocaster?
ive listened to tull all of my life, im 35 now. my dad has stuck with them since 1968 and thank him massively, and ive seen them live 4 times...............cheers dad, cheers mr anderson for so much !!!