The Chequered Flag (dead Or Alive) lyrics - Jethro Tull song
The disk brakes drag
The Chequered Flag sweeps across the oil-slick track
The young man's home, dry as a bone
His helmet off, he waves: the crowd waves back
One lap victory roll. Gladiator soul
The taker of the day in winning has to say
Isn't it grand to be playing to the stand, dead or alive
The sunlight streaks through the curtain tracks
Touches the old man where he sleeps
The nurse brings up a cup of tea - two biscuits
And the morning paper mystery
The hard road's end, the white God's send is nearer everyday
In dying the old man says
Isn't it grand to be playing to the stand, dead or alive
The still-born child can't feel the rain
As the Chequered Flag falls once again
The deaf composer completes his final score
He'll never hear his sweet encore
The Chequered Flag, the bull's red rag
The lemming-hearted running ever-faster to the shore singing
Isn't it grand to be playing to the stand, dead or alive
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The Chequered Flag sweeps across the oil-slick track
The young man's home, dry as a bone
His helmet off, he waves: the crowd waves back
One lap victory roll. Gladiator soul
The taker of the day in winning has to say
Isn't it grand to be playing to the stand, dead or alive
The sunlight streaks through the curtain tracks
Touches the old man where he sleeps
The nurse brings up a cup of tea - two biscuits
And the morning paper mystery
The hard road's end, the white God's send is nearer everyday
In dying the old man says
Isn't it grand to be playing to the stand, dead or alive
The still-born child can't feel the rain
As the Chequered Flag falls once again
The deaf composer completes his final score
He'll never hear his sweet encore
The Chequered Flag, the bull's red rag
The lemming-hearted running ever-faster to the shore singing
Isn't it grand to be playing to the stand, dead or alive
i
The Chequered Flag (dead Or Alive) lyrics
Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die! album songs
released 1976 via1. Quizz Kid
2. Crazed Institution
3. Salanander
4. Taxi Grab
5. From A Dead Beat To An Old Greaser
6. Bad-eyed And Loveless
7. Big Dipper
8. Too Old To Rock'n'roll, Too Young To Die
9. Pied Piper
10. The Chequered Flag (dead Or Alive)
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check here the lyrics for The Chequered Flag (dead Or Alive), the 10th song of the 10 recorded for the album Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die!, with a total running time of , by Jethro Tull. It was released on via , and produced by .