Ian Anderson - Astronomy lyrics

The middle lane has trapped my car In red-light claustrophobia I slip the shackles, cut the rope --- Stand naked with a telescope As the cat walks alone Under a big sky Against the dark so thin and white --- Gonna be a big sky night Miss Galileo, come with me And view the new Astronomy Black hole dressing on salad plate --- Quasar at the kissing gate Now the cat, he walks alone Under a big sky Umbrella dome pin-pricked in lights --- Gonna be a big sky night My spectacles, my white lab coat --- My coffee, thermos and my notes I pat my pockets. I got the keys To the secrets of the observatory And closing the door I feel a new dawn As the darker slides align --- You to yours and me to mine And now you stand, a**isting me --- I can touch what I can see, see, see I look in wonder, I feel no shame --- See the consequences of the game Expand the universe Head for the Big Bang Reach for my switch and shout --- Gonna turn the big sky out There's got to be astronomy Astronomy