Ian Anderson - Sparrow On The Schoolyard Wall lyrics

You want to be a bookworm? You wanna be aloof? You wanna sit in judgement, looking down from the roof? Try a wee sensation: but first you have to want 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 Little sparrow on the schoolyard wall So dress a little dangerous and modify your walk There's nothing wrong with sparrows, but try To be a sparrowhawk 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 Well, I don't want to be your daddy Don't want to be your engineer of sin And I don't want to play the piper here I'm only banging on a mandolin And anyway, you're just a little sparrow On the schoolyard wall There's nothing wrong with learning. Nothing wrong With your books So exercise some judgement. 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 Little sparrow on the schoolyard wall