This Free Will Songtext
von Jethro Tull

She peeled from a stretch black snake
Which slipped up to the hotel door.
Darting looks from piercing eyes --
The stir of memory and then no more.
Well, you know how I have to believe --
She can almost remember my name.

It′s been a long time coming, babe --
Long time loose amongst foreign hills --
Shaking my faith in this free will.


Years ago in a coastal town,
Mosquitoes buzzed in her hair.
Schooldress torn and bare feet brown --
Then the rains came and she wasn't there.
You′re closing your doors on me
When you had almost remembered my name.

It's been a long time coming, babe --
Long time loose amongst foreign hills --
Shaking my faith in this free will.

Sharp points in an ink black sky --
Faint words collide, then are lost.
I'll follow you beneath this dome --
Win you back at any cost.
I know we were children then,
But you can almost remember my name.

It′s been a long time coming, babe --
Long time loose amongst foreign hills --
Well, let′s be children still --
Don't shake my faith in this free will.

Don′t shake my faith in this free will.