Cold aeroplanes, slow boats, warm trains
Remind me of Jack-A-Lynn.
Lush hotels and pretty girls
Won't cheer the misty mood I'm in.
Silly, sad, I've never had to write this before,
Oh, Jack-A-Lynn.
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/j/jethro+tull/jack+a+lynn_20071206.html ]
Funny how long nights allow
Thoughts of Jack-A-Lynn.
When phantoms tread around my bed
To offer restless dreams they bring.
And it's just the time and place to find
A sad song to play for Jack-A-Lynn.

Magpies that shriek, old boots that leak
Call me to Jack-A-Lynn.
Coal-black cats in policeman's hats
Nosing where the mice have been.
And the long miaow's beginning now
And I'm far, far from home and Jack-A-Lynn.
Jack, Jack-A-Lynn
Jack, Jack-A-Lynn
Jack, Jack-A-Lynn
Jack, Jack-A-Lynn