Jethro Tull — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 221 songs across 24 albums by Jethro Tull. They use 5,654 unique words out of 22,999 (lexical richness MATTR 0.84), with an average of 104 content words per song. Emotional tone: 67% of songs positive, 3% neutral, 30% negative.
Most used words by Jethro Tull
- old (140)
- one (128)
- see (124)
- day (122)
- away (114)
- make (111)
- time (106)
- man (100)
- way (97)
- back (95)
- long (90)
- take (88)
- night (83)
- come (80)
- little (77)
- black (74)
- know (74)
- feel (71)
- cold (70)
- say (70)
Signature phrases
- “old man” (16)
- “lap luxury” (15)
- “warchild dance days” (14)
- “pouring heavy water” (13)
- “nothing say nothing” (13)
- “long time” (13)
- “tall general” (13)
- “one day” (13)
- “hot mango flush” (11)
- “black jacket tie” (11)
Colors in the lyrics
- black (74)
- red (43)
- white (42)
- green (41)
- gold (24)
- blue (22)
- silver (20)
- grey (15)
Albums analyzed
- This Was (1968)
- Stand Up (1969)
- Benefit (1970)
- Aqualung (1971)
- Thick as a Brick (1972)
- A Passion Play (1973)
- WarChild (1974)
- Minstrel in the Gallery (1975)
- Too Old to Rock ’n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)
- Songs From the Wood (1977)
- Heavy Horses (1978)
- Stormwatch (1979)
- A (1980)
- The Broadsword and the Beast (1982)
- Under Wraps (1984)
- Crest of a Knave (1987)
- Rock Island (1989)
- Catfish Rising (1991)
- Roots to Branches (1995)
- J‐Tull Dot Com (1999)
- The Jethro Tull Christmas Album (2003)
- The Zealot Gene (2022)
- RökFlöte (2023)
- Curious Ruminant (2025)