Pink Floyd lyrics

Album: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn [1967]

Tracks
01   Astronomy Domine   02   Lucifer Sam   03   Matilda Mother   04   Flaming   05   Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk   06   The Gnome   07   Chapter 24   08   The Scarecrow   09   Bike

Astronomy Domine

Lime and limpid green the second scene The fights between the blue you once knew Floating down the sound resounds Around the icy waters underground Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon there on the run Titanian, Neptune, Titan, stars can frighten Winding signs flap Flicker flicker flicker flam pow pow Stairways scare and death rules there Blindman limpid green the sound Surrounds the icy waters on the Lime and limpid green the sound Surrounds the icy waters underground

Lucifer Sam
Lucifer Sam saw your cat Always sitting by your side Always by your side That cat's something I can't explain Jennifer Gentle you're the witch You're the left side, he's the right side Oh no That cat's something I can't explain Wouldn't say we're going to see Me a hip cat, me a ship's cat Somewhere, anywhere That cat's something I can't explain The night is crawling, shifting sand Hiding around on the ground He'll be bound when you're around That cat's something I can't explain

Matilda Mother
There was a king who ruled the land His Majesty was in command With silver eyes the scarlet eagle Showered silver on the people Oh mother tell me more Why'd you have to leave me there Hanging in my infant chair Waiting You only have to read the lines They're scribbled in black and everything shines Across the stream with wooden shoes Bells to tell the king the news A thousand misty riders climb up Higher once upon a time Wandering and dreaming The words had different meanings Yes they did For all the time spent in that view In doll's house darkness' old perfume And fairy-stories held me high On clouds of sunlight floating by Oh mother tell me more Tell me more

Flaming
Alone in the clouds all blue Lying on an eiderdown Yippie, you can't see me But I can you Lazing in the foggy dew Sitting on a unicorn No fear, you can't hear me But I can you Watching buttercups cuff the light Sleeping on a dandelion Too much, I won't touch you But then I might Screaming through the scarlet sky Travelling by telephone Hey, ho here we go Ever so high.

Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk
I'm in bed, aching head Gold is red, choke I'm red I'm the bread, gold is red Jesus bled, pain is red Dark room Oh no Breeze is slow, you are slow Chill grow Feeling seems to melt the brain Seems to cause a painful brain Doctor kindly tell your wife That I'm alive Flowers thrive Realize realize Realize

The Gnome
I want to tell you a story About a little man If I can A gnome named Crimble Cromble And little gnomes stay in their homes Eating sleeping drinking their wine He wore a scarlet tunic A blue-green hood It looked quite good He had a big adventure Amidst the grass Fresh air at last Wining dining biding his time And then one day hurray Another way for the gnomes to say hurray Look at the sky, look at the river Isn't it good Look at the sky, look at the river Isn't it good Winding finding places to go.

Chapter 24
A movement is accomplished in six stages And the seventh brings return The seven is the number of the young light It forms when darkness is increased by one Change returns success Going and coming without error Action brings good fortune Sunset, sunrise The time is with the month of winter solstice When the change is due to come Thunder in the early course of heaven Things cannot be destroyed once and all for all.

The Scarecrow
The black and green scarecrow as everyone knows Stood with a bird on his hat and swore Everywhere he didn't care He stood in a field where barley grows His head did no thinking, his arms didn't move Except when the wind cut up and mice ran Around on the ground He stood in a field where barley grows The black and green scarecrow was sadder than me But now he's resigned to his fate 'cause life's not Unkind, he doesn't mind He stood in a field where barley grows

Bike
I've got a bike, you can ride if you like It's got a basket, a bell that rings And things to make it look good I'd give it to you if I could But I borrowed it You're the kind of girl That fits in with my world I'll give you anything, everything If you want a thing I've got a cloak, it's a bit of a joke There's a tear up the front, it's red and black I've had it for months If you think it could look good Then I guess it should I know a mouse and he hasn't got a house I don't know why I call him Gerald He's getting rather old but he's a good mouse I've got a clan of gingerbread men Here a man, there a man, lots of gingerbread men Take a couple if you wish, they're on the dish I know a room of musical tunes Some wine, some gin, most of them are clock work Let's go into the other room and make them work