The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 1967

Astronomy Domine
(Barrett)
Lime and limpid green, a second scene
A fight between the blue you once knew.
Floating down, the sound resounds
Around the icy waters underground.
Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda
And Titania, Neptune, Titan.
Stars can frighten.

Blinding signs flap,
Flicker, flicker, flicker blam. Pow, pow.
Stairway scare Dan Dare who's there?
Lime and limpid green
The sounds surrounds the icy waters underground
Lime and limpid green
The sounds surrounds the icy waters underground.

Lucifer Sam
(Barrett)
Lucifer Sam, siam cat. Always sitting by your side Always by your side.
That cat's something I can't explain. Ginger, ginger you're a witch.
You're the left side He's the right side. Oh, no! That cat's something I can't explain.
Lucifer go to sea. Be a hip cat Be a ship's cat. Somewhere, anywhere.
That cat's something I can't explain. At night prowling sifting sand.
Hiding around on the ground. He'll be found when you're around.
That cat's something I can't explain.

Matilda Mother
(Barrett)
There was a king who ruled the land. His majesty was in command.
With silver eyes the scarlet eagle Showers silver on the people. Oh Mother, tell me more.
Why'd'ya have to leave me there
Hanging in my infant air Waiting? You only have to read the lines
They're scribbly black and everything shines.
Across the stream with wooden shoes With bells to tell the king the news
A thousand misty riders climb up Higher once upon a time.
Wandering and dreaming The words have different meaning. Yes they did.
For all the time spent in that room The 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. Aaaaaaaah Aaaaaaaah Aaaaaaaah

Pow R. Toc H
(Barrett, Waters, Wright, Mason)
(Instrumental)

Flaming
(Barrett)
Alone in the clouds all blue Lying on an eiderdown. Yippee! You can't see me But I can you. Lazing in the foggy dew Sitting on a unicorn. No fair, you can't hear me But I can you. Watching buttercups cup the light Sleeping on a dandelion. Too much, I won't touch you But then I might. Screaming through the starlit sky Traveling by telephone. Hey ho, here we go Ever so high. Alone in the clouds all blue Lying on an eiderdown. Yippee! You can't see me But I can you.

Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk
(Waters)
Doctor doctor! I'm in bed Achin' head Gold is lead Choke on bread
Underfed Gold is lead Jesus bled Pain is red Are goon Grow goGreasy spoon
You swoon June bloom Music seems to help the pain
Seems to cultivate the brain.
Doctor kindly tell your wife that I'm alive - flowers thrive - realize - realize Realize.

Interstellar Overdrive
(Barrett, Waters, Wright, Mason)
(Instrumental)

The Gnome
(Barrett)
I want to tell you a story About a little man If I can. A gnome named Grimble Crumble.
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 - hooray! Another way for gnomes to say Oooooooooomray.
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. And then one day - hooray!
Another way for gnomes to say Oooooooooomray. Ooooooooooooooomray.

Chapter 24
(Barrett)
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. The time is with the month of winter solstice
When the change is due to come. Thunder in the other course of heaven.
Things cannot be destroyed once and for all. Change returns success
Going and coming without error. Action brings good fortune. Sunset, sunrise.
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 Scarecrow
(Barrett)
The black and green scarecrow as everyone knows
Stood with a bird on his hat and straw 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
Rough and mice ran around on the ground He stood in a field where barley grows.
The black and green scarecrow is 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
(Barrett)
I've got a bike, you can ride it 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 things.
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.
You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world.
I'll give you anything, everything if you want things.
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.
You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world.
I'll give you anything, everything if you want things.
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.
You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world.
I'll give you anything, everything if you want things.
I know a room full of musical tunes.
Some rhyme, some ching, most of them are clockwork.
Let's go into the other room and make them work.