Syd Barrett Lyrics
The 1st 3 Singles/Jugband Blues
CANDY AND A CURRANT BUN (LET'S ROLL ANOTHER ONE)
ARNOLD LAYNE
(single)
Arnold Layne had a strange hobby
Collecting clothes
Moonshine, washing line
They suit him fine
On the wall, hung a tall mirror
Distorted view, see through baby blue
Oh, Arnold Layne
It's not the same, takes two to know
Two to know, two to know -
Why can't you see?
Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne
Now he's caught - a nasty sort of person.
They gave him time
Doors clang - chain gang - he hates it
Oh, Arnold Layne
It's not the same, takes two to know
Two to know, two to know
Why can't you see?
Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne
Don't do it again
CANDY AND A CURRANT BUN (LET'S ROLL ANOTHER ONE)
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B-side of 1st single w/ Arnold Layne as A-side Released 11 Mar.'67
Oh my, girl sitting in the sun go buy, candy and a currant bun I like to see you run Like that...
Oooh , don't talk to me Please just fuck with me Please you know I'm feeling frail
It's true, sun shining very bright It's you, who I'm gonna love tonight Ice cream, taste good in the afternoon Ice cream, taste good if you eat it soon
Oooh , don't touch me child Please, you know you drive me wild Please, you know I'm feeling frail
Don't try another cat Don't go where other - you must know why Very very very frail Oh my, girl sitting in the sun Go buy, candy and a currant bun I like to see you run Lay back... |
Advision studio acetate version
Oh, my girl sitting in the sun Go buy candy and a currant bun I'm high don't try to spoil the fun Go cry we'll have another one
Oooh , don't touch me child Please y'know you drive me wild Please y'know I'm feeling frail
It's true sun shining very bright It's you I'm gonna love tonight Ice cream taste good if you eat it right Ice cream taste good if you treat it right
Oooh, don't talk to me Please just walk with me Please y'know i'm feeling frail
Oh, my girl sitting in the sun Go buy candy and a currant bun I'm high don't try to spoil the fun Go cry we'll have another one Oooh , don't touch me child Please y'know you drive me wild Please y'know I'm feeling frail |
SEE EMILY PLAY
(Single)
Emily tries but misunderstands,
Shes often inclined to borrow somebody's dreams till tomorrow
There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll lose your mind and play
Free games for May
See Emily play
Soon after dark Emily cries,
Gazing through trees in sorrow hardly a sound till tomorrow
There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll lose your mind and play
Free games for May
See Emily play
Put on a gown that touches the ground,
Float on a river forever and ever, Emily
There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll lose your mind and play
Free games for May
See Emily play
APPLES AND ORANGES
(single)
Got a flip-top pack of cigarettes in her pocket
Feeling good at the top
Shopping in sharp shoes
Walking in the sunshine town -
feeling very cool
But the butchers and the bakers and the supermarket stores
Getting everything she wants from the supermarket stores
Apples and oranges
Apples and oranges
Cornering neatly she trips up sweetly
To meet the people
She's on time again
And then
I catch her by the eye
then I stop and have to think
What a funny thing to do 'cause I'm feeling very pink
Apples and oranges
Apples and oranges
I love she
She loves me
See you
See you
See you
Thought you might like to know
I'm her lorry driver man
She's on the run
Down by the river side
feeding ducks in the afternoon time
Apples and oranges
Apples and oranges
Apples and oranges
JUGBAND BLUES
(from the album "A Saucerful of Secrets")
It's awfully considerate of you to think of me here
And I'm most obliged to you for making it clear
That I'm not here.
And I never knew the moon could be so big
And I never knew the moon could be so blue
And I'm grateful that you threw away my old shoes
And brought me here instead dressed in red
And I'm wondering who could be writing this song
I don't care if the sun don't shine
And I don't care if nothing is mine
And I don't care if I'm nervous with you
I'll do my loving in the winter.
And the sea isn't green
And I love the queen
And what exactly is a dream
And what exactly is a joke?