Mother – Pink Floyd

Mother, do you think they’ll drop the bomb?Mother, do you think they’ll like this song?Mother, do you think they’ll try to break my balls?Ooh, Mother, should I build the wall? Mother, should I run for president?Mother, should I trust the government?Mother, will they put me in the firing line?Ooh, is it just a waste of… Continue reading Mother – Pink Floyd

Astronomy Domine – Pink Floyd

Lime and limpid green, a second sceneA fight between the blue you once knew.Floating down, the sound resoundsAround the icy waters underground.Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, MirandaAnd 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 greenThe sounds surrounds the icy waters undergroundLime and limpid… Continue reading Astronomy Domine – Pink Floyd

Learning to Fly – Pink Floyd

Into the distance, a ribbon of blackStretched to the point of no turning backA flight of fancy on a windswept fieldStanding alone my senses reeledA fatal attraction holding me fastHow can I escape this irresistible grasp? Can’t keep my eyes from the circling skiesTongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I Ice is forming on… Continue reading Learning to Fly – Pink Floyd

Bring the Boys Back Home – Pink Floyd

Bring the boys back homeBring the boys back homeDon’t leave the children on their own, no, noBring the boys back home ”{spoken} Wrong! Do it again!Time to go! [knock, knock, knock, knock]Are you feeling okay?There’s a man answering, but he keeps hanging up!” Is there anybody out there?

Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun – Pink Floyd

Little by little the night turns aroundCounting the leaves which tremble at dawnLotuses lean on each other in yearningUnder the eaves a swallow is restingSet the controls for the heart of the sun Over the mountain watching the watcherBreaking the darkness waking the grapevineOne inch of love is one inch of shadowLove is the chateau… Continue reading Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun – Pink Floyd

Eclipse – Pink Floyd

All that you touchAnd all that you seeAll that you tasteAll you feel.And all that you loveAnd all that you hateAll you distrustAll you save.And all that you giveAnd all that you dealAnd all that you buy,Beg, borrow or steal.And all you createAnd all you destroyAnd all that you doAnd all that you say.And all… Continue reading Eclipse – Pink Floyd

On the Run – Pink Floyd

”{spoken} [female announcer, announcing flight departures at an airport, including ‘Rome’, ‘Cairo’, ‘Naples’] Live for today, gone tomorrow, that’s me (laughter)! {the rest of this song is an instrumental}”