Relics

Tracks:
Arnold layne
Interstellar overdrive
See emily play
Remember a day
Paint box
Julia dream
Careful with that axe eugene
Cirrus minor
The nile song
Biding my time
Bike

Arnold Layne
(Barret)

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
He got it

Oh, Arnold Layne, it's not the same
Takes two to know, 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 bang, chain gang
He hated it

Oh, Arnold Layne, it's not the same
Takes two to know, 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

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Interstellar overdrive
(Barret, Waters, Wright, Mason)

(Instrumental)

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See Emily play
(Barret)

Emily tries but misunderstands
She's 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, 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

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Remember a day
(Wright)

Remember a day before today
A day when you were young
Free to play along with time
Evening never come

Sing a song that can't be sung
Without the morning's kiss
Queen you shall be it if you wish
 Look for your king

 Why can't we play today
 Why can't we stay that way

 Climb your favorite apple tree
 Try to catch the sun
 Hide from your little brother's gun
 Dream yourself away

 Why can't we reach the sun
 Why can't we blow the years away
 Blow away... blow away...
 Remember... remember.

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Paint box
(Wright)

Last night I had too much to drink
Sitting in a club with so many fools
 Playing to rules
Trying to impress but feeling rather empty
 I had another drink
Drink - a - drink - a - drink - a - drink

What a way to spend that evening
They all turn up with their friends
 Playing the game
But in the scene I should have been
Far away
Away - away - away - away - away

Getting up, I feel as if I'm remembering this scene before
I open the door to an empty room
 Then I forget
The telephone rings and someone speaks
She would very much like to go out to a show
 So what can I do
 I can't think what to say
 She sees through anyway
 Away - away - away - away - away

 Out of the front door I go
 Traffic's moving rather slow
 Arriving late, there she waits
 Looking very angry
  As cross as she can be
Be - a - be - a - be - a - be - a - be

Getting up, I feel as if I'm remembering this scene before
I open the door to an empty room
Then I forget
Aah... Aah...

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Julia dream
(Waters)

Sunlight bright upon my pillow
Lighter than an eiderdown
Will she let the weeping willow
Wind his branches round
Julia dream, dream boat queen, queen of all my dreams

Every night I turn the light out
Waiting for the velvet bride
Will the scaly armadillo
Find me where I'm hiding
Julia dream, dream boat queen, queen of all my dreams

Will the misty master break me
Will the key unlock my mind
Will the following footsteps catch me
Am I really dying
Julia dream, dream boat queen, queen of all my dreams
Julia dream, dream boat queen, queen of all my dreams
Julia dream, dream boat queen, queen of all my dreams
Julia dream, dream boat queen, queen of all my dreams

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Careful with that axe, Eugene
(Waters, Wright, Mason, Gilmour)

(Instrumental

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Cirrus Minor
 (Waters)

In a churchyard by a river
Lazing in the haze of midday
Laughing in the grasses and the graze
Yellow bird you are not lone in singing and in flying on
In laughing and in leaving

Willow weeping in the water
Waving to the river daughters
Swaying in the ripples and the reeds
On a trip to Cirrus Minor, saw a crater in the sun
A thousand miles of moonlight later

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The Nile song
(Waters)

I was standing by the Nile
When I saw the lady smile
I would take her out for a while
For a while

Light tears wept like a child
How her golden hair was blowing wild
Then she spread her wings to fly
For to fly

Soaring high above the breezes
Going always where she pleases
She will make it to the islands in the sun
I will follow in her shadow
As I watch her from my window
One day I will catch her eye

She is calling from the deep
Summoning my soul to endless sleep
She is bound to drag me down
Drag me down.

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Biding my time
(Waters)

Wasting my time
Resting my mind
And I'll never pine
For the sad days and the bad days
When we was workin' from nine to five
And if you don't mind
I'll spend my time
Here by the fire side
In the warm light of the love in her eyes
And if you don't mind
I'll spend my time
Here by the fire side
In the warm light of the love of her eyes.

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Bike
(Barret)

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, ev'rything 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, ev'rything 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, ev'rything 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 wor
I'll give you anything, ev'rything if you want things

I know a room of musical tunes
Some rhyme, some ching, most of them are clockwork
Let's go into the other room and make them work

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