1968
a saucerful of secrets
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Let there be more light
Remember a day
Set the controls for
the heart of the sun
Corporal clegg
A saucerful of secrets
See-saw
Jug band blues
Lyrics:
Let there be
more light
(Waters)
Far far far away way
People heard him say say
I will find a way way
There will come a day day
Something will be done
Then at last the mighty ship
Descending on a point of
flame
Made contact with the human
race at Mildenhall
Now, now, now is the time
time time
Time to be be be aware
Carter's father saw it there
And knew the Rhull revealed
to him
The living soul of Hereward
the Wake
Oh, my, something in my eye
eye
Something in the sky sky
Waiting there for me something
there for me
The outer lock rose slowly back
The service men were heard to sigh
For there revealed in glowing robes
Was Lucy in the sky
Oh oh did you ever?
No no never ever will they
I can't say
Summoning his cosmic powers
And glowing slightly from his toes
His psychic emanations flowed
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...
Set the controls
for the heart of the Sun
(Waters)
Little by little the night turns
around
Counting the leaves which tremble
at dawn
Lotuses lean on each other in yearning
Under the eaves the swallow is
resting
Set the controls for the heart
of the Sun
Over the mountain watching the watcher
Breaking the darkness waking the
grapevine
Knowledge of love is knowledge
of shadow
Love is the shadow that ripens
the wine
Set the controls for the heart
of the Sun
Witness the man who raves at the
wall
Making the shape of his question
to heaven
Whether the sun will fall in the
evening
Will he remember the lesson of
giving
Set the controls for the heart
of the Sun
Set the controls for the heart
of the Sun
Corporal Clegg had a wooden
leg
He won it in the war, in nineteen
forty four
Corporal Clegg had a medal too
In orange, red, and blue
He found it in the zoo
Dear, dear were they really sad
for me?
Dear, dear will they really laugh
at me?
Mrs. Clegg, you must be proud of
him
Mrs. Clegg, another drop of gin
Corporal Clegg umbrella in the
rain
He's never been the same
No one is to blame
Corporal Clegg received his medal
in a dream
From Her Majesty the queen
His boots were very clean
Mrs. Clegg, you must be proud
of him
Mrs. Clegg, another drop
of gin
A saucerful of
secrets
(Waters, Wright, Gilmour, Mason)
(Instrumental)
Marigolds are very much in love,
but he doesn't mind
Picking up his sister, he makes
his way into the seas or land
All the way she smiles
She goes up while he goes down,
down
Sits on a stick in the river
Laughter in his sleep
Sister's throwing stones, hoping
for a hit
He doesn't know so then
She goes up while he goes
down, down
Another time, another day
A brother's way to leave
Another time, another day
She'll be selling plastic flowers on a Sunday afternoon
Picking up weeds, she hasn't got
the time to care
All can see he's not there
She grows up for another man, and
he's down
Another time, another day
A brother's way to leave
Another time, another day
Another time, another day
A brother's way to leave
It's awfully considerate of you
to think of me here
And I'm much 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 new the moon could
be so blueAnd 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
All lyrics © Westminster Music Limited 1968. Used without permission