STUDIO ALBUM
MEDDLE
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One Of These Days
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A Pillow Of Winds
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fearless
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Saint Tropez
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Seamus
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echoes
DAVID GILMOUR - Voice and Guitar
ROGER WATERS - Voice and Bass.
RICHARD WRIGHT - Voice and Keyboards
NICK MASON - Drums and Percussion
PRODUCER - Pink Floyd
ENGINEER - Peter Bown, John Leckie, Rob Black
STUDIOS - Abbey Road, Morgan Studios and Air Studios
Posted on November 5, 1971
ONE OF THESE DAYS (Mason, Gilmour, Waters, Wright)
Instrumental
A PILLOW OF WINDS (Waters, Gilmour)
A cloud of eiderdown
Draws around me
Softening a sound.
Sleepy time, and I lie,
With my love by my side,
And she's breathing low.
And the candle dies.
When night comes down
You lock the door.
The book falls to the floor.
as darkness falls
The waves roll by,
The seasons change
The wind is wry.
Now wakes the hour
Now sleeps the swan
Behold the dream
The dream is gone.
Green fields are calling
It's falling, in a golden door.
And deep beneath the ground,
The early morning sounds
And I go down.
Sleepy time, and I lie,
With my love by my side,
And she's breathing low.
And I rise, like a bird,
In the haze, when the first rays
Touch the sky.
And the night wings die.
A cloud of quilt
draw around me
muffling a sound.
sleepy time
when i rest
with my love by my side,
she is breathing gently.
And the candle goes out.
when the night comes
you close the door
the book falls to the ground.
As the darkness descends
the waves are agitated,
seasons change
the wind is warm.
Now wake up the owl
now the swan sleeps
watch the dream
the dream is gone.
Green fields of cold rain,
It's falling into a golden dawn..
And deep under the ground,
you hear the dawn
and I descend.
Sleepy time when I rest
with my love by my side,
she is breathing gently.
And I ascend, like a bird,
In the fog,
when the first rays touch the sky,
and the night wind dies.
FEARLESS (Waters, Gilmour)
You say the hill's too steep to climb
Climb it.
You say you'd like to see me try
climbing.
You pick the place and I'll choose the time
And I'll climb
That hill in my own way.
Just wait a while for the right day.
And as I rise above the tree lines
and the clouds
I look down, hearing the sound of the things you've said today.
Fearlessly the idiot faced the crowdSmiling.
Merciless the magistrate turns 'round
Frowning.
And who's the fool who wears the crown?
and go down,
in your own way
And every day is the right day
And as you rise above the fear-lines in his brow
You look down, hearing the sound of the faces in the crowd.
You say the hill is too steep to climb.
Just scale.
You say you'd like to see me try
climb.
Pick the place and I'll pick the time
and i will climb
that hill my way.
Just wait a little until the right day.
And as I climb above the tree line
and I look down at the clouds
Listen to the sound of the things you said today.
Fearless the idiot faced the crowd
smiling.
Ruthlessly the magistrate turned
frowning
and who is the fool who wears the crown?
and go down your way
and any day is opportune
And as you climb over the fearful lines of its summit
look down, listen to the sound of the faces in the crowd.
SAN TROPEZ (Waters)
As I reach for a peach
Slide a rind down behind
The sofa in Saint Tropez.
Breakin' a stick
with a brick on the sand.
Ridin' a wave
In the wake of an old sedan.
Sleepin' alone in the
Drone of the darkness,
Scratched by the sand that
fell from my love,
Deep in my dreams and I
Still hear her callin'
"If you're alone,
I'll come home."
Backward and homebound,
The pigeon, the dove,
Gone with the wind
And the rain, on an airplane.
owning a home
With no silver spoon,
I'm drinking champagne
Like a good tycoon.
sooner than wait for
A break in the weather,
I'll gather my far-flung Thoughts together.
Speeding away
On the wind to a new day.
And if you're alone
I'll come home.
And I pause for a while
By a country style
And listen to the things they say.
Diggin' for gold
With a hoe in my hand.
Open a book
Take a look at the way things stand.
And you're leading me down
To the place by the sea.
I hear your soft voice
Calling to me.
Making a date for
Later by phone
And if you're alone
I'll come home.
When I'm about to pick a peach
the shell slides down behind
the sofa in Saint Tropez.
Breaking a stick with a brick in the sand,
riding on a wave
in the wake of an old sedan.
Sleeping alone in the hum of darkness,
scratched by the sand
who left my love
In the depth of my dreams
I can still hear her saying
"If you are alone,
I'll come home"
Slowly back home
the pigeon and the dove,
they left with the wind
and the rain, on a plane.
Owning a house without a silver spoon,
I'm drinking champagne
like a good tycoon.
rather than wait
let the time change
I will put my vast things in order
thoughts.
running away
in the wind of a new day.
If you are alone
I will come home.
and stop for a moment
in a city with style
and listen to the things they say.
digging for gold
with a hole in my hand.
Open the book
take a look at how things are.
And you're taking me down
to the place by the sea.
I hear your soft voice
calling me.
Making an appointment for
later by phone
And if you're alone
I will come home.
SEAMUS (Waters, Wright, Mason, Gilmour)
I was in the kitchen
Seamus, that's the dog, was outside.
Well, I was in the kitchen,
Seamus, my old hound, was outside.
Well, the sun sinks slowly
But my old hound just sat right down and cried.
I was in the kitchen,
Seamus, that old dog, was outside.
Well, I was in the kitchen,
Seamus my old hound, he was out.
Well the sun was setting slowly
but my old hound sat down and howled.
ECHOES (Waters, Wright, Mason, Gilmour)
Overhead the albatross
Hangs motionless upon the air
And deep beneath the rolling waves
In labyrinths of coral caves
An echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand
And everything is green and underwater.
And no one called us to the land
And no one knows the where's or why's.
Something stirs and something tries
Starts to climb towards the light.
Strangers passing in the street
By chance two separate glances meet
And I am you and what I see is me.
And do I take you by the hand
And lead you through the land
and help me understand
The best I can.
And no one called us to the land
And no one crosses there alive.
No one speaks and no one tries
No one flies around the sun....
Almost everyday you fall
Upon my waking eyes,
Inviting and inciting me
To rise.
And through the window in the wall
Come streaming in on sunlight wings
A million bright ambassadors of morning.
And no one sings me lulabyes
And no one makes me close my eyes
So I throw the windows wide
And call to you across the sky....
above the albatross
hovering in the air
And deep beneath the rolling waves
in labyrinths of coral caves
the echo of a distant time
comes wrapping through the sand
and everything is green and underwater.
And no one showed us the surface
and no one knows where or why.
Something stirs and something tries
start climbing towards the light
Strangers walking in the street
by accident two separate gazes meet
and I am you and who I see is me.
And I take you by the hand
and I lead you across the terrain
help me to understand
the best you can.
And no one calls us to move on
and nothing makes us close our eyes.
Nobody talks and nobody tries
no one flies around the sun...
Despite everything, every day you show up
before my awake eyes,
inviting and inciting me to ascend
and through the window in the wall
They come running on wings of sunlight
a million bright ambassadors of the morning
And no one sings me lullabies
and nothing makes me close my eyes
So I open the windows wide
and I call you across the sky...