The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Pink Floyd
1967 ReleasedUpvote Your Favorite Album Today!
Be the first one to vote The Piper at the Gates of Dawn!
Digging into The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - what's your favorite track or standout moment? 🤘
1
Astronomy Domine
04 : 12
2
Lucifer Sam
03 : 07
3
Matilda Mother
03 : 08
4
Flaming
02 : 46
5
Pow R. Toc H.
04 : 26
6
Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk
03 : 05
7
Interstellar Overdrive
09 : 41
8
The Gnome
02 : 13
9
Chapter 24
03 : 42
10
The Scarecrow
02 : 11
11
Bike
03 : 21
Sponsor content
Track Lyrics
Astronomy Domine Lyrics
[Intro: Peter Jenner]
“Moon in twelve thousand
… one … Scorpio … braving the skies …
Libra … Portalia … Mao … Lapintin … Roscoe Thomas …
Pluto was not discovered until 1930
… nine two three select …
Mars is in conjunction with a fixed star of
… reduce, execute now if possible …”
[Verse 1: Syd Barrett & Richard Wright]
Lime and limpid green, a second scene
A fight between the blue you once knew
Floating down, the sound resounds
Around the icy waters underground
Jupiter and Saturn
Oberon, Miranda, and Titania
Neptune, Titan, stars can frighten
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2: Syd Barrett & Richard Wright]
Blinding signs flap
Flicker, flicker, flicker, blam
Pow, pow
Stairway scare Dan Dare, who’s there?
[Verse 3: Syd Barrett & Syd Barrett & Richard Wright]
Lime and limpid green, the sound surrounds
The icy waters under—
Lime and limpid green, the sound surrounds
The icy waters underground
Lucifer Sam Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Lucifer Sam, Siam cat
Always sitting by your side
Always by your side
[Refrain]
That cat's something I can't explain
[Verse 2]
Jennifer Gentle, you're a witch
You're the left side, he's the right side
Oh, no!
[Refrain]
That cat's something I can't explain
[Verse 3]
Lucifer, go to sea
Be a hip cat, be a ship's cat
Somewhere, anywhere
[Refrain]
That cat's something I can't explain
[Verse 4]
At night prowling, sifting sand
Hiding around on the ground
He'll be found when you're around
[Refrain]
That cat's something I can't explain
Matilda Mother Lyrics
[Verse 1: Rick Wright]
There was a king who ruled the land
His Majesty was in command
With silver eyes the scarlet eagle
Showered silver on the people...
[Refrain: Syd Barrett & Rick Wright]
Oh, Mother
Tell me more
[Bridge: Syd Barrett]
Why’d'ya have to leave me there
Hanging in my infant air waiting?
You only have to read the lines
They’re scribbly black and everything shines
[Verse 2: Rick Wright]
Across the stream with wooden shoes
With bells to tell the king the news
A thousand misty riders climb up
Higher once upon a time
[Refrain: Syd Barrett & Rick Wright]
Wandering and dreaming
The words have different meaning
Yes, they did
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3: Syd Barrett]
For all the time spent in that room
The doll’s house, darkness, old perfume
And fairy stories held me high
On clouds of sunlight floating by
[Refrain: Syd Barrett & Rick Wright]
Oh, Mother
Tell me more
Tell me more
[Outro]
Ahh
Ahh
Ahh
Ahh
Flaming Lyrics
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Alone in the clouds all blue
Lying on an eiderdown
Yippee! You can't see me
But I can you
[Verse 2]
Lazing in the foggy dew (Ooh, hoo)
Sitting on a unicorn
No fair, you can't hear me
But I can you
[Verse 3]
Watching buttercups cup the light
Sleeping on a dandelion
Too much, I won't touch you
But then I might
[Verse 4]
Streaming through the starlit sky
Traveling by telephone
Hey, ho, here we go
Ever so high
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 1]
Alone in the clouds all blue
Lying on an eiderdown
Yippee! You can't see me
But I can you
Pow R. Toc H. Lyrics
[Instrumental and Screams]
Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk Lyrics
[Verse 1]
(Doctor, doctor)
I’m in bed (Doctor, doctor)
Aching head (Doctor, doctor)
Gold is lead, (Doctor, doctor)
Choke on bread (Doctor, doctor)
Underfed (Doctor, doctor)
Gold is lead (Doctor, doctor)
Jesus bled (Doctor, doctor)
Pain is red (Doctor, doctor)
Dark doom
Gruel ghoul, greasy spoon
Used spoon, June bloom
Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch
Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch
[Instrumental Break]
[?]
[Verse 2]
Music seems to help the pain
Seems to motivate the brain
Doctor kindly tell your wife
That I’m alive, flowers thrive
Realise, realise, realise
The Gnome Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I want to tell you a story
'Bout a little man, If I can
A gnome named Grimble Grumble
And little gnomes stay in their homes
Eating, sleeping
Drinking their wine
[Verse 2]
He wore a scarlet tunic
A blue-green hood, it looked quite good
He had a big adventure
Amidst the grass, fresh air at last
Wining, dining
Biding his time
[Chorus]
And then one day, hooray!
Another way for gnomes to say
Ooh, my
[Verse 3]
Look at the sky, look at the river
Isn’t it good?
Look at the sky, look at the river
Isn’t it good?
Winding, finding
Places to go
[Chorus]
And then one day, hooray!
Another way for gnomes to say
Ooh, my
Ooh, my
Chapter 24 Lyrics
[Verse 1]
All movement is accomplished in six stages
And the seventh brings return
For seven is the number of the young light
It forms when darkness is increased by one
[Chorus]
Change returns success
Going and coming without error
Action brings good fortune
Sunset
[Verse 2]
The time is with the month of winter solstice
When the change is due to come
Thunder in the other course of heaven
Things cannot be destroyed once and for all
[Chorus]
Change returns success
Going and coming without error
Action brings good fortune
Sunset, sunrise
[Verse 1]
All movement is accomplished in six stages
And the seventh brings return
For seven is the number of the young light
It forms when darkness is increased by one
[Chorus]
Change returns success
Going and coming without error
Action brings good fortune
Sunset, sunrise, sunrise
Sunset, sunrise
Sunrise
The Scarecrow Lyrics
[Verse 1]
The black and green scarecrow, as everyone knows
Stood with a bird on his hat and straw everywhere
He didn’t care
[Refrain]
He stood in a field where barley grows
[Verse 2]
His head did no thinking, his arms didn’t move
Except when the wind cut up rough
And mice ran around on the ground
[Refrain]
He stood in a field where barley grows
[Verse 3]
The black and green scarecrow is sadder than me
But now he’s resigned to his fate
Cause life’s not unkind, he doesn’t mind
[Refrain]
He stood in a field where barley grows
[Instrumental Outro]
Bike Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus]
You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world
I'll give you anything, everything if you want thing
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world
I'll give you anything, everything if you want thing
[Verse 3]
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
[Chorus]
You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world
I'll give you anything, everything if you want thing
[Verse 4]
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
[Chorus]
You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world
I'll give you anything, everything if you want thing
[Verse 5]
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
[Outro]