Piper At the Gates of Dawn


                                    Astronomy Domine

                                                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.

                                                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.

                                                       Blinding signs flap,
                                               Flicker, flicker, flicker blam. Pow, pow.
                                               Stairway scare Dan. Dare who's there?
                                              Lime and limpid green, the sounds around
                                                      The icy waters under
                                              Lime and limpid green, the sounds around
                                                   The icy waters underground.

                                                      Lucifer Sam

                                                      Lucifer Sam, siam cat.
                                                    Always sitting by your side
                                                      Always by your side.
                                                 That cat's something I can't explain.

                                                   Ginger, ginger you're a witch.
                                                       You're the left side
                                                       He's the right side.
                                                           Oh, no!
                                                 That cat's something I can't explain.

                                                        Lucifer go to sea.
                                                    Be a hip cat, be a ship's cat.
                                                     Somewhere, anywhere.
                                                 That cat's something I can't explain.

                                                   At night prowling sifting sand.
                                                   Hiding around on the ground.
                                                 He'll be found when you're around.
                                                 That cat's something I can't explain.

                                                    Matilda Mother

                                                There was a king who ruled the land.
                                                   His majesty was in command.
                                                  With silver eyes the scarlet eagle
                                                   Showers silver on the people.
                                                     Oh Mother, tell me more.

                                                  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.

                                                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.

                                                     Wandering and dreaming
                                                 The words have different meaning.
                                                         Yes they did.

                                                  For all the time spent in that room
                                               The doll's house, darkness, old perfume
                                                  And fairy sories held me high on
                                                   Clouds of sunlight floating by.
                                                     Oh Mother, tell me more
                                                         Tell me more.
                                                          Aaaaaaaah
                                                          Aaaaaaaah
                                                          Aaaaaaaah

                                            Pow R. Toc H (Instrumental)

                                                         Flaming

                                                    Alone in the clouds all blue
                                                     Lying on an eiderdown.
                                                    Yippee! You can't see me
                                                         But I can you.

                                                     Lazing in the foggy dew
                                                       Sitting on a unicorn.
                                                    No fair, you can't hear me
                                                         But I can you.

                                                  Watching buttercups cup the light
                                                     Sleeping on a dandelion.
                                                   Too much, I won't touch you
                                                        But then I might.

                                                  Screaming through the starlit sky
                                                     Travelling by telephone.
                                                       Hey ho, here we go
                                                         Ever so high.

                                                    Alone in the clouds all blue
                                                     Lying on an eiderdown.
                                                    Yippee! You can't see me
                                                         But I can you.

                                       Take Up Thy Stethescope and Walk

                                                        Doctor doctor!
                                                          I'm in bed
                                                          Achin' head
                                                          Gold is lead
                                                        Choke on bread
                                                           Underfed
                                                          Gold is lead
                                                          Jesus bled
                                                          Pain is red
                                                           Are goon
                                                           Grow go
                                                         Greasy spoon
                                                          You swoon
                                                          June bloom
                                                   Music seems to help the pain
                                                    Seems to cultivate the brain.
                                                  Doctor kindly tell your wife that
                                               I'm alive - flowers thrive - realize - realize
                                                           Realize.

                                      Interstellar Overdrive (Instrumental)

                                                       The Gnome

                                                     I want to tell you a story
                                                        About a little man
                                                           If I can.
                                                 A gnome named Grimble Grumble.
                                                And little gnomes stay in their homes.
                                                 Eating, sleeping, drinking their wine.

                                                     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.
                                                    And then one day - hooray!
                                                  Another way for gnomes to say
                                                        Hoooooooooray.

                                                  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.
                                                    And then one day - hooray!
                                                  Another way for gnomes to say
                                                        Hoooooooooray.
                                                     Hooooooooooooooray.

                                                       Chapter 24

                                              A movement is accomplished in six stages
                                                   And the seventh brings return.
                                              The seven is the number of the young light
                                              It forms when darkness is increased by one.
                                                     Change returns success
                                                  Going and coming without error.
                                                    Action brings good fortune.
                                                           Sunset.

                                              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.
                                                     Change returns success
                                                  Going and coming without error.
                                                    Action brings good fortune.
                                                        Sunset, sunrise.

                                              A movement is accomplished in six stages
                                                   And the seventh brings return.
                                              The seven is the number of the young light
                                              It forms when darkness is increased by one.
                                                     Change returns success
                                                  Going and coming without error.
                                                    Action brings good fortune.
                                                        Sunset, sunrise.

                                                     The Scarecrow

                                           The black and green scarecrow as everyone knows
                                           Stood with a bird on his hat and straw everywhere.
                                                         He didn't care.
                                               He stood in a field where barley grows.

                                                     His head did no thinking
                                            His arms didn't move except then the wind cut up
                                              Rough and mice ran around on the ground
                                               He stood in a field where barley grows.

                                           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.
                                               He stood in a field where barley grows.

                                                           Bike

                                               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 world.

                                            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.