PINK FLOYD
DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
© 1973 The Gramaphone Co.
Ltd.
Speak to Me
"I've been mad for fucking years, absolutely years, been
over the edge for yonks, been working me buns off for bands..."
"I've
always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us have...very hard to
explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad..."
(Man laughing)
Breathe
Breathe, breathe in the air
Don't be afraid to
care
Leave, but don't leave me
Look around
Choose your own
ground
Long you live and high you fly
And smiles you'll give and tears
you'll cry
And all you touch and all you see
Is all your life will ever
be
Run, rabbit run
Dig that hole, forget the sun
And when at last
the work is done
Don't sit down
It's time to dig another one
For
long you live and high you fly
But only if you ride the tide
And balanced
on the biggest wave
You race towards an early grave
On The Run
(female announcing flights)
"...have your passports
ready....Rome..."
"Live for today, gone tomorrow, that's me,
HaHaHaaaaaa!"
(Instrumental)
Time
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter
and waste the hours in an offhand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in
your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the
way
Tired of lying in the sunshine
Staying home to watch the
rain
And you are young and life is long
And there is time to kill
today
And then one day you find
Ten years have got behind you
No one
told you when to run
You missed the starting gun
And you run, and you
run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking
Racing around to come up
behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're
older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death
Every year is
getting shorter
Never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to
nought
Or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desparation
is the English way
The time is gone
The song is over
Thought I'd
something more to say
Home, home again
I like to be here when I
can
When I come home cold and tired
It's good to warm my bones beside the
fire
Far away across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the
faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spells
The Great Gig In The Sky
"And I am not frightened of dying. Any time
will do, I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason
for it. You've gotta go sometime."
"I never said I was frightened of
dying."
(Instrumental)
Money
Money
Get away
You get a good job with good pay and
you're okay
Money
It's a gas
Grab that cash with both hands and make a
stash
New car, caviar, four star daydream
Think I'll buy me a football
team
Money
Well, get back
I'm all right Jack
Keep your hands off
of my stack
Money
It's a hit
Don't give me that do goody good
bullshit
I'm in the high-fidelity first class travelling set
I think I
need a Lear jet
Money
It's a crime
Share it fairly
But don't
take a slice of my pie
Money
So they say
Is the root of all evil
today
But if you ask for a raise
It's no surprise that they're giving none
away
"HuHuh! I was in the right!"
"Yes, absolutely in the
right!"
"I certainly was in the right!"
"You was definitely in the right.
That geezer was cruising for a bruising!"
"Yeah!"
"Why does anyone do
anything?"
"I don't know, I was really drunk at the time!"
"I was just
telling him, he couldn't get into number 2. He was asking why he wasn't coming
up on freely, after I was yelling and screaming and telling him why he wasn't
coming up on freely. It came as a heavy blow, but we sorted the matter out"
Us and Them
Us and them
And after all we're only ordinary
men
Me and you
God only knows
It's not what we would choose to
do
Forward he cried from the rear
And the front rank died
And the
general sat
And the lines on the map
Moved from side to side
Black and
blue
And who knows which is which and who is who
Up and down
And in the
end it's only round 'n round
Haven't you heard it's a battle of words
The
poster bearer cried
Listen son, said the man with the gun
There's room for
you inside
"I mean, they're not gonna kill ya, so if you give 'em a quick
short, sharp, shock, they won't do it again. Dig it? I mean he get off lightly,
'cause I would've given him a thrashing - I only hit him once! It was only a
difference of opinion, but really...I mean good manners don't cost nothing do
they, eh?"
Down and out
It can't be helped that there's a lot of it
about
With, without
And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all
about?
Out of the way
It's a busy day
I've got things on my mind
For
the want of the price
Of tea and a slice
The old man died
Any Colour You Like
(Instrumental)
Brain Damage
The lunatic is on the grass
The lunatic is on the
grass
Remembering games
And daisy chains and laughs
Got to keep the
loonies on the path
The lunatic is in the hall
The lunatics are in my
hall
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day the
paper boy brings more
And if the dam breaks open many years too
soon
And if there is no room upon the hill
And if your head explodes with
dark forebodings too
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon
The
lunatic is in my head
The lunatic is in my head
You raise the blade
You
make the change
You rearrange me 'till I'm sane
You lock the door
And
throw away the key
And there's someone in my head, but it's not me
And if
the cloud bursts thunder in your ear
You shout and no one seems to
hear
And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes
I'll see you
on the dark side of the moon
"I can't think of anything to say except...
Laughing is nice! HaHaHa!"
Eclipse
All that you touch
And all that you see
All that you
taste
All you feel
And all that you love
And all that you hate
All
you distrust
All you save
And all that you give
And all that you
deal
And all that you buy
Beg, borrow or steal
And all you
create
And all you destroy
And all that you do
And all that you
say
And all that you eat
And everyone you meet
And all that you
slight
And everyone you fight
And all that is now
And all that is
gone
And all that's to come
And everything under the sun is in tune
But
the sun is eclipsed by the moon
"There is no dark side of the moon
really. Matter of fact it's all dark."