magic vision, staring, kindled by the burning flames
lies in her eyes
The door it stands a jar
it was, it once was high beyond the guilded cage
beyond the reach of time, the moment is at hand
she breaks the golden band
THE GOLD IT'S IN THE…
Come on my friend, let's make for the hills
they say there's gold and I'm looking for thrills
you can get your hands on whatever we find
'cause I've only come along for the ride
Well you go your way and I'll go mine
I don't care if we get there on time
everybody's searching for something, they say
I'll get my kicks on the way
Over the mountains, across the sea
who knows what may be waiting for me
I could sail forever to strange sounding names
faces of people and places don't change
All I have to do is just close my eyes
to see the seagulls wheeling in the far distant skies
all I wanna tell you, all I wanna say
is count me in on the journey, don't expect me to stay
WOT'S… UH THE DEAL
Heaven sent the promised land
looks alright from where I stand
'cause I'm the man on the outside looking in
waiting on the first step
show me where the key is kept
point me down the right line 'cause it's time
To let me in from the cold, turn my lead into gold
'cause there's a chill wind blowing in my soul
and I think I'm growing old
Flash… the red is… wot's… uh deal
got to make it to the next meal
try to keep up with the turning of the wheel
mile after mile, stone after stone
you turn to speak but you're alone
million miles from home you're on your own
Fly kite by candle light
with her by my side
wish she prefers we never stir again
someone sent the promised land
well I grabbed it with both hands
now I'm the man on the inside looking out
Hear me shout, come on in
what's the news, where you've been
'cause there's no wind left in my soul and I've grown old
CHILDHOOD'S END
You shout in your sleep
that's the price, it's just too steep
is your conscience at rest
it was put to the test
you awake with a start
just the beating of your heart
just one man beneath the sky
just two ears, just two eyes
You said, sail across the sea
long past thoughts and memories
childhood's end: your fantasies
merging harsh realities
and then as the sail is hoist
you'll find your eyes are growing moist
and all the fears never voiced
say you have to make the final choice
Who are you and who am I
to say we know the reason why
some are born, some men die
beneath one infinite sky
there'll be war and there'll be peace
but anything one day will cease
all the iron turn to rust
all the proud men turn to dust
so all things time will mend
so this song will end
FREE FOUR
One two three four
The memories of a man in his old age
are the deeds of a man in his prime
you shuffle in the gloom of the sick room
and talk to yourself as you die
Life is a short warm moment
and death is a long cold rest
you get your chance to try the twinkling of an eye
eighty years with luck or even less
So all aboard for the American tour
and maybe you'll make it to the top
but mind how you go, and I can tell you 'cause I know
you may find it hard to get off
But you are the angel of death
and I am the dead man's son
he was buried like a mole in a fox-hole
and everyone's still on the run
And who is the master of foxhounds
and who says the hunt is begun
and who calls the tune in the court-room
and who beats the funeral drum
STAY
Stay and help me to end the day
and if you don't mind, we'll break a bottle of wine
stick around and maybe we'll get one down
'cause I want to find what lies behind those eyes
Midnight blue, burning gold
a yellow moon is growing cold
I rise, looking through my morning eyes
surpised to find you by my side
light my brain, don't try to remember your name
to find the words to tell you goodbye
Morning dews, newborn day
midnight blue turned to grey
midnight blue, burning gold
a yellow moon is growing cold.
The dark side of the moon ‘73
‘73
BREATHE
Breathe, breathe in the air
Don't be afraid to care
Leave but don't leave me
Look around and choose your own ground
For 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.
ON THE RUN
Run, 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.
TIME
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an off hand 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
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find ten years have got behing 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
And racing around to come up behing you again
The sun is the same in the 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 naught
or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone the song is over
thought I'd something more to say.
Breathe (reprise)
Home, home again
I like to be here when I can
When I come home coldened and tired
It's good to warm my bones beside the fire
Far away across the field