Syd Barret - Wouldn’t You Miss Me
Wouldn’t You Miss Me    16th April 2001

“Octopus”    (Barrett)
Trip to, heave and ho
Up down, to and fro
You have no word
Trip, trip to a dream dragon
Hide your wings in a ghost tower.

Sails cackling at every plate we break
Cracked by scattered needles
The little minute gong
Coughs and clears his throat
Madam you see before you stand
Hey ho, never be still
The old original favourite grand
Grasshoppers green herbarian band
And the tune they play is "In Us Confide".

So trip to, heave and ho
Up down, to and fro
You have no word
Please leave us here
Close our eyes to the octopus ride!

Isn't it good to be lost in the wood
Isn't it bad so quiet there, in the wood
Meant even less to me than I thought
With a honey plough, yellow prickly seeds,
Clover honey pots and mystic shining feed.

Well, the mad cat laughed at the man on the border
Hey ho, Huff the talbot
"Cheat" he cried shouting kangaroo
"So true" in their tree they cried
Please leave us here
Close our eyes to the octopus ride!

Please leave us here
Close our eyes to the octopus ride!

The mad cat laughed at the man on the border
Hey ho, Huff the talbot
The winds they blew and the leaves did wag
They'll never put me in their bag
The seas will reach and always seep
So high you go, so low you creep
The wind it blows in tropical heat
The drones they throng on mossy seats
The squeaking door will always creak
Two up, two down, will never we meet?
So merrily trip and go my side
Please leave us here
Close our eyes to the octopus ride!