SINGOLI 1967-1968

 

  1. Arnold Layne
  2. Candy And A Currant Bun
  3. See Emily Play
  4. Scarecrow
  5. Apples And Oranges
  6. Paintbox




Arnold Layne

Arnold Layne had a strange hobby
Collecting clothes
Moonshine washing line
They suit him fine

On the wall hung a tall mirror
Distorted view, see through baby blue
He dug it

Oh, Arnold Layne
It's not the same, takes two to know
Two to know, two to know
Why can't you see?

Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne

Now he's caught, a nasty sort of person
They gave him time
Doors bang, chain gang
He hates it

Oh, Arnold Layne
It's not the same, takes two to know
Two to know, two to know
Why can't you see?

Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne
Don't do it again

 

Candy And A Currant Bun

Oh my girl sitting in the sun
Go buy candy and a currant bun
I like good to see you
Lay flat

Oh talk, talk sweet
Please just talk with me
Please you know I'm feeling frail

It's true, sunshine is very bright
It's you, I'm gonna love tonight
Ice cream, taste good in the afternoon
Ice cream, taste good if you eat it soon

Oooh, don't touch me child
Please you know you drive me wild
Please you know I'm feeling frail

Don't try another cat
Don't go a lot like that, you must know
I'm very very very bad

Oh my girl sitting in the sun
Go buy candy and a currant bun
I like good to see you
Lay flat

 

See Emily Play

Emily tries but misunderstands
She's often inclined to borrow somebody's dreams till tomorrow

There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll lose your mind in play
Free games for may
See Emily play

Soon after dark Emily cries
Gazing through trees in sorrow hardly a sound till tomorrow

There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll lose your mind in play
Free games for may
See Emily play

Put on a gown that touches the ground
Float on a river forever and ever, Emily

There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll lose your mind in play
Free games for may
See Emily play

 

Apples And Oranges

Got a fliptop packet of cigarettes in her pocket
Feeling good at the top shopping in shop shoes
Walking in the sunshine town feeling very cool
But the butchers and the bakers in the supermarket stores
Getting everything she wants from the supermarket stores

Apples and oranges
Apples and oranges

Cornering me as she trips up sweetly
To meet the people
She's on time again
And then
I catch her by the eye then I stop and have to think
What a funny thing to do 'cause I'm feeling very pink

Apples and oranges
Apples and oranges

I love she
She loves me
See you, see you

Thought you might like to know
I'm the lorrydriver man
She's on the run
Down by the riverside
feeding ducks in the afternoon time

Apples and oranges
Apples and oranges
Apples and oranges

 

Paint Box

Last night I had too much to drink
Sitting in a club with so many fools
Playing to rules
Trying to impress but feeling rather empty
I had another drink

What a way to spend that evening
They all turn up with their friends
Playing the game
Here in the scene or I should have been
Far away

Getting up first without remembering this scene before
I open the door to an empty room
Then I forget

The telephone rings and someone speaks
She would very much like to go out to a show
So what can I do, I can't think what to say
She sees through anyway

Out of the front door I go
Traffic's moving rather slow
Arriving late, there she waits
Looking very angry, as cross as she can be

Getting up first without remembering this scene before
I open the door to an empty room
Then I forget