Δυο τραγούδια από το The Madcap Laughs, πρώτη σόλο κυκλοφορία του Syd Barrett μετά την “αποχώρηση” από τους Pink Floyd, και άλμπουμ για το οποίο όσα και αν γραφτούν δε θα είναι ποτέ αρκετά. 📀 📀 Two songs from The Madcap Laughs, Syd Barrett’s first solo release after his “departure” from Pink Floyd — an album about which, no matter how much is written, it will never be enough.

00:00 No Good Trying 03:18 Long Gone

NO GOOD TRYING
It’s no good trying to place your hand
Where I can’t see, because I understand
That you’re different from me
Yes, I can tell that you can’t be what you pretend
And you’re rocking me backwards and you’re rocking towards
The red and yellow mane of a stallion horse
It’s no good trying to hold your love
Where I can’t see, because I understand
That you’re different from me
Yes, I can tell that you can’t be what you pretend
The caterpillar hood won’t cover the head of you
Know you should be home in bed
It’s no good holding your sequined fan
Where I can’t see, because I understand
That you’re different from me
Yes, I can tell that you can’t be what you pretend
Yes, you’re spinning around and around in a car
With electric lights flashing very fast

LONG GONE
She was long gone, long, long gone
she was gone, gone, the bigger they come
the larger her hand ’till no one understands
why for so long she’d been gone.
And I stood very still by the window sill
and I wondered for those I love still
I cried in my mind where I stand behind
the beauty of love’s in her eyes…
She was long gone, long, long gone
she was gone, gone, the bigger they come
the larger her hand ’till no one understands
why for so long she’d been gone.
And I borrowed the page
from a leopard’s cage
and I prowled in the evening sun’s glaze
her head lifted high to the light in the sky
the opening dawn on her face…
She was long gone long, long gone
she was gone, gone, the bigger they come
the larger her hand ’till no one understands
why for so long she’d been gone.
And I stood very still by the window sill
and I wondered for those I love still
I cried in my mind where I stand behind
the beauty of love’s in her eyes…
She was long gone long, long gone
she was gone, gone, the bigger they come
the larger her hand ’till no one understands
why for so long she’d been gone.
She was long gone long, long gone…