Syd Barret – Birdy Hop

Birdy Hop – he do, he hop along

a lonely bird upon a window there

he, he, there he blow

a windy snow, he knew the snow,

I know the snow, a hoppy bird

The antelope ride around the parasole

just to see if he’s a man

enough to meet you in the sandpit

on a flying kind of sign in a meddlesome way

you know the way – I see the flies

she’s a little kite the sort

you think you might like to fly

and like a kite you get to see her

every night, you know the way

she’s only paving her way –

hectochrome plane – I see the flies.

Birdy Hop – he do, he hop along

a lonely bird upon a window there

he, he, there he blow

a windy snow, he knew the snow,

I know the snow, a hoppy bird

A camel woke up to a polish dawn

wouldn’t look to see his feet had gone

he wouldn’t like it

wouldn’t have the strength to fight it,

I see the flies

I’m the only bird, a little third,

I lost a quarter

had a yearning to be earning just a dollar a day

in a way you shouldn’t like it, hectochrome plane

I see the flies.