PINK FLOYD


Meddle

(1971)



1. One Of These Days 5'59
(Roger Waters / Rick Wright / Nick Mason / David Gilmour)
2. A Pillow Of Winds 5'11
(David Gilmour / Roger Waters)
3. Fearless 6'09
(David Gilmour / Roger Waters)
Includes "You'll Never Walk Alone" by Rodgers & Hammerstein
4. San Tropez 3'44
(Roger Waters)
5. Seamus 2'17
(Nick Mason / David Gilmour / Roger Waters / Rick Wright)
6. Echoes 23'31
(Nick Mason / David Gilmour / Roger Waters / Rick Wright)

Total Time: 46:51


  • Dave Gilmour - Guitars and Vocals
  • Roger Waters - Bass Guitar and Vocals
  • Richard Wright - Keyboards and Vocals
  • Nick Mason - Percussion

    All Material Composed and Produced by PINK FLOYD
    Engineers: Peter Bown and John Leckie at AIR and EMI
    Rob Black and Roger quested at MORGAN
    Album Cover Designed by PINK FLOYD
    Outer Sleeve Photos by Bob Dowling
    Inner Sleeve Photos by Tony May
    Band Photo by HIPGNOSIS
    Remastered Design by Storm Thorgerson and Peter Curzon

    Words and Music ©1971 PINK FLOYD MUSIC PUBLISHERS Ltd.
    "Fearless" Includes "You'll Never Walk Alone" (Rodgers Hammerstein Ii)
    CHAPPELL MUSIC Ltd.
    Digital Remastered
    ©1992 The Copyrite in this sound recording is owned by EMI RECORDS Ltd.
    ©1994 EMI RECORDS Ltd.

    Recorded at AIR STUDIOS, EMI STUDIOS, ABBEY ROAD and at MORGAN STUDIOS, London 1971



    1. One Of These Days

      (instrumental)

      One of these days
      I'm going to cut you into little pieces

    2. A Pillow Of Winds

      A cloud of eiderdown draws around me
      Softening the sound
      Sleepy time when I lie with my love by my side
      And she's breathing low, and the candle dies

      When night comes down you lock the door
      The book falls to the floor
      As darkness falls and waves roll by
      The seasons change the wind is warm

      Now wakes the owl, now sleeps the swan
      Why can't we stay that way?
      Behold a dream, the dream is gone
      Green fields, a cold rain
      Is falling in a golden dawn

      And deep beneath the ground the early morning sounds
      And I go down
      Sleeping time when I lie with my love by my side
      And she's breathing low
      And I rise like a bird
      In the haze when the first rays touch the sky
      And the night winds die

    3. Fearless

      You say the hill's too steep to climb, climbing
      You say you'd like to see me try, climbing
      You pick the place and I'll choose the time
      And I'll climb the hill in my own way
      Just wait a while for the right day
      And as I rise above the tree-line and the clouds
      I look down hearing the sound
      Of the things you've said today

      Fearlessly the idiot faced the crowd, smiling
      Merciless the magistrate turns round, frowning
      And who's the fool who wears the crown
      No doubt in your own way
      And every day is the right day
      And as you rise above the fear-lines in his brow
      You look down hear the sound of the faces in the crowd
    Crowd singing "You'll Never Walk Alone"

    Crowd Chanting: Liverpool! Liverpool!

    4. San Tropez

      As I reach for a peach
      Slide a rind down behind a sofa in San Tropez
      Breaking a stick with a brick in on the sand
      Riding a wave in the wake of an old sedan
      Sleeping alone in the drone of the darkness
      Scratched by the sand that fell from my love
      Deep in my dreams and I still hear her calling
      If you're alone, I'll come home

      Backward and homebound, the pigeon, the dove
      Gone with the wind and the rain on an airplane
      Born in a home with no silver soon
      I'm drinking champagne like a good tycoon
      Sooner than wait for a break in the weather
      I'll gather my far flung thoughts together
      Speeding away on the wind to a new day
      If you're alone, I'll come home

      And I'll pause for a while by a country stile
      And I'll listen to the things they say
      Digging for gold in a hole in my hand
      Open the book, take a look at the way things stand
      And you're leading me down to the place by the sea
      I hear your soft voice calling to me
      Making a date for later by phone
      And if you're alone, I'll come home

    5. Seamus

      I was in the kitchen
      Seamus, that's the dog, was outside
      Well I was in the kitchen
      Seamus, my old hound, was outside
      Well you know the sun was sinking slowly
      And my old hound-dog sat right down and cried

    6. Echoes

      Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air
      And deep beneath the rolling waves
      In labyrinths of coral caves
      The echo of a distant time
      Comes willowing across the sand
      And everything is green and submarine

      And no-one showed us to the land
      And no-one knows the where or whys
      But something stirs and something tries
      And starts to crawl towards the light

      Strangers passing in the street
      By chance two separate glances meet
      And I am you and what I see is me
      And do I take you by the hand
      And lead you through the land
      And help me understand the best I can

      And no-one calls us to move on
      And no-one forces down our eyes
      And no-one speaks and no-one tries
      And no-one flies around the sun

      Cloudless everyday you fall upon my waking eyes
      Inviting and inciting me to rise
      And through the window in the wall
      Come streaming in on sunlight wings
      A million bright ambassadors of morning

      And no-one sings me lullabies
      And no-one makes me close my eyes
      And so I throw the windows wide
      And call to you across the sky