UMMAGUMMA
(1969) | 2LP | UK | Harvest SHDW 1/2
Ummagumma

Live tracks recorded at Mother's Club, Birmingham, 27th April 1969 & Manchester College of Commerce, Manchester, 2nd May 1969
CD1 - Live album :

1. Astronomy Domine
2. Careful With That Axe, Eugene
3. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
4. A Saucerful Of Secrets


CD2 - Studio album :

1. Sysyphus (parts 1-4)
2. Grantchester Meadows
3. Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict
4. The Narrow Way
5. The Grand Vizier's Garden Party (parts 1-3)




    GRANTCHESTER MEADOWS
Icy wind of night be gone
This is not your domain
In the sky a bird was heard to cry
Misty morning whisperings
And gentle stirring sounds
Belied a deathly silence 
That lay all around

Hear the lark and harken
To the barking of the dog fox
Gone to ground
See the splashing 
Of the kingfisher flashing to the water
And the river of green is sliding 
Unseen beneath the trees
Laughing as it passes
Through the endless summer
Making for the sea

In the lazy water meadow 
I lay me down
All around me golden sunflakes 
Settle on the ground
Basking in the sunshine 
Of a bye- gone afternoon
Bringing sounds of yesterday 
Into the city room

In the lazy watermeadow 
I lay me down
All around me golden sunflakes
Covering the ground
Basking in the sunshine of a bygone afternoon
Bringing sounds of yesterday into my city room.

Hear the lark and harken
To the barking of the dog fox
Gone to ground
See the splashing 
Of the kingfisher flashing to the water
And the river of green is sliding 
Unseen beneath the trees
Laughing as it passes
Through the endless summer
Making for the sea 

(Waters)




    THE NARROW WAY
Flowing in the path
As it leads toward the darkness in the north
Weary stranger's faces show their sympathy
They've seen that home before

If you wanna stay for a little bit
Rest your aching limbs for a little bit
Before you can find his private room
And you can't delay
Hear the nightbirds calling him
To care and catch the words to say
Close by in the nightmare of your brain

Misty swelling creatures crawling
Hear the roar get louder in your ears
You know the volume as you're on the force
Behind can't conquer all your fears

All your birds aren't really listening
Tell them there is life with every morning
Perhaps today you can when you answer me
It's clear, it's all nights warning