Tribute to THE PINK FLOYD BAND

TRIBUTE to THE PINK FLOYD BAND
((( long )))


ALBERT EINSTEIN once said: "I'm neither especially clever or especially gifted
... I am only very, very curious".

I WISHED I'D SAID THAT FIRST!

((( clever & true )))

SO YOU WANT TO GO PINK

((( YOU THINK )))

ONE . TWO . FREE . FOUR, THE MEMORIES OF A MAN IN HIS OLD AGE ARE THE DEEDS OF A MAN IN HIS PRIME ... YOU SHUFFLE AT THE GLOOM OF A SICK ROOM AND TALK TO YOURSELF AS YOU DIE.

((( pondering this to yourself )))

LIFE IS A WARM SHORT MOMENT

((( pondering this some more )))

DEATH IS A LONG COLD REST

((( DEEPER )))

you*get*a*chance*in*the*twinkling*of*an*eye

((( as every moment passes )))

TO TRY

((( another moment begins )))

SET THE CONTROLS FOR THE HEART OF THE SUN

((( NEW DETERMINATION - INFINITY & BEYOND )))

On the wall, hung a mirror ...Distorted View -Arnold Layne
it's not the same - takes two to know
can't you see

((( LACKING LOVE )))

I WILL SEE THE SUNSHINE SHOW

((( FINDING LOVE )))

SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY, IT GOT PERSONAL, LET'S GIVE TRIBUTE TO
" THE PINK FLOYD BAND "

((( NO GREATER INFLUENCE AROUND )))

IF YOU DIDN'T CARE WHAT HAPPENED TO ME AND I DIDN'T CARE FOR YOU
We would zig zag our way through the boredom and the pain, occasionally glancing up through the rain, wondering which one of the buggers to blame and watching for pigs on the wing

((( we would be lost without each other )))

YOU SAY THE HILL'S TOO STEEP TO CLIMB
YOU SAY YOU'D LIKE TO SEE ME TRY

((( you just watch me )))

Get a good job with more pay and your O.K.

((( didn't change my heart - TRUE LOVE )))

PEOPLE HEARD HIM SAY: I WILL FIND A WAY

((( LEARNING, changing everything, BETTER THAN BEFORE )))

Music seems to help the pain
Seems to motivate the brain

((( stop living in the past )))

DON'T BE AFRAID TO CARE
FOR LONG YOU LIVE AND HIGH YOU FLY
AND SMILES YOU'LL GIVE AND TEARS YOU'LL CRY

((( determined to be more positive )))

So you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell

((( I KNOW I CAN NOW )))

& hear the softly spoken spells

((( no one else hears )))

& if your head explodes with dark forebodings

((( take a long, deep breath )))

I'LL SEE YOU ON THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

((( I still know my way )))

his head did no thinking
his arms didn't move
THE SCARECROW
he didn't mind

((( at peace )))

What is the half-life of a color television
What is the shelf-life of a teenage queen -Waters alone

((( still a little unfulfilled )))

Burning wine Intoxicates. Take caution in it's flames -Gilmour alone

((( that never works for very long )))

ALL THAT IS NOW
ALL THAT IS GONE
ALL THAT'S TO COME

((( can't stop thinking )))

ABOUT BEING THERE only marginally

((( all alone in my mind )))

open the door to an empty room
there's nothing you can say . goodbye

((( ready to give up again )))

CHOICES

((( RENEWED DETERMINATION )))

I don't need no arms around me
I don't need no drugs to calm me

((( Health Food & Orange Juice )))

Did you get rid of all the voices in your head -Barrett alone

((( no more pain pills )))

I was looking for love
In wandering eyes
Like a ship trying to fix on a beacon -Gilmour

((( EXPECTANT ONCE AGAIN )))

Light changing to shadow on the turning away

((( EARLY TO RISE )))

I will always look out from behind these eyes
It's only a lifetime NO MORE TURNING AWAY

((( IT'S A NEW DAY )))

ONE WORLD
ONE SOUL
TIME PASS
THE RIVER ROLL

((( AWAKENING )))

sILENCE tHAT sPEAKS mUCH LOUDER tHAN wORDS

((( still )))

THERE'S AN UNCEASING WIND THAT BLOWS IN THE NIGHT
AND THERE'S DUST IN MY EYES THAT BLINDS MY SIGHT

((( some trouble getting used to this )))

Emily trys but misunderstands, she's often inclined to borrow sombody's dream until tomorrow

((( ADJUSTED, all better now )))

FEEL THE NEW WIND OF CHANGE
HAVE A CIGAR
YOU PLAY A MEAN GUITAR

((( LIFE IS GOOD )))

Even our masters don't know the webs we weave THE ECHOES OF A DISTANT TIME

((( BEHIND )))

YOU PICK THE PLACE
I'LL PICK THE TIME

((( AHEAD )))

YOU STRIKE WHEN THE MOMENT IS RIGHT
WITHOUT THINKING . WITHOUT WARNING

Dogs gotta pick out the easy meat

Swirling dreamlike visions of various altered states SUMMONING HIS COSMIC POWERS

((( NOW )))

HAVEN'T YOU HEARD, IT'S A BATTLE OF WORDS

((( TONIGHT WE'LL DINE WITH WINE )))

but you reached for the secret too soon

((( WHY DID I SIT AND WAIT SO LONG )))

GRAB THE CASH WITH BOTH HANDS & MAKE A STASH

((( LIFE IS MUCH BETTER NOW )))

All you create
All you destroy

((( NO GOING BACK )))

There will be no safety in numbers when the right one walks out the door
- just nod if you can hear me
- unheaded warnings - with or without
- with your guilty past, you better run
- there's someone in my head
- but it's not me

((( I'M ON THE PATH & BACK IN THE RACE )))

MONEY - KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY STACK

((( I NEED IT NOW )))

NO ONE TOLD YOU WHEN TO RUN
YOU MISSED THE STARTING GUN

((( WHEN'S THE NEXT RACE )))

All that you touch and all that you see is all your life is ever going to be

((( I KNOW THE WAY )))

If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding
you can't have any pudding if you don't eat your meat

((( YOU JUST WATCH )))

WHO KNOWS WHICH IS WHICH & WHO IS WHO ? UP & DOWN & ROUND & ROUND AND IN THE END . down & out! It can't be helped, but there's a lot of it about ...

((( DOES IT REALLY MATTER )))

Mother, should I trust the government?

((( DOESN'T MATTER TO ME )))

SITTING NAKED BY THE PHONE
SUDDENLY IT STRIKES YOU
THAT THEY'RE MOVING INTO RANGE

((( THE PINK FLOYD WAS "the best shade of Pink ever" )))

THE DAM BROKE MANY YEARS TOO SOON

SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND

-David
 
© David Lee Finley
2006