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Starship Trooper is a song written by British musicians Jon Anderson, Steve Howe and Chris Squire, which first appeared on Yes' 1971 album The Yes Album. The song is in three parts, "Life Seeker", "Disillusion" and "Würm". "Life Seeker" was released as a single on the B-side of the UK release of "Your Move". Lyrics: Sister bluebird flying high above Shine your wings forward to the sun Hide the mysteries of life on your way Though you've seen them, please don't say a word What you don't know, I have never heard Starship trooper, go sailing on by Catch my soul, catch the very light Hide the moment from my eager eye Though you've seen there, please don't tell a soul What you can't see, can't be very whole Speak to me of summer Long winters longer than time can remember The setting up of other roads To travel on in old accustomed ways I still remember the talks by the water The proud sons and daughter That knew the knowledge of the land Spoke to me in sweet accustomed ways Mother life, hold firmly on to me Catch my knowledge higher than the day Lose as much as only you can show Though you've seen me, please don't say a word What I don't know, I have never shared [II. Disillusion] Loneliness is a power that we Possess to give or take away forever All I know can be shown by your Acceptance of the facts there shown before you Take what I say in a different way And it's easy to say that this is all confusion As I see a new day in me I can also show it you and you may follow Speak to me of summer Long winters longer than time can remember The setting up of other roads To travel on in old accustomed ways I still remember the talks by the water The proud sons and daughter That knew the knowledge of the land Spoke to me in sweet accustomed ways [III. Würm] [Instrumental]

Roundabout is a song by the English progressive rock band Yes from their fourth studio album Fragile, released in November 1971. It was written by singer Jon Anderson and guitarist Steve Howe and produced by the band and Eddy Offord. The song originated when the band were on tour and travelled from Aberdeen to Glasgow, and went through many roundabouts on the way. The song was released as an edited single in the US in January 1972 with "Long Distance Runaround", another track from Fragile, as the B-side. It peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 10 on the Cash Box Top 100 singles charts. In 1973, Anderson and Howe won a BMI Award for writing the song. Lyrics: [Instrumental Intro] [Verse 1] I'll be the roundabout The words will make you out-and-out I spend the day your way Call it morning driving through the sound and in and out the valley [Verse 2] The music dance and sing They make the children really ring I spend the day your way Call it morning driving through the sound and in and out the valley [Chorus] In and around the lake Mountains come out of the sky and they stand there One mile over, we'll be there and we'll see you Ten true summers, we'll be there and laughing, too Twenty-four before my love, you'll see I'll be there with you [Verse 3] I will remember you Your silhouette will charge the view Of distant atmosphere Call it morning driving through the sound and even in the valley [Chorus] In and around the lake Mountains come out of the sky and they stand there One mile over, we'll be there and we'll see you Ten true summers, we'll be there and laughing, too Twenty-four before my love, you'll see I'll be there with you [Bridge] Along the drifting cloud, the eagle searching down on the land Catching the swirling wind, the sailor sees the rim of the land The eagle's dancing wings create as weather spins out of hand Go closer, hold the land feel partly no more than grains of sand We stand to lose all time, a thousand answers by in our hand Next to your deeper fears, we stand surrounded by a million years I'll be the roundabout, the words will make you out-and-out I'll be the roundabout, the words will make you out-and-out [Instrumental Break] [Chorus] In and around the lake Mountains come out of the sky, they stand there Twenty-four before my love and I'll be there [Instrumental Break] [Verse 1] I'll be the roundabout The words will make you out-and-out You spend the day your way Call it morning driving through the sound and in and out the valley [Chorus] In and around the lake Mountains come out of the sky and they stand there One mile over, we'll be there and we'll see you Ten true summers, we'll be there and laughing, too Twenty-four before my love, you'll see I'll be there with you [Outro] Da-da-da-da-da, da, da Da-da-da-da-da, da, da Da-da-da-da-da, da, da (Doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot) Da-da-da-da-da, da, da (Doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot) Da-da-da-da-da, da, da (Doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot) Da-da-da-da-da, da, da (Doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot) Da-da-da-da-da, da, da (Doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot) Da-da-da-da-da, da, da (Doot)

Fragile is the fourth studio album by the English progressive rock band Yes, released on 12 November 1971 by Atlantic Records. It was the band's first album to feature keyboardist Rick Wakeman, who replaced Tony Kaye after the group had finished touring their breakthrough record, The Yes Album. Tracks: Roundabout Cans and Brahms We Have Heaven South Side of the Sky Five Per Cent for Nothing Long Distance Runaround The Fish (Schindleria praematurus) Mood for a Day Heart of the Sunrise

Close to the Edge is the fifth studio album by English progressive rock band Yes. It was released on 8 September 1972 by Atlantic Records, and is their last album of the 1970s to feature their original drummer Bill Bruford. After scoring a commercial and critical hit with Fragile and touring the album, Yes regrouped to prepare material for a follow-up, ideas for which had been put down some months before. The album's centrepiece is the 18-minute title track, with themes and lyrics inspired by the Herman Hesse novel Siddhartha. Side two contains two non-conceptual tracks, the folk-inspired "And You and I" and the comparatively straightforward rocker "Siberian Khatru". Bruford found the album particularly laborious to make, which culminated in his decision to quit the band after it was recorded, to join King Crimson. Close to the Edge became the band's greatest commercial success at the time of release. Tracks: Close to the Edge And You and I Siberian Khatru

The Yes Album is the third studio album by English progressive rock band Yes, released on 19 February 1971 by Atlantic Records. It was the band's first album to feature guitarist Steve Howe, who replaced Peter Banks in 1970, as well as their last to feature keyboardist Tony Kaye until 1983's 90125. The band spent mid-1970 writing and rehearsing new material at a farmhouse at Romansleigh, Devon, and the new songs were recorded at Advision Studios in London in the autumn. The album was the first by the band to feature all-original material. While the album retained close harmony singing, Kaye's Hammond organ, and Chris Squire's melodic bass, as heard on earlier releases, the new material also covered further styles including jazz piano, funk, and acoustic music. All of the band members contributed ideas, and tracks were extended in length to allow music to develop. Tracks: Yours Is No Disgrace Clap Starship Trooper I've Seen All Good People A Venture Perpetual Change