Small Faces - Itchycoo Park

"Itchycoo Park" is a song by English rock band Small Faces, written by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane. Largely written by Lane, it was among a number of pop songs of the era to make use of flanging, an effect involving, at that time, electro-mechanical processes. The song was not included on any of their UK albums, but was however featured on the North American release There Are But Four Small Faces.

Released on 4 August 1967 by Immediate Records, the song was the Small Faces' fifth top-ten song in the UK Singles Chart, reaching a position of number three. "Itchycoo Park" became the Small Faces' sole top-forty hit in the United States, reaching number sixteen on the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1968. In Continental Europe, it reached the top ten in several countries, while in Canada and New Zealand it was a number one hit. The single was re-released in December 1975, reaching number nine in the UK Singles chart.

Over bridge of sighs
To rest my eyes in shades of green
Under dreaming spires
To Itchycoo Park, that's where I've been

What did you do there?
I got high
What did you feel there?
Well, I cried
But why the tears there?
Tell you why

It's all too beautiful
It's all too beautiful
It's all too beautiful
It's all too beautiful

I feel inclined to blow my mind
Get hung up, feed the ducks with a bun
They all come out to groove about
Be nice and have fun in the sun

I'll tell you what I'll do
What will you do?
I'd like to go there now with you
You can miss out school
Won't that be cool?
Why go to learn the words of fools?

What will we do there?
We'll get high
What will we touch there?
We'll touch the sky
But why the tears there?
I'll tell you why

It's all too beautiful (beautiful)
It's all too beautiful (beautiful)
It's all too beautiful (beautiful)
It's all too beautiful (beautiful)

I feel inclined to blow my mind
Get hung up, feed the ducks with a bun
They all come out to groove about
Be nice and have fun in the sun

It's all too beautiful
It's all too beautiful
It's all too beautiful
Ha

It's all too beautiful (beautiful)
It's all too beautiful (beautiful)
It's all too beautiful (beautiful)
It's all too beautiful (beautiful)
It's all too beautiful (beautiful)