NO MAN'S LAND ~ Syd Barrett

NO MAN'S LAND by Syd Barret from the 1970 MADCAP LAUGHS album; Take 5, recorded on April 17th, 1969, at Abbey Road Studios, overdubs added on the 4th of May.

SYD BARRETT: Guitar, Vocals
JERRY SHIRLEY: Drums
WILLIE WILSON: Bass Guitar

LYRICS:

You would hold your head up high
You even try
You would hold another hand
Oh understand
They even see me under call
We under all
We awful awful crawl
To hear my ire
Come see me cry

Just searching you even try
I can make you smile
If it's there will you go there too?
When I live I die
They even see me under call
We under all, we awful awful crawl
Because of you, to see me be

Tell me, tell me, tell me, you need - need me so well
Shut your shop, shut your shop, listen, listen,
the horizon glows like a dove and I see
from a mild, shiny ocean, choke and weave in a spinning wheel
Pick up and tell love to me, open your door
Musty sugar with dust making stale it crows near the day
The cockerel, listen, listen, short choose of play
Freedom of emotions and cracking my spleen 'cos we be us
Is wishing - pick up and tell love to me - open your door

First - all I wish is shiver and whine the mean
could no notice to be as they be
Give a lot - listen, listen - the grave sings you her song -
heavily spaced
All the crockery, china, war and spreading a spinning wheel
Opening, what a roll but you open the door, some time, long ago
Stream cool shallow water - seen a lot, seen a lot

Lyrics from the book: THE LYRICS OF SYD BARRETT, Omnibus Press, 2021

Video produced by MadCap Enterprises, 2026.

*NOTE: Does the clip from "Arnold Layne" seen at 0:32 feature Syd Barrett or Roger Waters? If it's Syd, that's good. If it's Roger, then this mistake was left in the video edit to symbolize Syd's lasting influence over Pink Floyd.

Special Thanks goes to Jimmy Serrano for the vinyl turntable footage, which is actually playing this song.

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