SYD BARRETT lyrics - Birdie Hop

(Barrett)



Birdie Hop - he do, he hop along

A lonely bird upon a window there

He, he, there he blow

A windy snow, he knew the snow,

I know the snow, a hoppy bird



The antelope ride around the parasol

Just to see if he's a man

Enough to meet you in the sandpit

On a flying kind of sign in a meddlesome way

You know the way - I see the flies

She's a little kite the sort

You think you might like to fly

And like a kite you get to see her

Every night, you know the way

She's only paving her way -

Hectochrome plane - I see the flies.



Birdie Hop - he do, he hop along

A lonely bird upon a window there

He, he, there he blow

A windy snow, he knew the snow,

I know the snow, a hoppy bird



A camel woke up to a polish dawn

Wouldn't look to see his feet had gone

He wouldn't like it

Wouldn't have the strength to fight it,

I see the flies

I'm the only bird, a little third,

I lost a quarter

Had a yearning to be earning just a dollar a day

In a way you shouldn't like it, hectochrome plane

I see the flies.