SOFT MACHINE
"Jet Propelled Photographs" (1967)
and other early stuff

LOVE MAKES SWEET MUSIC
Words and Music
by Kevin Ayers

Love makes sweet music
Makes you wanna shout
Love makes sweet music
Makes you wanna run, makes you wanna cry out
Makes you wanna shout, makes you wanna run to her

Every night it's the same old scene
Drinking wine cos you're scared to dream
But you know that things will get better
If you let your dreams get better than wine
It's a waste of time

When it's dark and you hear your heart beat
Walk down moonlight's lonely high street
Something sings and you feel sunshine
But you know you're full of moonshine, too
It's staring at you - yeah, alright now

Love makes sweet music
Makes you wanna shout
Love makes sweet music
Makes you wanna run, makes you wanna cry out
Makes you wanna shout, makes you wanna run to her

And you're right where you were
Yeah, alright now

Love makes sweet music
Makes you wanna shout
Love makes sweet music, yeah
It makes you wanna run, makes you wanna cry out
Makes you wanna shout, makes you wanna run...

And it makes you wanna run and cry
Makes you wanna run...

FEELIN' REELIN' SQUEALIN'
Words and Music
by Kevin Ayers

This is a token of words unspoken to you
Honey, I'm feeling reeling and squealing for you

Why don't you tell me
One way or another
That you'd rather be
Your father and mother

This is a feeling from the ceiling of my dreams
I get hung up, tied and strung up on your scene

I'm something far away
It doesn't matter what I say
You've got your simple way
You're safely tucked away

Are you happy? Aren't you happy?

This is a feeling from the ceiling of my dreams
I get hung up, tied and strung up on your scene

I close my eyes on your soft guitar....

This is feeling
This is squealing
This is reeling...

FRED THE FISH
Words and Music
by Daevid Allen

Hand me me bowler & me didgery-do
One banana sandwich & a bucket of tea
Abra-cabra-dabra I'm a coolibar tree
Takes a bowl of soup to paint a picture like me
Some dog's breakfast of a bloke I be
Smokin' all the tea leaves on me family tree
I'm a friend of tweedledum & tweedly dee
I'm so outa sight that now there's nothin' to see

O hand me a dalhia
I'm goin' to Australia
Me life's been a failure
She's turned me down

So soon I'll be waltzin' on the old gold sands
Everythin' too lovely to understand
Pass me the parsley & me ninety-ninth chip
Ain't nothin' nasty gonna pass my lips
Da-da-de-ho gimme sweet potatoes

BOINK

THAT'S HOW MUCH I NEED YOU NOW
Words and Music
by Robert Wyatt

I need you more than ever now
Where the trees grow
That's where my love died
That's where you can hide
That's now much I need you now

I feed you more than leaves are brown
Where the sun shines on my feet
That's where my love died
That's where you can hide
That's now much I need you now

I need you more than ever now
Where the trees grow, tree
That's where my love died
That's where you can hide, yeah
That's now much I need you now
That's now much I need you now

I SHOULD'VE KNOWN
Words and Music
by Hugh Hopper

You may laugh at me, girl
Say I don't deserve
All the things I've had - sad...

I should've known it wouldn't last
But things were happening so fast
I'll never know just how it stayed so long
I should've known it, should've seen at the time
But when you're happy, don't you know that you're blind?

I should've known it wouldn't last, no
But things were happening so fast
I'll never know just how it stayed so long
I should've known it, should've seen at the time
But when you're happy, you don't know that you're blind - don't you know?
No - yeah...

You may laugh at me, girl
Say I don't deserve
All the things I've had - sad...

JET PROPELLED PHOTOGRAPH
Words and Music
by Kevin Ayers

How far can anyone go and to where?
How much can anyone do and to whom?
Oh, oh, oh, girl - I'm so low, girl
What can I do? I believe in you!

How far can anyone go and to where?
How much can anyone do and to whom?
Oh, oh, oh, girl - I'm so low, girl
Take a look around, what's that you found?

There'll come a time
When you won't understand
The position on...

WHEN I DON'T WANT YOU
Words and Music
by Hugh Hopper

When I don't want you
Why do I stay here?
You're not the one
For me

Is it because girl
You know you say that you need me
And you cry when I say
When I say that I'll go?

And I'm tired
Baby, I'm tired by your tears
They don't reach my ears anymore
No, not anymore

MEMORIES
Words and Music
by Hugh Hopper

I know I cannot leave this place
full of memories
Things like the way they knew us
all over town

We used to walk the streets together
We could be seen
Past shops where people knew us
Yeah, people knew

I've got to choose between tomorrow
and yesterday
I can't stop to think about
my life, here today

Maybe I'll find someone to get you
off my mind
Take me away from here
and leave it, leave it all behind

Memories can hang you up and haunt you
all your life, you know
Get so you cannot stay
and yet cannot go

I could find out where she's gone
Today I feel so unhappy
Streets seem so empty now
I want you with me

YOU DON'T REMEMBER
Words by Robert Wyatt
Music by Robert Wyatt and Daevid Allen

Could almost see her eyes
Is it me she despises or you - or you, girl?
You're awfully nice to me
And I'm sure you can see what her game is - it's me, girl!

She sees you in her place
Just as if it's a race and you're winning - me, girl!
She just can't undertsand
That for me everything's just beginning - with me, girl!

But before this feeling dies
Remember that I told you lies...

Now I love your eyes - on me, girl
See how the time flies - past me, girl
She's learning to hate
But it's just too late for me - for me, girl
It was the same with her love
It just wasn't enough for me - for me, girl

But before this feeling dies
Remember that I told you lies...

SHE'S GONE
Words and Music
by Kevin Ayers

Baby's fine, baby's mine
You understand that she's gone

I said hold me tight, stay tonight
My little woman has gone

Won't you let me walk with you
Talk with you, make love to you?
Won't you let me hold you tight?
Stay tonight!

Baby's fine, baby's mine
My little woman has gone - yeah, she's a teeny-bopper!

SHE'S GONE [version 2]
Words and Music
by Kevin Ayers

That's all right, you can take all night
My little woman has gone
Babe ---------- your name
It's just not the same
And I think you're someone else

She's gone - my baby's gone
My little girl has gone

After all the scenes we had
You can't stop me feeling sad
But won't you let me leave my mind behind?
But baby, I treat you kind, so...

That's all right, you can take all night
My little woman has gone

I'D RATHER BE WITH YOU
Words and Music
by Kevin Ayers

If I had to choose between the two
I'd rather be with you, I'd rather be with you
(Yes I would)

If you keep on breaking up my mind
You won't like what you find
Won't like what you see - see, see...

I want you, love
I really do - I do, I do...

Tell me now before you change your name
Why aren't you more insane?
You think you're civilised
Close your eyes, close your eyes

CLARENCE IN WONDERLAND
Words and Music
by Kevin Ayers

Sitting on the beach like Clarence in Wonderland
I had a dream and I know you will understand
Riding up the beach, it only took a moment
Along came a lady looking for amusement
She came up to me and everything was smiling
And then she said something, it sounded like a violin

Let's go to my château, we could have a good time
Drinking lots of sky wine

Miss Juliet Kate, Queen of the moon
We're gonna get there soon
Gonna get there soon
There's no doubt about it
Miss Juliet Kate, Queen of the moon
We're gonna get there soon
Gonna get there soon
Miss Juliet Kate, Queen of the moon in June and this tune
We're gonna get there soon, soon. soon, soon

WE KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN
Words and Music
by Kevin Ayers

What do you know about nothing people?
You sell yourself so you can buy more
What do you care about bluffing people?
Does it make you want to try more?

We know what you mean
We know what you've seen
We understand

What do you care about bluffing people
Throwing sparrows from the treetops
What do you care about nothing people?
When you're waiting at the bus stop

I'm very glad to hear that
We understand the sky will be visible soon
We understand the sky will be visible soon

Soon soon soon you will be obliged to try
Soon soon soon to reach your moon and die

What do you care about nothing people?
You sell yourself so you can buy more
What do you care about nothing people?
And does it make you want to try more?

It's very nice to know

Everybody sing now
An optimistic future

SONG FOR INSANE TIMES
Words and Music
by Kevin Ayers

People say that they want to be free
They look at him and they look at me
But it's only themselves they're wanting to see
And everybody knows about it

We talk all night and we're all turned on
We believe we heard him singing his song
Telling us all there was work to be done
And everyone sung a chorus of I am the walrus

Yes Disneyland has come to town
Everyone's dressed and standing around
Alice is wearing her sexiest gown
But she doesn't want you to look at her

Beautiful people are queuing to drown
They wait for the lifeguard to put on his crown
But he's up at the other end of town
Trying to talk to the mirror

The scientist talks and he knows what he means
He sits on the floor and has beautiful dreams
Then he gets brought down by a woman who screams
But he knows it's only a recordÉ Oh yes it is

His brave new girl stops feeding the ants
And looks at him with her septic pants
She still knows how to make him dance
And forget about emancipationÉ it's just imagination

And you and I we sit and hum
We know something's got to come
And get us off our endless bum
There's probably one in the bathroom
Or even in the hall
I don't know anymore than you do
In fact I don't know anything at all

SLOW WALKIN' TALK
Words and Music
by Brian Hopper

I've got that Slow Walkin' Talkin' bit
That Slow Walkin' Talk.
Some say its laziness, that I'd better do some work
The cat, he sleeps the time around,
Black both night and day;
But when I try to do the same
They say: get walkin' on your way.
(get walkin' - slow talkin')

Me and my baby, we went out the other night.
Took my time so steadily - I thought that it was right.
I wondered why she looked around
At all the other guys;
But then she upped and left me
And I realised
It was my Slow Walkin' Talk.
(get walkin' - slow talkin')

I'm tired and I'm restless,
I never say a word.
People always stare at me,
I'm like a tortoise in their herd.
Had an education, learned to use a knife and fork,
But no government ever had
The economy of my Slow Walkin' Talk.
(get walkin' - slow talkin' etc.)