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Nobody Home
R Waters and D Gilmour

I've got a little black book 
with my poems in. 
Got a bag 
with a toothbrush and a comb in. 
When I'm a good dog, 
they sometimes throw me a bone in.

I got elastic bands keepin my shoes on. 
Got those swollen hand blues. 
Got thirteen channels of shit 
on the T.V. to choose from.
I've got electric light. 
And I've got second sight. 
And amazing powers of observation. 
And that is how I know 
When I try to get through 
On the telephone to you 
There'll be nobody home.

I've got the obligatory Hendrix perm. 
And the inevitable pinhole burns 
All down the front of my favorite satin shirt. 
I've got nicotine stains on my fingers. 
I've got a silver spoon on a chain. 
I've got a grand piano to prop up my mortal remains.
I've got wild staring eyes. 
And I've got a strong urge to fly. 
But I got nowhere to fly to. 
Ooooh, Babe when I pick up the phone

"Surprise, surprise, surprise..." (from Gomer Pyle show) There's still nobody home.

I've got a pair of Gohills boots and I got fading roots.

"Where the hell are you?" "Over 47 german planes were destroyed with the loss of only 15 of our own aircraft" "Where the hell are you Simon?" [Machine gun sound, followed by plane crashing]

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