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Ummagumma: Live on Disc 1, Studio recordings on Disc2. 

                                                                                       Ummagumma - 1969

                                                                 UMMAGUMMA features a set of live performances on Disc 1 and a collection of
                                                                 solo studio projects by various band members on Disc 2. 

                                                                 Disc 1 was recorded live at Mothers, Birmingham, England and live at The
                                                                 Manchester College Of Commerce, England in June 1969. 

                                                                               Live
                                Astronomy Domine 
                                Careful With That Axe, Eugene
                                Set The Controls For The Heart of The Sun 
                                A Saucerful of Secrets (Inst.)
                                                                              Studio
                                Sysyphus (Inst.)
                                Grantchester Meadows 
                                Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict
                                (instrumental)
                                The Narrow Way
                                The Grand Vizer's Garden Party (inst.)






                               Astronomy Domine (Barrett) 
                               Lime and limpid green a second scene a fight between the blue you once knew
                               Floating down the sound resounds around the icy waters underground
                               Jupiter and Saturn
                               Oberon, Miranda, Titania,
                               Neptune titan stars can frighten
                               Blinding signs flat flicka flicka flicka blam pow
                               Stairway, scale down, dare whose lair
                               Lime and limpid green, the sound surrounds the icy waters underground
                               Lime and limpid green, the sound surrounds the icy waters underground





                               Careful With That Axe, Eugene (Mason, Gilmour, Waters, Wright) 
                               Careful with that axe, Eugene
                               Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh ! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh !





                               Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (Waters) 
                               Little by little the night turns around
                               Counting the leaves which tremble at dawn
                               Novices lean on each other in yearning
                               Under the leaves the swallow is resting
                               Set the controls for the heart of the sun
                               Over the mountain watching the watcher
                               Breaking the darkness waking the grapevine
                               One inch of love is one inch of shadow
                               Love is the shadow that ripen's the wine
                               Set the controls for the heart of the sun
                               The heart of the sun
                               The heart of the sun
                               Witness the man who raves at the wall
                               Making the shape of his question to heaven
                               Whether the sun will fall in the evening
                               Will he remember the lesson of giving
                               Set the controls for the heart of the sun
                               The heart of the sun
                               The heart of the sun





                               Grantchester Meadows (Waters) 
                               Icy wind of night, be gome.
                               This is not your domain.
                               In the sky a bird was heard to cry.
                               Misty morning whisperings and gentle stirring sounds
                               Belied a deathly silence that lay all around.
                               Hear the lark and harken to the barking of the dog fox gone to ground.
                               See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water.
                               And a river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees,
                               Laughing as it passes through the endless summer making for the sea.
                               In the lazy water meadow
                               I lay me down.
                               All around me,
                               Golden sunflakes settle on the ground,
                               Basking in the sunshine of a by gone afternoon,
                               Bringing sounds of yesterday into this city room.
                               Hear the lark and harken to the barking of the dog fox gone to ground.
                               See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water.
                               And a river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees,
                               Laughing as it passes through the endless summer making for the sea.
                               In the lazy water meadow
                               I lay me down.
                               All around me,
                               Golden sunflakes covering the ground,
                               Basking in the sunshine of a by gone afternoon,
                               Bringing sounds of yesterday into my city room.
                               Hear the lark and harken to the barking of the dog fox gone to ground.
                               See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water.
                               And a river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees,
                               Laughing as it passes through the endless summer making for the sea.





                               The Narrow Way (Gilmour) 
                               Following the path as it leads towards the Darkness in the North
                               Weary strangers' faces show their sympathy
                               They've seen that hope before
                               And if you want to stay for a little bit
                               Rest your aching limbs for a little bit
                               Before you the night is beckoning
                               And you know you can't delay
                               You hear the night birds calling you
                               But you can't touch the restless sky
                               Close your aching eyes beyond your name
                               Mist is swelling, creatures crawling,
                               Hear the roar get louder in your ears
                               You know the folly was your own
                               But the force behind can't conquer all your fears
                               And if you want to stay for a little bit
                               Rest your aching limbs for a little bit
                               Before you the night is beckoning
                               And you know you can't delay
                               You hear the night birds calling you
                               But you can't touch the restless sky
                               Close your aching eyes beyond your name
                               Throw your thoughts back many years
                               To the time when there was life in every morning
                               Perhaps a day will come
                               When the nights will be as on that morning
                               And if you want to stay for a little bit
                               Rest your aching limbs for a little bit
                               Before you the night is beckoning
                               And you know you can't delay
                               You hear the night birds calling you
                               But you can't touch the restless sky
                               Close your aching eyes beyond your name
                               Rest your weary head, be on your way.