Album: The Early Singles (1968)

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• Hey Eugene
  This is Henry McClean
  And I've finished my beautiful flying machine
  And I'm ringing to say
  That I'm leaving and maybe
  You'd like to fly with me
  And hide with me, baby
  
  Isn't it strange
  How little we change
  Isn't it sad we're insane
  Playing the games that we know end in tears
  The games we've been playing for thousands and thousands and thousands
  
  Jumps into his cosmic flyer
  Pulled his plastic collar higher
  Light the fuse and stand right back
  
  He cried
  This is my last goodbye
  
  Point me at the sky and let it fly (point me at the sky and let it fly)
  Point me at the sky and let it fly (point me at the sky and let it fly)
  Point me at the sky and let it fly
  
  And if you survive till two thousand and five
  I hope you're exceedingly thin
  For if you are stout you will have to breathe out
  While the people around you breathe in (breathe in, breathe in, breathe in)
  
  People pushing on my sides
  Is something that I hate
  And so is sitting down to eat
  With only little capsules on my plate
  
  Point me at the sky and let it fly (point me at the sky and let it fly)
  Point me at the sky and let it fly (point me at the sky and let it fly)
  Point me at the sky and let it fly
  
  And all we've got to say to you is goodbye
  It's time to go, better run and get your bags
  It's goodbye
  Hey Jean look at the screen and it's goodbye
  Julian hey, the milky way and it's goodbye
  Crash, crash, crash, crash, goodbye
  I am going to say goodbye
  Crash, crash, crash, crash, goodbye
  Crash, crash, crash, crash, goodbye
  Crash, crash, crash, crash, goodbye
  Crash, crash, crash, crash, goodbye
  Crash, crash, crash, crash, goodbye
  Crash, goodbye Writer/s: David Gilmour, Roger Waters
  Publisher: T.R.O. INC.
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Comments: 7

• Stacey from Houston, TxI agree with all of you and also will go on record as liking this song. There are many of PF's early songs that I have not heard.....but I plan on listening to several tonight. I find it interesting that Syd states, "and if you survive to two thousand and five" as he did indeed make it to 2006 before his death. There appears to many references to Syd in the Floyd archives.
• Tristan from Philadelphia, PaYou are BOTH right! Money wasn't released in Britain (or so I have been conditioned to believe) but was in America, I always thought Point me at the sky was their last british single until another brick. This is one of those retrospective songs. I absolutely love it, I played it constantly for a while when I suddenly left college. As I left I said (without tune) to all my friends "all I've got to say to you is goodbye!" Made sense to me at least. I used to think the lyrics were, "light the fuse and stand well back TO cry" instead of "he cried" I like to cry better as in. I'm leaving, you will all cry. Blatant Lucy in the sky melody ripoff but so what, it is SOOO good.
• Terry from Wickford, RiMark, actually, their next single would be 'Money' in 1973..made it #20
• Joanna from Sopot, Poland"For if you are stout you will have to breathe out
  While the people around you breathe in"
  
  One of my favourites, I am also surprised it flopped.
• Serena from Nolidae, HiI agree, Jorge. I don't think this track is nearly as bad as Roger Waters thinks it is. It's actually quite catchy.
• Jorge from Manchester, EnglandIt suprises me that no one liked this track.
  I Love It.
  'And all we've got to say to you is goodbye'
• Mark from London, EnglandThis was the last Floyd single release for some time. It was worth the wait: their next one was Another Brick In The Wall Part II, the last UK no. 1 of the 70s!

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