Summer ’68 Lyrics
[Intro]
Do-do, do-do
Do-do, do-do
Do-doo, do-do-do
Do-doo, do-do-do
[Verse 1]
Would you like to say
Something before you leave?
Perhaps you'd care to state
Exactly how you feel
We say goodbye
Before we've said hello
I hardly even like you
I shouldn't care at all
We met just six hours ago
The music was too loud
From your bed I gained a day
And lost a bloody year
[Pre-Chorus]
And I, would like to know
[Chorus]
How do you feel? (How do you feel, aah)
How do you feel? (How do you feel, aah)
(Scatting)
Do-do, do-do
Do-do, do-do
Do-doo, do-do-do
Do-doo, do-do-do
[Verse 1]
Would you like to say
Something before you leave?
Perhaps you'd care to state
Exactly how you feel
We say goodbye
Before we've said hello
I hardly even like you
I shouldn't care at all
We met just six hours ago
The music was too loud
From your bed I gained a day
And lost a bloody year
[Pre-Chorus]
And I, would like to know
[Chorus]
How do you feel? (How do you feel, aah)
How do you feel? (How do you feel, aah)
(Scatting)
[Brass Interlude]
[Trumpet Solo]
[Verse 2]
Not a single word was said
The night still hid our fears
Occasionally you showed a smile
But, what was the need?
I felt the cold far too soon
In a room of 95
My friends are lying in the sun
I wish that I was there
Tomorrow brings another town
Another girl like you
Have you time before you leave
To greet another man?
[Pre-Chorus]
Just, you let me know
[Chorus]
How do you feel? (How do you feel, aah)
How do you feel? (How do you feel, aah)
(Scatting)
[Brass Interlude]
[Trumpet Solo]
[Verse 2]
Not a single word was said
The night still hid our fears
Occasionally you showed a smile
But, what was the need?
I felt the cold far too soon
In a room of 95
My friends are lying in the sun
I wish that I was there
Tomorrow brings another town
Another girl like you
Have you time before you leave
To greet another man?
[Pre-Chorus]
Just, you let me know
[Chorus]
How do you feel? (How do you feel, aah)
How do you feel? (How do you feel, aah)
(Scatting)
[Brass Interlude]
[Outro]
Goodbye to you
Charlotte Pringle's due
I've had enough
For one day
(Vocalizing)
[Instrumental Outro]
Goodbye to you
Charlotte Pringle's due
I've had enough
For one day
(Vocalizing)
[Instrumental Outro]
About
Genius Annotation
Track #3 on Pink Floyd’s 1970 album Atom Heart Mother. This song was written, composed and sung by Richard Wright. This song could be about dwelling on one-night-stands with girls he met touring with the band.
This is the only other song from Atom Heart Mother to feature the brass section that was used on the titular suite.
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- 4.Flaming
- 8.The Gnome
- 9.Chapter 24
- 10.The Scarecrow
- 11.Bike
- 13.Remember a Day
- 15.Corporal Clegg
- 17.See-Saw
- 18.Jugband Blues
- 19.Cirrus Minor
- 20.The Nile Song
- 21.Crying Song
- 22.Up The Khyber
- 24.Cymbaline
- 25.Party Sequence
- 26.Main Theme
- 27.Ibiza Bar
- 28.More Blues
- 29.Quicksilver
- 30.A Spanish Piece
- 31.Dramatic Theme
- 36.Sysyphus
- 39.The Narrow Way
- 42.If
- 43.Summer ’68
- 44.Fat Old Sun
- 48.Fearless
- 49.San Tropez
- 50.Seamus
- 51.Echoes
- 53.When You’re In
- 54.Burning Bridges
- 57.Mudmen
- 58.Childhood’s End
- 59.Free Four
- 60.Stay
- 62.Speak to Me
- 64.On the Run
- 65.Time
- 67.Money
- 68.Us and Them
- 70.Brain Damage
- 71.Eclipse
- 74.Have a Cigar
- 78.Dogs
- 80.Sheep
- 82.In the Flesh?
- 83.The Thin Ice
- 87.Mother
- 88.Goodbye Blue Sky
- 89.Empty Spaces
- 90.Young Lust
- 91.One of My Turns
- 95.Hey You
- 97.Nobody Home
- 98.Vera
- 100.Comfortably Numb
- 101.The Show Must Go On
- 103.Run Like Hell
- 105.Stop
- 106.The Trial
- 107.Outside the Wall
- 108.The Post War Dream
- 109.Your Possible Pasts
- 110.One of the Few
- 112.The Hero’s Return
- 113.The Gunner’s Dream
- 114.Paranoid Eyes
- 117.Southampton Dock
- 118.The Final Cut
- 119.Not Now John
- 121.Signs of Life
- 122.Learning to Fly
- 123.The Dogs of War
- 124.One Slip
- 125.On the Turning Away
- 126.Yet Another Movie
- 127.Round and Around
- 129.Terminal Frost
- 131.Sorrow
- 132.Cluster One
- 134.Poles Apart
- 135.Marooned
- 138.Take It Back
- 139.Coming Back to Life
- 140.Keep Talking
- 141.Lost for Words
- 142.High Hopes
Credits
Producers
Writer
Engineer
Maracas
Drums
Bass Guitar
Mellotron
Piano
Vocals
Electric Guitar
Acoustic Guitar
Background Vocals
Recorded At
EMI Recording Studios, St. John's Wood, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
Released on
October 2, 1970
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