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Version "A Saucerful Of Secrets"

Version "Ummagumma"

set the controls for the heart of the sun

Little by little the night turns around
Counting the leaves which tremble at dawn
Lotus's lean on each other in yearning
Over the hills a swallow is resting
Set the controls for the heart of the sun

Over the mountain watching the watcher
Breaking the darkness waking the grapevine
Knowledge of love is knowledge of shadow
Love is the shadow that ripens the wine
Set the controls for the heart of the sun

Witness the man who waves 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
Set the controls for the heart of the sun

Words & Music by Roger Waters.
© 1967 Westminster Music Ltd.

Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
 

Little by little the night turns around
Counting the leaves which tremble at dawn
Lotuses 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 ripens the wine
Set the controls for the heart of the Sun

Witness the man who waves at the wall?
Making the shape of his questions 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
Set the controls for the heart of the Sun

Roger Waters  © 1969 Westminster Music (=Westminster Music Ltd.)


NOTES
1/ Vocals : R.Waters
LP : 5'20 CD: 5'28 Ummagumma (Live) : 9'22

2 / Les paroles n'apparaissent officiellement la première fois que sur la version CD remasterisée en 1992, sur le livre du coffret "Shine On".
  
 
Different Versions
A Saucerful Of Secrets
(LP 1968 /
CD AAD 1986 / 1st D. Rem. 1992 (Shine On) / D.Rem. 1994 / D.Rem. 2011)
Ummagumma
(1969 LP / CD AAD 1987 / D.Rem. 1994 / D. Rem. 2011)
1974 A Nice Pair (LP)
1978 French XI Box (LP)
1979 UK XI Box (LP)
1983 Works (LP / CD)
1992 Shine On (CD) + Promo Single
2007 Oh By The Way - Box (CD -> 2007 stereo 2007 D. Rem.)
2001 Echoes (LP / CD)
2002 Roger Waters In The Flesh (Live)
2011 Discovery Box (CD)
2012 Live in Brighton 1972, The Dark Side Of The Moon Immersion Box