<![CDATA[<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/aTo7aEgw-28&ap=%2526fmt%3D18&rel=0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/aTo7aEgw-28&ap=%2526fmt%3D18&rel=0</a>]]> This song was written as a paean to Syd Barrett.
Music written and performed by Thorn Apples: Neil Gresalfi & Dave Gresalfi.
With: David Laderman-guitars. Jeff Millhollen - mellotron.
Video by Dave Gresalfi.PIPER'S TUNE LYRICS:When I heard you sing about the gnome
I did believe that he was someone you had known
When your thoughts becomes confused
You start to feel the jugband blues
Your voice revealed what a child's mind is like
You let me ride on your psychedelic bike
When your words become confused
You start to play a jugband blues
You tried to open one too many gates of dawn
And read between the lines of chapter 24
You heard the pipers tune
But winter came too soon
Its been so long maybe now you understand
The sphinxs riddle and that cat Lucifer Sam
But when your mind becomes confused
You start to sing the jugband blues
You broke the mirror of poor old Arnold Layne
And lost all pleasure in the games Emily plays
If your mind is what you lose
Youll always play those jugband blues
You heard the pipers tune
But winter came too soon
You had to know just how far a star can go
But found yourself as the black and green scarecrow...
(lyrics by Dave Gresalfi, 2008)
