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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Soft Machine
Performer
Kevin Ayers
Guitar
Robert Wyatt
Drums
Mike Ratledge
Organ
Barbara Morillo
Background Vocals
Eleanor Barooshian
Background Vocals
Jeanette Jacobs
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Kevin Ayers
Songwriter
Robert Wyatt
Songwriter
Mike Ratledge
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Chas Chandler
Producer
Tom Wilson
Producer
Lyrics
It begins with a blessing, it ends with a curse
Making life easy by making it worse
"My mask is my master", the trumpeter weeps
But his voice is so weak, as he speaks from his sleep
Saying: "Why, why, why... Why are we sleeping?"
People are watching, people who stare
Waiting for something that's already there
"Tomorrow I'll find it", the trumpeter screams
And remembers he's hungry, and drowns in his dreams
Saying: "Why, why, why... Why are we sleeping?"
My head is a nightclub with glasses and wine
The customers dancing or just making time
While Daevid is cursing, the customers scream
Now everyone's shouting, "Get out of my dream!"
Saying: "Why, why, why... Why are we sleeping?"
Writer(s): Kevin Cawley Ayers, Robert Wyatt, Michael Roland Ratledge
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