Roger Keith ("Syd") Barrett(born January 6, 1946 in Cambridge, England, died 7th July 2006 in Cambridge, England) was a British singer-songwriterand guitarist. Best remembered as one of the founding members of the group Pink Floyd, Barrett was active as a rockmusician for only a few years, before mental instability forced him into obscurity, but he has been remarkably influential. Pink Floyd years (1965–1968) Pink Floyd (originally called both " Tea Set" and " The Pink Floyd Sound", then later " The Pink Floyd") was formed in 1965. Barrett acquired the nickname "Syd" at the age of 15, a reference to an old local Cambridge drummer, Syd Barrett. Syd changed the spelling in order to differentiate himself from his namesake.
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Effervescing Elephant Lyrics

Syd Barrett

An effervescing elephant with tiny eyes and great big trunk,
once whispered to the tiny ear, the ear of one in fear,
you hear that by next June he'd die, oh yeah,
And the tiger would roam the little one said,
'Oh my goodness, I must stay at home!'
And every time I hear a growl,
I'll know the tigers on the prowl,
And I'll be really safe, you know, the elephant, he told me so,
Everyone was nervous, oh yeah,
And the message was spread to zebra, mongoose and the dirty
hippapotamus,
who wallowed in the mud and chewed his spicy hippoplankton food,
and tended to ignore the word,
referring to a survey he heard of stupid water bison, oh yeah,
And all the jungle took fright,
and ran around for all the day and the night,
But all in vain because, you see,
the tiger came and said,
'Who me?! You know I wouldn't hurt not one of you,
I much prefer something to chew, and you're all too scant'
Oh yeah, He ate the elephant