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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Syd Barrett

Got it hit down
spot knock inside a spider
said: "That's love yeh, yeh, yeah!"
said: "That's love yeh, yeh, yeah!"
said: "That's love - All know it
TV, teeth, feet, peace, feel it...
That's love, yeh, yeh, yeah!"
That's love, yeh, yeh, yeah!"
I like the fall that brings me to
I make a cord around sinew
Duck the weight and east is less
Deep craving of the metal west
hell tomorrow's rain and test
hell tomorrow's rain and test
Love an empty sun and guess
dimples dangerous and blessed
Heaving, arriving, tinkeling
mingling jet and statuettes
seething wet we meet in fleck
seething wet we meet in fleck
lines and winds and freeben half
each fair day I give you half
of each fair day I give you half
I look into your eyes anew,
laying in the sun for you...
Blam, splattered, tactile, engine
heaving, quacky, squeaky, dormy, roofy, wham
I'll have them mind blown
broken jardy, cardy, smoocho, poocho, paki, puffi
splosh eat moxy, very smelly,
cable, gable, splinter, shaddle
top the seam he's taken off
rats, rats lay down flat
we don't need you, we act like that
and if you think you're un-loved
then we know about that...
rats, rats, lay down flat!
yes, yes, yes, yes, lay down flat