Lucifer Sam Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Lucifer Sam, Siam cat
Always sitting by your side
Always by your side
[Refrain]
That cat's something I can't explain
[Verse 2]
Jennifer Gentle, you're a witch
You're the left side, he's the right side
Oh, no!
[Refrain]
That cat's something I can't explain
[Instrumental Interlude]
[Verse 3]
Lucifer, go to sea
Be a hip cat, be a ship's cat
Somewhere, anywhere
[Refrain]
That cat's something I can't explain
Lucifer Sam, Siam cat
Always sitting by your side
Always by your side
[Refrain]
That cat's something I can't explain
[Verse 2]
Jennifer Gentle, you're a witch
You're the left side, he's the right side
Oh, no!
[Refrain]
That cat's something I can't explain
[Instrumental Interlude]
[Verse 3]
Lucifer, go to sea
Be a hip cat, be a ship's cat
Somewhere, anywhere
[Refrain]
That cat's something I can't explain
[Instrumental Interlude]
[Verse 4]
At night prowling, sifting sand
Hiding around on the ground
He'll be found when you're around
[Refrain]
That cat's something I can't explain
[Verse 4]
At night prowling, sifting sand
Hiding around on the ground
He'll be found when you're around
[Refrain]
That cat's something I can't explain
About
Genius Annotation
“Lucifer Sam” is the second track on Pink Floyd’s 1967 debut album The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn.
Written by Syd Barrett about “Lucifer Sam”, one of his many Siamese cats (which included two named “Pink” and “Floyd” who he supposedly fed LSD to). The track had the working title “Percy The Rat Catcher”.
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- 2.Lucifer Sam
- 4.Flaming
- 8.The Gnome
- 9.Chapter 24
- 10.The Scarecrow
- 11.Bike
- 13.Remember a Day
- 15.Corporal Clegg
- 17.See-Saw
- 18.Jugband Blues
- 19.Cirrus Minor
- 20.The Nile Song
- 21.Crying Song
- 22.Up The Khyber
- 24.Cymbaline
- 25.Party Sequence
- 26.Main Theme
- 27.Ibiza Bar
- 28.More Blues
- 29.Quicksilver
- 30.A Spanish Piece
- 31.Dramatic Theme
- 36.Sysyphus
- 39.The Narrow Way
- 42.If
- 43.Summer ’68
- 44.Fat Old Sun
- 48.Fearless
- 49.San Tropez
- 50.Seamus
- 51.Echoes
- 53.When You’re In
- 54.Burning Bridges
- 57.Mudmen
- 58.Childhood’s End
- 59.Free Four
- 60.Stay
- 62.Speak to Me
- 64.On the Run
- 65.Time
- 67.Money
- 68.Us and Them
- 70.Brain Damage
- 71.Eclipse
- 74.Have a Cigar
- 78.Dogs
- 80.Sheep
- 82.In the Flesh?
- 83.The Thin Ice
- 87.Mother
- 88.Goodbye Blue Sky
- 89.Empty Spaces
- 90.Young Lust
- 91.One of My Turns
- 95.Hey You
- 97.Nobody Home
- 98.Vera
- 100.Comfortably Numb
- 101.The Show Must Go On
- 103.Run Like Hell
- 105.Stop
- 106.The Trial
- 107.Outside the Wall
- 108.The Post War Dream
- 109.Your Possible Pasts
- 110.One of the Few
- 112.The Hero’s Return
- 113.The Gunner’s Dream
- 114.Paranoid Eyes
- 117.Southampton Dock
- 118.The Final Cut
- 119.Not Now John
- 121.Signs of Life
- 122.Learning to Fly
- 123.The Dogs of War
- 124.One Slip
- 125.On the Turning Away
- 126.Yet Another Movie
- 127.Round and Around
- 129.Terminal Frost
- 131.Sorrow
- 132.Cluster One
- 134.Poles Apart
- 135.Marooned
- 138.Take It Back
- 139.Coming Back to Life
- 140.Keep Talking
- 141.Lost for Words
- 142.High Hopes
Credits
Producer
Writer
Engineer
Lead Vocals
Slide Guitar
Farfisa Organ
Bowed Bass
Electric Guitar
Bass Guitar
Maracas
Drums
Piano
Recorded At
Abbey Road Studios, London
Release Date
August 5, 1967
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