When you were at the helm
In your natural realm
With your Hammond and your Rhodes
Harmonising to Echoes
Always far too cool
For architecture school
With friends you formed a band
With a Crazy Diamond for front man
A club they called Countdown
In London's underground
A scene you helped grow
Playing at the UFO
Living through the haze
Of those psychedelia days
The first front man was gone
And the band continued on
Sailing on a sea
Of sonic imagery
A canvas made of sound
Waves swirling all around
Pictures in our minds
A soundtrack for all time
Guiding us it seems
To a world beyond our dreams
Waves upon the sand
Of a distant land
The ocean gently calls
The curtain never falls
Eternally cast free
In the Aegean Sea
From Rhodes you sail away
Into a brighter day
A Narrow Way to start
An Atom Mother's Heart
Summer 68 and If
Were your songwriter's gifts
Echoes and beyond
Your soundscapes came through strong
Especially on the day
You made history in Pompeii
Breathing in the Air
A journey you all share
A brotherhood but then
It turned into Us and Them
Sidelined by The Wall
You had to make a call
It must have felt like treason
A Temporary Lapse of Reason
Sailing on a sea
Of sonic imagery
A canvas made of sound
Waves swirling all around
Pictures in our minds
A soundtrack for all time
Guiding us it seems
To a world beyond our dreams
Waves upon the sand
Of a distant land
The ocean gently calls
The curtain never falls
Basking in the sun
Of a Caribbean dawn
Virgin Islands and beyond
We won't forget your songs