I was doing some driving the other day, and I had Nick Drake in the old cassette machine. I got to thinking "I bet a lot of musicians would like to play the Nick Drake, but they just don't know the words to the songs. I should help them by putting the words to the songs on the internets, and that would fulfill my monthly quota for altruistic acts".
So here we go. I'll start with the song for which he is best known. You may have first heard this tune on a car commercial, when the car company (Volkswagen I think?) decided that the proper mood to establish when trying to sell cars to the 18-34 demographic is languid torpor.
Pig Moo, by Nick Drake
Soya riddim, soy essay
Pig moo sauna rye
Nun view sand stall
pig moo gone gay tall
It's a pig moo
It's a pig pig pig pig pig moo.
repeat
I think that's all for today. When you're dealing with an artist like Nick Drake, you have to work a little at a time. Otherwise, the profundity will overwhelm you and, well, I think the man said it best:
"Pig moo sauna rye".
More later.
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Seems like a faithful transcription to me!
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