You've not got to be crazy, but it helps

David Smith · Post by **David Smith** » Fri Feb 07, 2003 7:12 pm

Ok, does anyone know where i can get the lyrics to You've got to be crazy? cause my recordings a bit crap and i wouldn't mind knowing them.

Feeling Very Pink · Post by **Feeling Very Pink** » Fri Feb 07, 2003 8:22 pm

Try that PF encyclopedia/database place. The blue one. It's got everything.

David Smith · Post by **David Smith** » Fri Feb 07, 2003 9:07 pm

Anyone got a good link? I know few pink floyd web sites and no books i got have them

Feeling Very Pink · Post by **Feeling Very Pink** » Fri Feb 07, 2003 11:42 pm

http://pinkfloydhyperbase.dk/unreleased ... l#yougotta

Hope it helps. Mm, nice alliteration.

Spinoza · Post by **Spinoza** » Sat Feb 08, 2003 11:59 am

It was a cruel song, but fair.

Richter_M. · Post by **Richter_M.** » Thu Feb 13, 2003 9:43 am

I'll check out the Pink Floyd Encyclopedia when I get home in a few hours...if a dozen other ppl on this board haven't already checked. I know I've seen a lyric sheet for it someplace, and I know the encyclopedia has the lyrics for The Hero's Return pt.2, so it might have Gotta Be Crazy as well.

Real Pink in the Inside · Thu Feb 13, 2003 1:53 pm

From http://www.ingsoc.com/waters/albums/animals/lyrics.html:

Pink Floyd toured in 1974 with the following new songs: 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond,' 'You Gotta Be Crazy,' and 'Raving and Drooling' -- on the early '75 tour, they added 'Have a Cigar' and split 'Shine On' into two sections. These last two were later recorded and released in late 1975 on WYWH, but the other two were shelved until they reappeared in 1977, modified, on Animals.

Here are the lyrics as they sounded in 1975, taken from a tour program:

Raving And Drooling

Raving and drooling I fell on his neck with a scream
He had a whole lotta terminal shock in his eyes
Thats what you get for pretending the rest are not real
Bubbling and snapping at far away flies
He will zig zag his way back through
Memories of boredom and pain

How does it feel to be empty and angry and spaced
Split up the middle between the illusion of
Safety in numbers and the fist in your face

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Gotta Be Crazy

You gotta be crazy, you gotta be mean
You gotta keep your kids and your car clean
you gotta keep climbing, you gotta keep fit
You gotta keep smiling, you gotta eat shit

You gotta be small to be a big shot
You gotta eat meat to stay at the top
You gotta be trusted, gotta tell lies
You gotta be able to narrow your eyes

You gotta believe the've gotta believe you
You gotta appear easy to see through
Gotta be sure you look good on T.V.
Gotta resemble a human being

You gotta one eye over your shoulder
Gonna get harder as you get older
Gotta fly south and hide in the sand
Gotta forget your gonna get cancer

And when you loose control, you'll reap
The harvest you have sown
And as the fear grows, the bad blood
Slows and turns to stone
And it's too late too lose the weight you
Used to need to throw around
So have a good drown as you go down alone
Dragged down the by the stone

Gotta be sure, you gotta be quick
Gotta divide the tame from the sick
Gotta keep some of us docile and fit
You gotta keep everyone burying this shit

I gotta admit to a lot of confusion
Pain in the head is the child of collusion
Gotta resist the creeping malaise
You gotta believe in the way out of the maze
But you, you just keep on pretending
You can tell a sucker from a friend
But you still raise the knife to
Stranger, lover, friend and foe alike

Who was born in a house full of pain
Who was sent out to play on his own
Who was raised on a diet of shame
Who was trained not to spit in the fan
Who was told what to by the man
Who was broken by trained personnel
Who was fitted with bridle and bit
Who was given a seat in the stand
Who was forcing his way to the rails
Who was offered a place on the board
Who was only a stranger at home
Who was ground down in the end
Who was found dead on the phone
Who was dragged down by the stone

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NOTE: The lyrics to both songs underwent constant changes as they were performed. Thus the versions on your RoIO of choice may be somewhat different.

Feeling Very Pink · Post by **Feeling Very Pink** » Thu Feb 13, 2003 2:27 pm

Well, thanks a bunch for ignoring my link, guys. What a waste of time.

Real Pink in the Inside · Thu Feb 13, 2003 3:16 pm

I'm guilty of not reading the entire thread

David Smith · Post by **David Smith** » Thu Feb 13, 2003 5:47 pm

I used your link and found the lyrics, though thanks to everyone else for their contributions

Tried to get the pink floyd encyclopedia but it's out of print damn it!

Anyway, yeah, i used the links, cheers to everyone who posted here.

Real Pink in the Inside · Thu Feb 13, 2003 6:39 pm

David Smith wrote: Tried to get the pink floyd encyclopedia but it's out of print damn it!

I noticed that on Amazon the other day. Hopefully they will print some more soon. Perhaps there is going to be a third edition soon...

Richter_M. · Post by **Richter_M.** » Fri Feb 14, 2003 6:21 pm

The lyrics in the Encyclopedia are identical to FeelingVeryPink's link which I so blatantly ignored.

And those are the same as RealPink's post, minus one verse.

I'm surprised that the PF Encyclopedia went outta print so fast, if I recall correctly it had been out of print for awhile, and then it reappeared all of a sudden about a year ago. That's when I got mine--has it gone OOP again already?

summer68 · Post by **summer68** » Mon Feb 17, 2003 6:20 am

there are subtle differences in the lyrics used in '74 and '75. the best place to get the '74 lyrics is the back cover of the "british winter tour '74" roio, which can be seen at floydart.org (if it ever returns

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David Smith · Post by **David Smith** » Tue Feb 18, 2003 9:49 pm

The comapny are planning on priting up another batch of edition 2's, but they told me "don't hold your breath, it may be a while."

Actually it's surprising, i was in Blackwells, they don't have any pink floyd books on the shelf, yet loads of crap bands like Simply Red and a bunch of average bands (Nick Cave and the bad seeds) all had books out.

Pink Floyd are one of the most important and best bands ever, they deserve books available more than Nick Cave and Simply Red.

Feeling Very Pink · Post by **Feeling Very Pink** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 12:05 am

Deafinitely. I've managed to track down The Press Reports, Crazy Diamond and Lost In The Woods, though. God bless the Internet, as the film says...