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Effervescing Elephant
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Rock
Effervescing Elephant was released on November 1, 1970 by Columbia/Legacy as a part of the album Barrett
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AlbumBarrett
Release DateNovember 1, 1970
LabelColumbia/Legacy
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM122

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Peter Brown
Peter Brown
Engineer
David Gilmour
David Gilmour
Producer
Richard Wright
Richard Wright
Producer

Lyrics

An effervescing elephant
With tiny eyes and great big trunk
Once whispered to the tiny ear
The ear of one inferior
That by next June he'd die, oh yeah
Because the tiger would roam
The little one said
"Oh my goodness, I must stay at home"
And every time I hear a growl
I'll know the tiger's on the prowl
And I'll be really safe, you know
The elephant, he told me so
Everyone was nervy, oh yeah
And the message was spread
To zebra, mongoose
And the dirty hippopotamus
Who wallowed in the mud and chewed
His spicy hippo-plankton food
And tended to ignore the word
Preferring to survey a herd
Of stupid water bison, oh yeah
And all the jungle took fright
And ran around for all the day and the night
But all in vain, because, you see
The tiger came and said
"Who, me? You know I wouldn't hurt not one of you
I'd much prefer something to chew
And your all to scant"
Oh, yeah
He ate the elephant
Written by: Syd Barrett
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