I've got a little black book with my poems in
Got a bag with a toothbrush and a comb in
When I'm a good dog, they sometimes throw me a bone in

I got elastic bands keepin' my shoes on
Got those swollen-hand blues
I got thirteen channels of shit on the T.V. to choose from
I've got electric light
And I've got second sight
I got amazing powers of observation
And that is how I know
When I try to get through
On the telephone to you
There'll be nobody home

I've got the obligatory Hendrix perm
And the inevitable pinhole burns
All down the front of my favorite satin shirt
I've got nicotine stains on my fingers
I've got a silver spoon on a chain
Got a grand piano to prop up my mortal remains

I've got wild staring eyes
And I've got a strong urge to fly
But I got nowhere to fly to
Ooh, babe when I pick up the phone

(Surprise, surprise, surprise) there's still nobody home

I've got a pair of Gohills boots
But I got fading roots

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To me, this album represents many things to many and has been interpreted endlessly just as I'll now add my 2 bobs worth. When I was young (early 80s) and smoking pot we'd listen to this and honestly I heard that many differing "what it's all abouts". I didn't give it too much thought beyond the obvious. I just loved the music, the co-existing and intertwining concepts and later with an added appreciation: as a musician. About the year 1999 my Nan (that' right) had a listen and just immediately fell in love with it, every bit of it. I was astounded! She used to relate a lot of it back to me through her eyes - eyes that had almost been where Roger Water's eyes had been. She grew up in London through both world wars (in the bombed out areas between the Eastend and Essex) and she too had lost her father when she was very young (4 or 5). He was German. She was English. I can only imagine the crap at school she would've copped. He was deaf and ended up getting run over by a train, so in a nutshell....he never left (or taught) her much. She put a lot of "The Wall" into perspective for me. But anyway, I really only wanted to comment on a small fragment of "Nobody Home", that being my interpretation (blah blah blah) of the following lines:

"I've got Electric light, and I got second sight" (a real contrast of the most basic to the extraordinary) "I've got amazing powers of observation, and that is how I know" (supernatural powers?) "when I try to get through, on the telephone to you" "There'll be nobody home" (no, just the cynic in him telling him, in his abandonment by her, she obviously not going to answer)

[Ffwd>>>>]

"I got wild staring eyes, and I got a strong urge to fly" (ambitions,dreams, hopes) "but I got nowhere to fly to" (the sad realisation that he feels deserted, alone, trapped - and that's just at home!) "ooooooooooh babe, when I pick up the phone...surprise, surprise, surprise..." "there's still nobody home" (just further emphasizing what he already "knows" or believes/perceives).

Brilliant work. To have so many pulling it apart and disecting it with their own spin after so long is incredible.

To me, this album represents many things to many and has been interpreted endlessly just as I'll now add my 2 bobs worth. When I was young (early 80s) and smoking pot we'd listen to this and honestly I heard that many differing "what it's all abouts". I didn't give it too much thought beyond the obvious. I just loved the music, the co-existing and intertwining concepts and later with an added appreciation: as a musician. About the year 1999 my Nan (that' right) had a listen and just immediately fell in love with it, every bit of it. I was astounded! She used to relate a lot of it back to me through her eyes - eyes that had almost been where Roger Water's eyes had been. She grew up in London through both world wars (in the bombed out areas between the Eastend and Essex) and she too had lost her father when she was very young (4 or 5). He was German. She was English. I can only imagine the crap at school she would've copped. He was deaf and ended up getting run over by a train, so in a nutshell....he never left (or taught) her much. She put a lot of "The Wall" into perspective for me. But anyway, I really only wanted to comment on a small fragment of "Nobody Home", that being my interpretation (blah blah blah) of the following lines: "I've got Electric light, and I got second sight" (a real contrast of the most basic to the extraordinary) "I've got amazing powers of observation, and that is how I know" (supernatural powers?) "when I try to get through, on the telephone to you" "There'll be nobody home" (no, just the cynic in him telling him, in his abandonment by her, she obviously not going to answer) [Ffwd>>>>] "I got wild staring eyes, and I got a strong urge to fly" (ambitions,dreams, hopes) "but I got nowhere to fly to" (the sad realisation that he feels deserted, alone, trapped - and that's just at home!) "ooooooooooh babe, when I pick up the phone...surprise, surprise, surprise..." "there's still nobody home" (just further emphasizing what he already "knows" or believes/perceives). Brilliant work. To have so many pulling it apart and disecting it with their own spin after so long is incredible.

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