As a teen in the '70s, I owned the published sheet music book for Cream: Goodbye. For better or worse, here's what the lyrics were, at least according to that book. If you read them while listening to the song, you'll see that they sound about right. (Mind you, this is from 50-year-old memory, so one or two lines may be slightly off, but on the whole I think they're what was published.)
By the way, I'm no expert on cockney rhyming slang, but it's well known that "take a butcher's" means "take a look" (look = "butcher's hook"). Also, I assume most people know that "old Bill" is UK slang for the police.
Danger's in a jam-jar parson's collar in the sky.
Water in a fountain doesn't get me very high.
Moby Dick and Albert making out with Captain Bligh.
So you know what you know in your head.
Will you, won't you, do you, don't you know when a head's dead?
What a bringdown!
Little leader Lou is growing abstracts in the North.
Betty B's been wearing daisies since the twenty-fourth.
Where's it gonna end there's one more coming forth.
And you know what you know in your head.
Will you, won't you, do you, don't you want to go to bed?
What a bringdown!
There's a tea-leaf about in the family
Who'll end up in the Bowery and else
There's a tea-leaf afloat in the Rosie Lee
Help! Ring ding-dong bell!
Take a butchers at the dodgy minces of old Bill.
Aristotle's orchestra are living on the pill.
One of them gets very very prickly when he's ill.
And you know what you know in your head.
Will you, won't you, do you, don't you want to make more bread?
What a bringdown!
As a teen in the '70s, I owned the published sheet music book for Cream: Goodbye. For better or worse, here's what the lyrics were, at least according to that book. If you read them while listening to the song, you'll see that they sound about right. (Mind you, this is from 50-year-old memory, so one or two lines may be slightly off, but on the whole I think they're what was published.)
By the way, I'm no expert on cockney rhyming slang, but it's well known that "take a butcher's" means "take a look" (look = "butcher's hook"). Also, I assume most people know that "old Bill" is UK slang for the police.
Danger's in a jam-jar parson's collar in the sky. Water in a fountain doesn't get me very high. Moby Dick and Albert making out with Captain Bligh. So you know what you know in your head. Will you, won't you, do you, don't you know when a head's dead? What a bringdown!
Little leader Lou is growing abstracts in the North. Betty B's been wearing daisies since the twenty-fourth. Where's it gonna end there's one more coming forth. And you know what you know in your head. Will you, won't you, do you, don't you want to go to bed? What a bringdown!
There's a tea-leaf about in the family Who'll end up in the Bowery and else There's a tea-leaf afloat in the Rosie Lee Help! Ring ding-dong bell!
Take a butchers at the dodgy minces of old Bill. Aristotle's orchestra are living on the pill. One of them gets very very prickly when he's ill. And you know what you know in your head. Will you, won't you, do you, don't you want to make more bread? What a bringdown!
[Edit: Correcting typo]