Album: Obscured By Clouds (1972)

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• Heaven sent the promised land
  Looks alright from where I stand
  'Cause I'm the man on the outside looking in
  
  Waiting on the first step
  Show me where the key is kept
  Point me down the right line because it's time
  
  To let me in from the cold
  Turn my lead into gold
  'Cause there's a chill wind blowing in my soul
  And I think I'm growing old
  
  Flash the readies
  What's, uh the deal?
  Got to make it to the next meal
  Try to keep up with the turning of the wheel
  
  Mile after mile (mile after mile)
  Stone after stone (stone after stone)
  you turn to speak but you're alone
  Million miles from home, you're on your own
  
  So let me in from the cold
  Turn my lead into gold
  'Cause there's a chill wind blowing in my soul
  And I think I'm growing old
  
  Fire bright by candlelight
  And her by my side
  And if she prefers we will never stir again
  
  Someone sent the promised land
  And I grabbed it with both hands
  Now I'm the man on the inside looking out
  
  Hear me shout "Come on in,
  What's the news and where you been?"
  'Cause there's no wind left in my soul
  And I've grown old Writer/s: DAVID JON GILMOUR, ROGER WATERS
  Publisher: T.R.O. INC.
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 8

• Grayson Billings from The DesertI'm right there with you Gretar. My parents were hippies, (still are), and i grew up with Pink Floyd. didn't start liking them until i heard "the Wall". (i am a little older than you, 55. :) ). i started digging into their catalogue as i grew older. sure i knew "The Dark Side of the Moon" and "Wish You Were Here", but didn't start with the earlier albums until i got older. "Wots... Uh the Deal" is in my top 5 as well. BEAUTIFUL song
• Gretar from Reykjavík Iceland ( Ísland)Iv listen to Floyd sinds they released "The Wall" (then 11 yo) and got MEGA hooked but late in 1985 ( was 16 yo) I discovered "Obscured by Clouds", maybe there Best Record.?
  And "Wot's..... Uh the deal" have been my "one of top five" with Pink Floyd...... Uh & still is (now 54 yo).
  Pink Floyd is the "BEST Mental Medicine I know of or have trued :-)
• Flink Pod from AustraliaDavid wrote the guitar parts, not the chord sequence or melody.
• Nik Gnashers from Lincolnshire, UkOne of my favourites, and one I play myself at open mic nights.
• Jason from Raleigh, NcIs it crazy that this might be my favorite Floyd song?
• Matt from Winter Park, FlThe lyrics to this song almost synched to my life when I first moved away from home. I was so far from home and alone for a while and every time I hear David singing "MIllion miles from home, your all alone..." I get the chills. A most beautiful song by Pink Floyd.
• Oldpink from New Castle, InI find this song absolutely gorgeous, with Dave's gentle singing and his guitar simply crying out joyfully.
  Dave was smart to perform it live for his solo tours, especially considering how Floyd would not do it live.
  
• Chuck from Joppa, Md, MdUhm. Song was definitely a collaboration...and GILMOUR wrote the music. Hence, why he's been performing it live a lot recently.

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