Pink Floyd – Have a Cigar

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Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar.
You're gonna go far, fly high,
You're never gonna die,
You're gonna make it if you try;
They're gonna love you.
Well I've always had a deep respect,
And I mean that most sincere.
The band is just fantastic,
That is really what I think.
Oh by the way, which one's Pink?
And did we tell you the name of the game, boy,
We call it 'riding the gravy train'

We're just knocked out.
We heard about the sell out.
You gotta get an album out.
You owe it to the people.
We're so happy we can hardly count.
Everybody else is just green,
Have you seen the chart?
It's a helluva start,
It could be made into a monster
If we all pull together as a team.
And did we tell you the name of the game, boy,
We call it 'riding the gravy train'

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Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae, edited by Mellow_Harsher

Track duration: 05:16

"Have a Cigar" as written by Roger Waters

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    Song Meaning:where do some of you come up with this crap? try watching an interview with the band members. the lines leading up to "which one's pink?" are the exact words used by a record exec the band met with when they first came to the states. when they got done talking the guy turned and asked "oh, by the way, which one's pink?" this song is about money being the root of all evil. quit filling peoples heads with inaccurate crap you think is true. it's the most obvious song, there is absolutely no use of metaphor. it is what it is. most of floyds songs are about greed and the dangers of uncontrollable drug use. roger waters lyrics are almost all completely straight forward. there's no sugar coating.
    Flag floydnuton December 15, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Riding the gravy with biscuits wheels. Roger did not sing this-his vocal chords were
    shot due to singing another song. So they called in Roy Harper to do it.
    Flag redshiftdazzleron December 07, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:its about the music industry
    Flag MegadethMaiden23on July 03, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:couldent have put it better myself ak47kills12...
    Flag SmokeyMcWeedon June 05, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I've heard the line "which one's pink" refers to an actual conversation had with a record company in which an individual asked Gilmour "which one's Floyd". Since floyd doesn't rhyme with anything they changed it for this song, I think the implication is pretty clear though.
    Flag MrKrillon April 28, 2011   Link
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    Song Meaning:This song is about the corruption and exploitation of the music industry to young, naive, hopeful, mediocre music groups/acts, for example, so called big record producers and companies bring in music groups who will not last long but encourage them to sign a worthless contract or deal in which they receive hardly any cash, just for revenue and benefit for their own greed.
    Flag ak47kills12on April 07, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:This song will always remind me of two men.

    One, my old friend Rob who sold me on the media's black market for lots of money.

    Two, a man named Pat, aka "Pink", who started an ad agency in my town. After Rob sold me, Pat aggressively befriended me and stalked me (in person and via technological means) in order to obtain material for books, songs, etc...

    I was their muse. I've made them oodles of money.

    HAVE A CIGAR, BOYS
    Flag DoctorLouisLeakeyon September 16, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:what is with the volume just dieing out at the end of the song? is that intentional?
    Flag orboknownon May 14, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:David refused to sing "Have a Cigar" for the album because he thought the tone of the Waters' lyrics and the ire behind them was rather harsh. What did David call this tune? Oh yeah ... a whinge. LOL! Don't think he cared much for "Welcome to the Machine" either, which harbored the same bitter and critical tone, but he did a fine job singing it. Roy Harper did a great job, and I did hear David and Roger perform this song one time live in the mid 70's, and quite honestly, as much as I love David Gilmour's typically amazing and flawless voice, he and Roger both struggled. Roy's extended "gravy traaaaaaaain" was cut short by David throughout the song. We're used to Roy's version so to hear it live, even by the actual band members, it not the same at all.
    Flag mojo917on March 25, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:A men
    Flag colbiason March 11, 2009   Link

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