Lyrics for Have A Cigar as interpreted by Demau Senae

Have A Cigar Lyrics
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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"Have a Cigar" as written by Roger Waters
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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brn2sailaway
01-21-2002

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the record company and money hungry industry people are shmozing the artist.,, doesn't even know them, "oh by the way, which one's pink?"

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sipayi
04-19-2002

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I beg to differ brn2, that line has to be understood in conjuction with the earlier three lines. The line represents the inner struggle in the band in a subtle way.
He even says, "... it (the success/albums/band) can be made into a monster, if we all put together as a team"

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sipayi
04-19-2002

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However, there are references to the mean record company,
"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."
EMI insisting that they should "ride the gravy train" (capitalise on the situation at hand as long as one can) and get another album out. Pink Floyd did give them another great album, and Waters included this a surpise 'gift' for EMI! Only Waters can write things with so much of depth and subtlety!

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sipayi
04-19-2002

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After a little more research, I will have to agree with brn2, the three lines do actually depict EMI. Legend has it that somebody did in fact ask Waters, "Which one is Pink?"
Apologies to Brn2. :-)

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Snocore04
04-26-2002

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From what i've heard the whole CD of "Wish you were here" is about Barrett. The lyrics make a lot of sense then.

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FelixCloud
07-23-2002

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Roger Waters had/has a very cynical and bitter sense of humour, which is great. I think it's quite funny that the whole punk movement despised Pink Floyd for being old dinosaurs or whatever they saw them as. The Floyd were a whole lot more subtle than the punks in saying f*** off to the System they were meant to symbolise.

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BrainDamage
08-24-2002

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It's about the way the record industry treats music. They don't care about anything but making a buck off the music of musicians they don't even know. And from what I've heard, that legend about the record executive asking "Which one is Pink" is factual.

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Mr_Mojo_rising
09-25-2002

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I totally agree, Nobody does anyhting for the music nemore, Its all about the bling bling

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clemson1411
03-06-2003

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Now its a Foo Fighters/ Brian Adams song. Check it out.

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deathbear
03-08-2003

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That cover version is horrible. It does PF wrong.

Yes, I think this album is about Syd, and the record companies.

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AeroLed286
03-08-2003

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"Money
So they say
Is the root of all evil to-day"

FTI

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AeroLed286
03-08-2003

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Even though it's not Roger singing, Hats Off To Roy Harper for doing a really great job with this. It still sounds like Pink floyd even w/o roger or dave singing. Duh, cuz of the instruments and lyrics but many times with different vocalists you can't tell.

Roger had a sore throat when they were planning on recording this song, so they got roy harper. i just wonder why dave couldn't sing it?

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AeroLed286
03-08-2003

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heh heh, sorry for the multiple comments, but one more thing, sipayi, they meant "monster" as in a good thing, a big successful money making pop band. not that that is good, but from the point of A&R and those stupid fuckers at the record companies, it is the best thing. >:O

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IMJM4371
04-01-2003

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Tis song is clearly about the record company being complete A$$holes and not even knowing who they are as long as they get their cash, with all do respect to roger waters he is stingy and fell for the record compainies tricks on purpose because as much as he loved playing music he also wanted the money. Think about it he continued making dozens of their greatest hits albums abd EVEN SEWED David Gilmour for the rights to 75% the profit of Pink floyds new albums! whast up with that as much as he was making fun of the sytem he went along with them for a while

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aenimic
05-05-2003

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The record company dudes are total suckers. They dont have any fukin idea 'bout the band, but they just want to sign them cuz they have heard that the band is really popular. So they are just suking upto them, that is why the line "By the way, which one's Pink".

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itsfrench
06-06-2003

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Just a note for Clemson1411, the Foo Fighters cover features Brian May from Queen on guitar, not Bryan Adams.

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itsfrench
06-06-2003

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And actually I think the Foo Fighters cover is much better than the cover done by Les Claypool. But still no comparison to the original........

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Muzzy
06-21-2003

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Lmao yeah it's Brian May, not Bryan Adams.

Hats Off To Aeroled for point out this iisn't Waters singing. When I first heard it I thought it was too, kinda similar voice. Gilmour simply said he didn't wanna sing it, wasn't his kinda song. Gilmour was usually emotion-less when singing.

Killer song though man, that guitar at the end is sweeeet.

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Kombo
06-24-2003

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It's about being signed by the record company, them telling Pink FLoyd everything was gonna be perfect. Then in the 2nd verse it tells about the pressures of being a signed artist

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RedAriken06
04-17-2004

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The album is about Record Companies and Syd Barrett. I find it somewhat ironic that Wish You Were Here isn't actually a tribute to Barrett (primarily, at any rate) despite how perfectly it tributes him. However, Shine On You Crazy Diamond is a Barrett tribute.

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LP
04-18-2004

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RedAriken06, maybe I misunderstood your comment, but Wish You Were Here is about Sid.

Anyway, sipayi, I never thought about the line "Oh by the way, which one is Pink?" the way you initially described it. I can see how you came to the conclusion. Sounds like an honest mistake.

For some reason, I always saw a connection between this song and two others.

1) Welcome To The Machine - sort of shows the flip side to this song. In Have A Cigar, you see how Pink Floyd ridicules the record company execs. In Welcome To The Machine, you see how Pink Floyd sees themselves as selling out too.

2) Brain Damage – “And if the band your in starts playing different tunes, I’ll see you on the dark side of the moon”. Almost as if the record company “wins”, then the only way out is to quit.

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slaterfamous
05-03-2004

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i agree about the record company.... any thoughts on what "gravy train" refers to?

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jimwaters145
05-03-2004

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i think the gravy train refers to that every one is doing it so just ride the gracy train and go along with it sort of thing im not sure

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LP
05-04-2004

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Gravy Train = income obtained with a minimum of effort. It is equivalent to the saying "the easy life".

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jimwaters145
05-04-2004

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ok i get it....it weird because in welcome to the machine its sort of the opposite because there refering to the machine to show that music is a product of society made by the music industry...the machine...its weird i know there related tho

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