December 15, 2025

Cycle (1971, UK) 5 songs

(Source of image: chisholm.nl)

Cycle "Father Of Time"

(lyrics found and bit modified)

* From album: "Cycle" (1971- released)

also "Cosmic Clouds"
(includes recordings from 1971-1975, 2020- released)

 

Darkness fills the sky

Destroying ones gone by

Evolution ends

Through minds, all evil means

It’s time after time

Our father of all time

Has finally blown his mind

Because of things we’ve done

He's finally

Overcome

Don’t people think we tried

Fighting suicide

Burns out fields and skies

Only Lord knows how we tried

Oh yes, we did, you know

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Cycle "Confusion"

(lyrics found)

* From album: "Cycle" (1971- released)

also "Cosmic Clouds"
(includes recordings from 1971-1975, 2020- released)

Like a river rolling by 

Like dark Egyptian sky 

Like thunder in my brain 

Like patterns it comes with rain

When people ask me why

They're watching the tears I cry

Their sorrow that I feel

Like rod with rusty steel

Like a river rolling by

Like dark Egyptian sky

Like patterns in my brain

Like thunder it comes with rain

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Cycle "S. B. Blues"

(lyrics found and bit modified)

* From album: "Cycle" (1971- released)

also "Cosmic Clouds"
(includes recordings from 1971-1975, 2020- released)

Pretty girls in their worn out clothes

Standing there as though nobody knows

Can't you see and know what life will mean to them?

Well, can't you see, don't you [know 6x] 

That this life's not for me?

A smoke-filled room with its scruffy chairs

An angel that you see but nobody cares

They're leaving now you know but there's no applause

Well, can't you see, don't you [know 6x] 

That this life's not for me?

Oh, don't know right now

I'm only young you know but I've got my pride

I have a heart you see that feels deep inside

This ain't my scene you know so I'll say goodbye

Well, don't you know don't you [know] 6x

That this life's not for me?

Oh, can't you see it right now?

I'm leaving now, know well that I won't return

Well, I'm so young you see I've got to learn

I won't be back till I know that that's the way you care

But can't you see, don't you [know 6x] 

That this life's not for me?

Oh, why can't you see it right now?

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Cycle "Rich Man, Poor Man, Pig"

(lyrics found)

* From album: "Cycle" (1971- released)

also "Cosmic Clouds"
(includes recordings from 1971-1975, 2020- released)

See the blind man walking down the road

See the beggar with his wooden bowl

See the people that are living on the streets

See the fathers going for their dough

See the rich man in his limousine

Owning houses that he's never seen

Spends his money on a worn-out dream

He buys his future from the human being

All right

Politicians searching for their goals

You don't know that you've sold your soul

Making policies never to be seen

You want a job but it's just a dream

Oh yes it is

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Cycle "Earth & Son"

(lyrics found and modified)

* From album: "Cycle" (1971- released)

also "Cosmic Clouds"
(includes recordings from 1971-1975, 2020- released)

Every day 

I would toil and I'd pray

I'd be working so hard

Trying to win your heart

Praying to Lord above

Trying to win your wondrous love

All I did was pray 

That my child would be my own one day

I said now all I can leave you 

Is the earth and the son

For although I might have grieved you

You are my only one

There's a cradle in the sky

For the child that's always high

And he might as well be dead

Or withdrawal is in his head now

Praying to Lord above

Trying to appeal for your love

Then I did start to fix

And from heroin I got my kicks

I was always high

Just waiting to die

Woman, oh, hear me pray 

That my mind will be my own one day

Now all I can leave you 

Is the еarth and my son

For although I might have grieved you

You arе my only one

There's a cradle in the sky 

For the child that's always high

And he might as well be dead

Or withdrawal is in his head now

A cradle in the sky 

For the child that's always high

And he might as well be dead

Or withdrawal is in his head now

Cradles in the sky

For the children that are always high

Might as well be dead

You get withdrawal right through your head

All I did was pray 

That my child might live one day

Oh, then I did start to fix

And from heroin he got all his kicks

And now all I can leave you 

Is the earth and my son

For although I might have grieved you

You are my only one

And there's a cradle in the sky 

For the child that's always high

And he might as well be dead

Or withdrawal has made him dead