Introduction 2


The same problem appears in "Vegetable Man":

I've been looking all over the place for a place for me
But it ain't anywhere, it just ain't anywhere
And in "Jugband Blues", with the famous opening lines:

It's awfully considerate of you to think of me here
And I'm much obliged to you for making it clear that I'm not here
But the best example of the supposed changeable, volatile playfulness of "Late Night", can be found in these lines from "No Man's Land", where there is a possible place to go:

Just searching you even try
I can make you smile
If it's there will you go there too?
When I live I die
This problem, this feeling of lack of place which recurs in certain songs, may be the beginning of a desire to escape or to seek refuge somewhere else, as "Opel" probably shows.
Syd was still great to be with and we had some amazing times when he would play the guitar or come down to the beach with us. He would be laughing and telling us a joke one minute and then suddenly go back to his land of never-never.