Rats est une chanson de Syd Barrett, parue en 1970 sur l’album Barrett. On la retrouve aussi sur la compilation Opel (1988).

Got it hit down
spot knock inside a spider
Says “That’s love yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!”
“That’s love yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!”
Says: “That’s love - All know it”
TV, teeth, feet, peace, feel it
“That’s love yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!”
“That’s love yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!”

Like the fall that brings me to
I like the fall that brings me to
I like the cord around sinew
I make a cord around sinew

Duck, the way to least is less
Tea craving of the metal west
Tell tomorrow’s rain and test
Tell tomorrow’s rain and test
Love an empty son and guess
Love an empty son and guess
Pimples dangerous and blessed

Heaving, arriving, tinkling
Mingling jets and statuettes
Seething wet we meeting fleck
Seething wet we meeting fleck
Lines and winds and crib and half
Each fair day I give you half
Of each fair day I give you half
I look into your eyes and you
Flathe in the sun for you

Bam, spastic, tactile engine
Heaving, crackle, slinky, dormy, roofy, wham
I’ll have them, fried bloke
Broken jardy, cardy, smoocho, moocho, paki, pufftle
Sploshette moxy, very smelly
Cable, gable, splintra, channel
Top the seam he’s taken off

Rats, rats lay down flat
We don’t need you, we act like that
And if you think you’re un-loved
Then we know about that
Rats, rats, lay down flat
Yes, yes, yes, yes, lay down flat

• Enregistrement : 5 juin 1970 (démo 2 pistes) à Abbey Road Studios
• Durée : 3 min
• Producteur : David Gilmour
• Navigation :
  • Syd Barrett – Barrett (1970)
    • 4. It Is Obvious
    • 5. Rats
    • 6. Maisie

• Même version que sur Barrett avec des overdubs en plus.
• Navigation :
  • Syd Barrett – Opel (1988)
    • 2. Clowns and Jugglers
    • 3. Rats
    • 4. Golden Hair

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