Can’t Come Down (Live at Autumn Records, November 3, 1965)

[Verse 1]
I'm flying down deserted streets
Wrapped in mother's winding sheets
Asbestos boots on flaming feet
Dreaming of forbidden treats
When uniforms on nighttime beats
Ask me where I'm going and what I eat
I answer them with a voice so sweet

[Chorus]
I can't come down (It's plain to see)
I can't come down (I've been set free)
Who you are and what you do don't make no difference to me

[Verse 2]
Well, someone trying to tell me where it's at
And how I do this and why I do that
With secret smiles like a Cheshire cat
And leather wings like a vampire bat
I fly away to my cold water flat
And eat my way through a bowl of fat
And I say to the man with the funny hat

[Chorus]
I can't come down (It's plain to see)
I can't come down (I've been set free)
Who you are and what you do don't make no difference to me

[Verse 3]
They say I've begun to lose my grip
My hold on reality is starting to slip
They tell me to get off this trip
They say that it's like a sinking ship
Life's sweet, wine's too warm to sip
And if I drink I'll surely flip
I just say as I take a nip

[Chorus]
I can't come down (It's plain to see)
I can't come down (I've been set free)
Who you are and what you do don't make no difference to me

[Verse 4]
So as I dream of forgotten seas
And granite walls and redwood trees
And of the eye that only sees
Endless mirrors and infinite me's
And about the winter's coming freeze
This afterthought I say with ease
To all of you who made your pleas

[Chorus]
I can't come down (It's plain to see)
I can't come down (I've been set free)
Who you are and what you do don't make no difference to me