Escrita por Roger Waters, foi gravada em fevereiro e março de 1972 no Strawberry Studios na França. Foi lançada no disco Obscured by clouds em 2 de junho de 1972.
David Gilmour toca violão, guitarra e bate palmas. Nick Mason tocou bateria, pandeiro e bateu palmas. Roger Waters cantou, tocou baixo e fez backing vocals. Richard Wright tocou um sintetizador analógico.
A letra:
One two free four
The memories of a man
in his old age
Are the deeds of a man in his prime
You shuffle
in the gloom of the sick room
And talk to yourself as you die
Life is a short warm
moment
And death is a long cold rest
You get your chance to
try
In the twinkling of an eye
Eighty years with luck or even
less
So all aboard for the
American tour
And maybe you'll make it to the top
But mind how
you go
And I can tell you 'cos I know
You may find it hard to
get off
But you are the angel
of death
And I am the dead man's son
He was buried like a mole
in a fox-hole
And everyone's still on the run
And who is the master
of foxhounds?
And who says the hunt has begun?
And who calls
the tune in the courtroom?
And who beats the funeral drum?
The memories of a man
in his old age
Are the deeds of a man in his prime
You shuffle
in the gloom of the sick room
And talk to yourself as you die
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