Escrita por Roger Waters, foi gravada entre abril e setembro de 1979 e lançada em 23 de novembro de 1979, no compacto que tinha Another brick in the wall Part 2 como Lado A. Saiu também no disco The wall, o décimo primeiro do Pink Floyd, em 30 de novembro de 1979. Foi produzida por Roger Waters, Bob Ezrin e David Gilmour. Começa com uma fã, interpretada pela atriz canadense Trudy Young, falando do local onde eles estão. A história da canção é que Pink, o roqueiro alienado, chama a fã pro seu quarto, depois que descobriu que foi traído por sua esposa. A fã fica tentando chamar a atenção de Pink, mas ele a ignora, pensando na esposa que o traiu. Ele começa cantando normalmente, depois a canção explode em um violento rock, e ele quebra o quarto todo e a fã corre com medo. No fim ele não sabe porque ela foi embora e pergunta: why are you running away? Roger Waters cantou e tocou baixo. David Gilmour tocou guitarra solo. Richard Wright tocou orgão e sintetizador. Nick Mason tocou bateria e percussão. Bob Ezrin tocou piano. Lee Ritenour tocou guitarra base e wah-wah pedal. Trudy Young fez a voz da fã.
A letra:
"Oh
my God! What a fabulous room! Are all these your guitars?"
[Film
in background:]
("I'm sorry sir, I didn't mean to startle
you!")
"God! This place is bigger than our
apartment!"
("Let me know when you're entering a
room.")
("Yes, sir!")
"Uh, can I get a
drink of water?"
("I was wondering about dinner,
sir.)
"You want some, huh?"
("Yes?")
("When
do you and your guests want to dine? I have to inform the kitchen
staff.")
"Oh wow, look at this tub? Wanna take a
bath?"
("Yes, I'm aware of your duties, Dobbs.")
("Yes,
sir.")
(I'll have to find out from Mrs. Bancroft what time
she wants to eat. As for her maid, needless to say, she can have her
meal with the kitchen help.)
"What are you watching?"
("Very
good, sir. If you'll just let me know as soon as you can when you and
Mrs Bancroft want to eat.")
("Mrs. Bancroft will be
dining alone.")
"Hello?"
("Why? I don't
understand, sir.")
("I won't be staying for
dinner.")
"Are you feeling OK?..."
("I'm
surprised to hear that, sir, since you just arrived.")
("Yes,
I'm a little surprised about it myself.")
Day after day,
love turns grey
Like the skin of a dying man
And night after
night, we pretend it's all right
But I have grown older and
You
have grown colder
And nothing is very much fun any more
And I
can feel one of my turns coming on
I feel cold as a razor
blade
Tight as a tourniquet
Dry as a funeral drum
Run to
the bedroom
In the suitcase on the left
You'll find my
favourite axe
Don't look so frightened
This is just a passing
phase
One of my bad days
Would you like to watch T.V.?
Or
get between the sheets?
Or contemplate the silent freeway?
Would
you like something to eat?
Would you like to learn to fly?
Would
you?
Would you like to see me try?
Ah, no!
Would you
like to call the cops?
Do you think it's time I stopped?
Why
are you running away?
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