"See My Friend" (Ray Davies) [2:46] |
| The Kinks |
| Produced by Shel Talmy with Alan MacKenzie (balance engineer). |
| Recorded at Pye Studios, London, 13-14 April 1965. |
| UK release as Pye 7N 15919, 30 July 1965: RR #10 (charts 5 August 1965). |
| US release as Reprise 0409, 29 September 1965. (No chart) |
| Notes & Quotes |
| Structure | |||
| Introduction | Guitar & bass riff | c | |
| A | Verse | Solo vocal over backing vocals | a |
| A | Verse | As above | b |
| B | Chorus | Shift away from drone | c |
| A | Verse | incomplete text | d |
| Lyrics | |
| See my friends, see my friends, layin' 'cross the river (2x) She is gone, she is gone and now there's no one left 'cept my friends, layin' 'cross the river. |
a |
| She just went, she just went, went across the river. Now she's gone, now she's gone, wish that I'd gone with her. She is gone, she is gone and now there's no one left 'cept my friends, layin' 'cross the river. |
b |
| She is gone and now there's no one else to take her place She is gone and now there's no one else to love 'cept my friends, layin' 'cross the river. |
c |
| See my friends, see my friends, layin' 'cross the river (2x) | d |