Released as Traffic's 2nd single in 1967.
Words and music by Dave Mason.
Intro: B
G
I looked to the sky where an elephant's eye
Am
was looking at me from a bubblegum tree
Am
And all that I knew was the hole in my shoe
Bb Eb/Bb Bb
Was letting in water (letting in water)
I walked through a field that just wasn't real
Where 100 tin soldiers would shoot at my shoulder
And all that I knew was the hole in my shoe
Was letting in water (letting in water)
F Eb
(I climbed on the back of a giant albatross
C
Which flew through a crack in the cloud
F
To a place where happiness reigned all year round
Em F G C
Where music played ever so loudly)
I started to fall
And suddenly woke
And the dew on the grass
It stuck to my coat
And all that I knew
The hole in my shoe
Was letting in water (letting in water)