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Fairy-tales are nice.

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Syd Barrett
Age: 60 †
Born: 1946
Born: January 6
Died: 2006
Died: July 7
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Roger Keith Syd Barrett
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But I can't find anybody. That's the problem. I don't know where they are. I mean, I've got an idea that there must be someone to play with. If I was going to play properly, I should need some really good people.
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I'm disappearing, avoiding most things.
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You can play guitar in your canteen, you know, your hair might be longer, but there's a lot more to playing than travelling around universities and things.
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That's all I wanted to do as a kid. Play a guitar properly and jump around. But too many people got in the way.
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And what exactly is a dream and what exactly is a joke?
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