Animal Farm

Written by: Ray Davies

Published by: Noma Music, Inc./Hi-Count Music, Inc. BMI

Chord file

Lyrics:

This world is big and wild and half insane
Take me where real animals are playing
Just a dirty old shack
Where the hound dogs bark
That we called our home
I want to be back there
Among the cats and dogs
And the pigs and the goats
On Animal Farm
My animal home
On Animal Farm
My animal home

While I lay my head upon my pillow
Little girl, come play beneath my window
Though she's far from home
She is free from harm
And she need not fear
She is by my side
And the sky is wide
So let the sun shine bright
On Animal Farm
My animal home
On Animal Farm
My animal home

Girl, It's a hard, hard world, if it gets you down
Dreams often fade and die in a bad, bad world
I'll take you where real animals are playing
And people are real people not just playing
It's a quiet, quiet life
By a dirty old shack
That we called our home
I want to be back there
Among the cats and dogs
And the pigs and the goats
On Animal Farm
My animal home
On Animal Farm
My animal home
On Animal Farm
Animal Farm

This song can be found on the following releases:

2018 stereo mix with session chat (3:13), recorded March 1968 at Pye Studios No. 1, Marble Arch, London

stereo mix (3:00), recorded Apr 1968 at Pye Studios (No. 1), London

mono mix (2:57), recorded Apr 1968 at Pye Studios (No. 1), London

stereo mix, alternate mix (3:00), recorded Apr 1968 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London

mono mix, BBC mix (original backing track, new vocals) (3:05), recorded Apr 1968 (backing track) and 26 Nov, 1968 (vocals) at Pye Studios (No. 2), London (backing track) and Playhouse Theatre, London (vocals)

stereo mix, by Paul Wykes, recorded 1997

stereo mix, by Yurow, recorded 2001

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