Music Video

Gong - Oily Way/Outer Temple/Inner Temple (1973)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Gong
Gong
Performer
Mike Howlett
Mike Howlett
Bass Guitar
Pierre Moerlen
Pierre Moerlen
Drums
Didier Malherbe
Didier Malherbe
Flute
Steve Hillage
Steve Hillage
Guitar
Daevid Allen
Daevid Allen
Vocals
Tim Blake
Tim Blake
Synthesizer Programming
Gillian Smyth
Gillian Smyth
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Didier Malherbe
Didier Malherbe
Composer
Daevid Allen
Daevid Allen
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Gong
Gong
Producer
Simon Heyworth
Simon Heyworth
Mastering Engineer
Giorgio Gomelsky
Giorgio Gomelsky
Studio Personnel

Lyrics

Now you're here and now you're Gong
And now you're back where you belong
Meet the wizard of the keys
And he'll reveal the mysteries
Of Angels' Eggs and Octave Doctors
Radio Gnomes and Love Projectors
Then he'll point up in the sky
You will see the Teapots flying down the Oily Way
Down the Oily Way you slide
Through the inner space you ride
Lots and lots of Pot-Head Pixies
Ridin' round in Teapot Taxis
On the Planet Gong they say
If everything goes wrong today
Fill your teapot up with tea
Come and take a ride with me down the Oily Way
Oily Way
Oily Way - it's not the milky way
Oily Way - it's not the only way
Oily Way - it's not the English way
Stop, wait, hey, look!
High in the sky, the world you remember
Scenes that we dreamed of, time for the end of
Hate, war, death!
You big daddy in your big sick city
Gotta choose to lose your games now
Now you're here and now you're Gong
But this ain't me who sings this song
For we the Gong Band it's enough
To be the instruments of love
On which the Octave Doctors play
That we be one and all in one
With Gong on Earth and find again
The joys of going around the bend down the Oily Way
Oily Way
Oily Way - not the only way
Oily Way - it's not the only way
Oily Way - it's not the English way
Written by: Daevid Allen, Didier Malherbe
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