Following this cryptic announcement, Barrie gives three quick strikes on a cymbal, and Ian resumes the song:
Let me help you to pick up your dead
as the sins of the fathers are fed
with the blood of the fools and the thoughts of the wise
and from the pan under your bed.
Let me make you a present of song
as the wise man breaks wind and is gone
while the fool with the hour-glass is cooking his goose
and the nursery rhyme winds along.
(Note: the section on Side 2 between 'In the clear white circles of morning wonder' and 'Mark the precise nature of your fear' was never played on this tour, nor on any other since).