love this song. may have to make an exception to the "only hits" rule for it.

One of the most overrated sicodélica cuts ever ... with almost monumentally bombastic lyrics... I remember a thread a few months ago about the "stoopidist" hippie lyrics ever... this one should be there....

Over Bridges of Sighs
To rest my eyes in shades of green
Under Dreaming Spires
To Itchycoo Park, that's where I've been
(Chorus 1)
What did you do there? - I got high
What did you feel there? - Well I cried
But why the tears there? - I'll tell you why
It's all too beautiful, it's all too beautiful
It's all too beautiful, it's all too beautiful
(Bridge)
I feel inclined to blow my mind
Get hung up, feed the ducks with a bun
They all come out to groove about
Be nice and have fun in the sun
I'll tell you what I'll do - What will you do?
I'd like to go there now with you
You can miss out school - Won't that be cool
Why go to learn the words of fools?
(Chorus 2)
What will we do there? - We'll get high
What will we touch there? - We'll touch the sky
But why the tears there? I'll tell you why
It's all too beautiful, it's all too beautiful
It's all too beautiful, it's all too beautiful
I feel inclined to blow my mind
Get hung up, feed the ducks with a bun
They all come out to groove about
Be nice and have fun in the sun
It's all too beautiful, it's all too beautiful
It's all too beautiful, it's all too beautiful

Yeah i know what can i say I like it anyway.

This may mark the first time in the history of modern rock criticism - and definitely the first time on Obner - that the world "bombastic" has been used correctly.

I'm pretty sure Small Faces were snickering the whole time they were recording, though. And it is insanely catchy.

I don't know... Steve Marriott (as evidenced by his cartoonishness in Humble Pie) always struck me as the no-irony kinda dumb.