Syd Barrett

The song is only to find on various bootleg albums. 

Most are recorded live, but the song was also recorded for the BBC-show TOP GEAR December 19, 1967. 

Near the end of the song is a small quote from the "Batman" theme .

 

In yellow shoes 

I get the blues,

So I walk the street with my plastic feet

with blue velvet trousers make me feel pink.

Theres a kind of stink about blue velvet trousers

 

In my paisley shirt,

I look a jerk,

and my turquoise waistcoat is quite out of sight.

But oh, oh, my haircut looks so bad....

Vegetable man! Where are you?

 

So I"ve changed my dear, and I find my knees,

And I covered them up with the latest cut,

And my pants and socks all point in a box,

They don"t make long of my nylon socks,

The watch, black watch

My watch with a black face

And a big pin, a little hole,

And all the lot is what I got,

It"s what I wear, it"s what you see,

It must be me, it"s what I am,

Vegetable man.

 

I"ve been looking all over the place for a place for me,

But it ain"t anywhere, it just ain"t anywhere.

He"s the kind of fellow you just gotta see if you can,

Vegetable man.