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> [“So forget this cruel world Where I belong I'll just sit and wait And sing my song. And if one day you should see me in the crowd Lend a hand and lift me To your place in the cloud.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-drake/so-forget-this-cruel-world-where-i-belong-i-ll-just-sit-and-wait-and/)

[Nick Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-drake/)

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## More by Nick Drake

> [“So forget this cruel world Where I belong I'll just sit and wait And sing my song. And if one day you should see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-drake/so-forget-this-cruel-world-where-i-belong-i-ll-just-sit-and-wait-and/)

[Nick Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-drake/)

> [“The future says: Dear mortals; I know you are busy with your colourful lives; I have no wish to waste the little time that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-drake/the-future-says-dear-mortals-i-know-you-are-busy-with-your-colourful/)

[Nick Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-drake/)

> [ I think there's something extraordinarily nice about seeing the dawn up before one goes to bed, \[\] there's something uncanny about it. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-drake/i-think-there-s-something-extraordinarily-nice-about-seeing-the-dawn/)

[Nick Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-drake/)

> [Do you like what you're doing/would you do it some more/or will you stop once and wonder what you're doing it for?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-drake/do-you-like-what-you-re-doing-would-you-do-it-some-more-or-will-you/)

[Nick Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-drake/)

> [Life is but a memory Happened long ago. Theatre full of sadness For a long forgotten show.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-drake/life-is-but-a-memory-happened-long-ago-theatre-full-of-sadness-for-a/)

[Nick Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-drake/)

> [...you're a rare rare find A troubled cure For a troubled mind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-drake/you-re-a-rare-rare-find-a-troubled-cure-for-a-troubled-mind/)

[Nick Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-drake/)

> [“I just need your star for a day.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-drake/i-just-need-your-star-for-a-day/)

[Nick Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-drake/)

> [Fame is but a fruit tree- so very unsound. It can never flourish 'till its stock is in the ground.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-drake/fame-is-but-a-fruit-tree-so-very-unsound-it-can-never-flourish-till/)

[Nick Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-drake/)

> [I never felt magic crazy as this I never saw moons knew the meaning of the sea I never held emotion in the palm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-drake/i-never-felt-magic-crazy-as-this-i-never-saw-moons-knew-the-meaning/)

[Nick Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-drake/)

> [And see she flies, and she is everywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-drake/and-see-she-flies-and-she-is-everywhere/)

[Nick Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-drake/)

> [If songs were lines in a conversation, the situation would be fine . . .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-drake/if-songs-were-lines-in-a-conversation-the-situation-would-be-fine/)

[Nick Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-drake/)

> [Time has told me not to ask for more, someday our ocean will find its shore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-drake/time-has-told-me-not-to-ask-for-more-someday-our-ocean-will-find-its/)

[Nick Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-drake/)

> [“The purpose of collecting so much information can only be power.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-drake/the-purpose-of-collecting-so-much-information-can-only-be-power/)

[Nick Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-drake/)

> [ “It's too cowardly, and besides, I don't have the courage. \[on why he hadn't killed himself yet\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-drake/it-s-too-cowardly-and-besides-i-don-t-have-the-courage-on-why-he-hadn/)

[Nick Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-drake/)

> [“And I am ashamed to write here that I felt more alive than ever, even though my heart was broken glass in my chest.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-drake/and-i-am-ashamed-to-write-here-that-i-felt-more-alive-than-ever-even/)

[Nick Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-drake/)

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