"Biding My Time" is a composition by Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters.

Prior performance and recording

Prior to the ''

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'' compilation album, "Biding My Time" was an unreleased recording, heard only by fans who attended concerts where the band performed their early concept piece, ''

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'', where the song appeared as "Afternoon". During the song a

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can be heard which is played by keyboardist

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. The lyrics talk about the narrator spending his time with a woman he loves and forgetting the "bad days" when they were both "workin' from nine to five".

Personnel

* Roger Waters – double-tracked lead vocals, bass guitar * David Gilmour – acoustic and electric guitars * Richard Wright – piano, trombone, Hammond organ * Nick Mason – drums, percussion

References

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