Peter Ronald Brown (25 December 1940 – 19 May 2023) was an English performance poet, lyricist, and singer best known for his collaborations with Cream and Jack Bruce.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Brown

I spent my last year of high school in England as a boarder, and the “upper sixth” boarders were privileged to have their own common room (located in a cardboard box in the middle of the road) where we could huddle around the record player and listen to the latest progressive rock releases, including the works of Cream, featuring the music of Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Jack Bruce, and the words of Pete Brown; such as: