After The Goldrush
| "It's a victory for the heart / every time the music starts" |
Non-album songs from this period: This album was released in 1970. See the Neil Young Discography for details.
TELL ME WHY Sailing heart-ships thru broken harbors Out on the waves in the night Still the searcher must ride the dark horse Racing alone in his fright. Tell me why, tell me why Is it hard to make arrangements with yourself, When your old enough to repay but young enough to sell? Tell me lies later, come and see me I'll be around for a while. I am lonely but you can free me All in the way that you smile Tell me why, tell me why Is it hard to make arrangements with yourself, When your old enough to repay but young enough to sell? Tell me why, tell me why Tell me why, tell me why
AFTER THE GOLDRUSH Well, I dreamed I saw the knights In armor coming, Saying something about a queen. There were peasants singing and Drummers drumming And the archer split the tree. There was a fanfare blowing To the sun That was floating on the breeze. Look at Mother Nature on the run In the nineteen seventies. Look at Mother Nature on the run In the nineteen seventies. I was lying in a burned out basement With the full moon in my eyes. I was hoping for replacement When the sun burst thru the sky. There was a band playing in my head And I felt like getting high. I was thinking about what a Friend had said I was hoping it was a lie. Thinking about what a Friend had said I was hoping it was a lie. Well, I dreamed I saw the silver Space ships flying In the yellow haze of the sun, There were children crying And colors flying All around the chosen ones. All in a dream, all in a dream The loading had begun. They were flying Mother Nature's Silver seed to a new home in the sun. Flying Mother Nature's Silver seed to a new home.
ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART When you were young and on your own How did it feel to be alone? I was always thinking of games that I was playing. Trying to make the best of my time. But only love can break your heart Try to be sure right from the start Yes only love can break your heart What if your world should fall apart? I have a friend I've never seen He hides his head inside a dream Someone should call him and see if he can come out. Try to lose the down that he's found. But only love can break your heart Try to be sure right from the start Yes only love can break your heart What if your world should fall apart? I have a friend I've never seen He hides his head inside a dream Yes, only love can break your heart Yes, only love can break your heart
SOUTHERN MAN Southern man better keep your head Don't forget what your good book said Southern change gonna come at last Now your crosses are burning fast Southern man I saw cotton and I saw black Tall white mansions and little shacks. Southern man when will you pay them back? I heard screamin' and bullwhips cracking How long? How long? Southern man better keep your head Don't forget what your good book said Southern change gonna come at last Now your crosses are burning fast Southern man Lily Belle, your hair is golden brown I've seen your black man comin' round Swear by God I'm gonna cut him down! I heard screamin' and bullwhips cracking How long? How long?
TILL THE MORNING COMES I'm gonna give you till the morning comes Till the morning comes, till the morning comes. I'm only waiting till the morning comes Till the morning comes, till the morning comes.
DON'T LET IT BRING YOU DOWN Old man lying by the side of the road With the lorries rolling by, Blue moon sinking from the weight of the load And the building scrape the sky, Cold wind ripping down the allay at dawn And the morning paper flies, Dead man lying by the side of the road With the daylight in his eyes. Don't let it bring you down It's only castles burning, Find someone who's turning And you will come around. Blind man running through the light of the night With an answer in his hand, Come on down to the river of sight And you can really understand, Red lights flashing through the window in the rain, Can you hear the sirens moan? White cane lying in a gutter in the lane, If you're walking home alone. Don't let it bring you down It's only castles burning, Just find someone who's turning And you will come around. Don't let it bring you down It's only castles burning, Just find someone who's turning And you will come around.
BIRDS Lover, there will be another one Who'll hover over you beneath the sun Tomorrow see the things that never come Today When you see me Fly away without you Shadow on the things you know Feathers fall around you And show you the way to go It's over, it's over. Nestled in your wings my little one This special morning brings another sun Tomorrow see the things that never come Today When you see me Fly away without you Shadow on the things you know Feathers fall around you And show you the way to go It's over, it's over.
WHEN YOU DANCE I CAN REALLY LOVE When you dance, Do your senses tingle? Then take a chance? In a trance, While the lonely mingle With circumstance? I've got something to tell you, you make it show. Let me come over, I know you know When you dance I can really love. I can love, I can really love, I can really love I can love, I can really love, I can really love Like a mountain that's growing a river that rolls Let me come over, I know you know When you dance I can really love. When you dance, Do your senses tingle? Then take a chance? In a trance, While the lonely mingle With circumstance? I've got something to tell you, you make it show. Let me come over, I know you know When you dance I can really love.
I BELIEVE IN YOU Now that you found yourself losing your mind Are you here again? Finding that what you once thought was real Is gone, and changing? Now that you made yourself love me Do you think I can change it in a day? How can I place you above me? Am I lying to you when I say That I believe in you I believe in you. Coming to you at night I see my questions I feel my doubts Wishing that maybe in a year or two We could laugh and let it all out Now that you made yourself love me Do you think I can change it in a day? How can I place you above me? Am I lying to you when I say That I believe in you I believe in you.
CRIPPLE CREEK FERRY Hey, hey Cripple Creek ferry Butting through the overhanging trees Make way for the Cripple Creek ferry The waters going down it's a mighty tight squeeze. All alone the captain stands Hasn't heard from his deck hands. The gambler tips his hat and walks towards the door. It's the second half of the cruise. And you know he hates to lose. Hey, hey Cripple Creek ferry Butting through the overhanging trees Make way for the Cripple Creek ferry The waters going down it's a mighty tight squeeze.
EVERYBODY'S ALONE If you're looking for me You'll find me resting in the shade Of the mountains and trees Beneath the cool summer breeze And I don't mind if you stay Everybody's alone Everybody's alone People talking to me Someone saying that I'm not the same That's not so easy to be But when I'll learn to be free I wonder if I'll miss the pain Everybody's alone Everybody's alone All I want you to know Is that I love you so much I can hardly stand it When everybody's alone Everybody's alone Everybody's alone Everybody's alone
DANCE, DANCE, DANCE Never thought love had a rainbow on it Used to think a cloud was a nightmare That was up until I first met you Now I go around hoping you care. Dance, dance, feel it all around you Dance, dance, dance, Never thought love had a rainbow on it See the girl dance See the girl dance. Mississippi mud never touched her fingers California sand lies in her hand Love her more than life as the daylight lingers Early in the morning I'll be her man. Dance, dance, feel it all around you Dance, dance, dance, Mississippi mud never touched her fingers See the girl dance See the girl dance.
BAD FOG OF LONELINESS Bad fog of loneliness Put a cloud on my single-mindedness I dream of sweet caress From you. What makes tomorrow guess What makes me take from me, and put aside the rest I dream of sweet caress From you. So long woman I am gone So much pain to go through Come back maybe I was wrong Bad fog of loneliness Put a cloud on my single-mindedness I dream of sweet caress From you.
SEA OF MADNESS How can I bring you To the Sea of Madness I love you so much It's gonna bring me sadness I've never seen you Through these eyes before Now I don't believe it I think I'll take it Or leave it. All I need Is your sweet sweet loving Fill my life with happiness All I want is your heart Every time I think of you Mine falls apart. I went to heaven And I stood at the crossroads I'll love you tomorrow As sure as the wind blows Silver rain On the mountain clover Washes away Until the music is over. |