Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
| "It's a victory for the heart / every time the music starts" |
This album was released in 1969. See the Neil Young Discography for details.
CINNAMON GIRL I wanna live with a cinnamon girl I could be happy the rest of my life With a cinnamon girl. A dreamer of pictures I run in the night You see us together, chasing the moonlight, My cinnamon girl. Ten silver saxes, a bass with a bow The drummer relaxes and waits between shows For his cinnamon girl. A dreamer of pictures I run in the night You see us together, chasing the moonlight, My cinnamon girl. Pa sent me money now I'm gonna make it somehow I need another chance You see your baby loves to dance Yeah...yeah...yeah.
EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE I think I'd like to go back home And take it easy There's a woman that I'd like to get to know Living there Everybody seems to wonder What it's like down here I gotta get away from this day-to-day running around, Everybody knows this is nowhere. Everybody, everybody knows Everybody knows. Every time I think about back home It's cool and breezy I wish that I could be there right now Just passing time. Everybody seems to wonder What it's like down here I gotta get away from this day-to-day running around, Everybody knows this is nowhere. Everybody, everybody knows Everybody knows.
ROUND & ROUND (IT WON'T BE LONG) Round and round and round we spin, To weave a wall to hem us in, It won't be long, it won't be long How slow and slow and slow it goes, To mend the tear that always shows. It won't be long, it won't be long. It's hard enough losin' the paper illusion you've hidden inside, Without the confusion of findin' you're usin' the crutch of the lie To shelter your pride when you cry. Round and round and round we spin, To weave a wall to hem us in, It won't be long, it won't be long How slow and slow and slow it goes, To mend the tear that always shows. It won't be long, it won't be long. Now you're movin' too slow and wherever you go there's another beside. It's so hard to say no to yourself and it shows that you're losing inside, When you step on your pride and you cry. Round and round and round we spin, To weave a wall to hem us in, It won't be long, it won't be long How slow and slow and slow it goes, To mend the tear that always shows. It won't be long, it won't be long. How the hours will bend through the time that you spend till you turn to your eyes, And you see your best friend looking over the end and you turn to see why, And he looks in your eyes and he cries. Round and round and round we spin, To weave a wall to hem us in, It won't be long, it won't be long How slow and slow and slow it goes, To mend the tear that always shows. It won't be long, it won't be long.
DOWN BY THE RIVER Be on my side, I'll be on your side, baby There is no reason for you to hide It's so hard for me staying here all alone When you could be taking me for a ride. Yeah, she could drag me over the rainbow, send me away Down by the river I shot my baby Down by the river, Dead, oh, shot her dead. You take my hand, I'll take your hand Together we may get away This much madness is too much sorrow It's impossible to make it today. Yeah, she could drag me over the rainbow, send me away Down by the river I shot my baby Down by the river, Dead, oh, shot her dead. Be on my side, I'll be on your side, baby There is no reason for you to hide It's so hard for me staying here all alone When you could be taking me for a ride. Yeah, she could drag me over the rainbow, send me away Down by the river I shot my baby Down by the river, Dead, oh, shot her dead.
THE LOSING END (WHEN YOU'RE ON) I went into town to see you yesterday but you were not home. So I talked to some old friends for a while before I wandered off alone. It's so hard for me now But I'll make it somehow, Though I know I'll never be the same. Won't you ever change your ways, It's so hard to make love pay When you're on the losing end, And I feel that way again. Well, I miss you more than ever, since you've gone I can hardly maintain. Things are different round here every night, my tears fall down like rain. It's so hard for me now But I'll make it somehow, Though I know I'll never be the same. Won't you ever change your ways, It's so hard to make love pay When you're on the losing end, And I feel that way again.
RUNNING DRY (REQUIEM FOR THE ROCKETS) Oh, please help me, oh please help me, I'm livin' by myself. I need someone to comfort me, I need someone to tell. I'm sorry for the things I've done, I've shamed myself with lies, But soon these things are overcome And can't be recognized. I left my love with ribbons on And water in her eyes. I took from her the love I'd won And turned it to the sky. I'm sorry for the things I've done, I've shamed myself with lies, My cruelty has punctured me And now I'm running dry. I'm sorry for the things I've done, I've shamed myself with lies. But soon these things are overcome And can't be recognized.
COWGIRL IN THE SAND Hello cowgirl in the sand Is this place at your command Can I stay here for a while Can I see your sweet sweet smile Old enough now to change your name When so many love you is it the same? It's the woman in you that makes you want to play this game. Hello ruby in the dust Has your band begun to rust After all the sin we've had I was hopin' that we turn back Old enough now to change your name When so many love you is it the same It's the woman in you that makes you want to play this game. Hello woman of my dreams This is not the way it seems Purple words on a grey background To be a woman and to be turned down Old enough now to change your name When so many love you is it the same It's the woman in you that makes you want to play this game. |