Heard a version yesterday of just Neil with his guitar, very nice. Also the way The Alarm recorded it is worth listening to.
ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD - NEIL YOUNG
There's colors on the street
Red, white and blue
People shufflin' their feet
People sleepin' in their shoes
But there's a warnin' sign
on the road ahead
There's a lot of people sayin'
we'd be better off dead
Don't feel like Satan,
but I am to them
So I try to forget it,
any way I can.
Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world.
I see a woman in the night
With a baby in her hand
Under an old street light
Near a garbage can
Now she puts the kid away,
and she's gone to get a hit
She hates her life,
and what she's done to it
There's one more kid
that will never go to school
Never get to fall in love,
never get to be cool.
Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world.
We got a thousand points of light
For the homeless man
We got a kinder, gentler,
Machine gun hand
We got department stores
and toilet paper
Got styrofoam boxes
for the ozone layer
Got a man of the people,
says keep hope alive
Got fuel to burn,
got roads to drive.
Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world.
I love this song and the lyrics........
Wishboan - Boo
I do believe in the dreams the night to me has given
And it’s these dreams that by day keep me driven
I try today try to make the most of tomorrow
Cause I believe that my days here I do borrow
Oh my wishboan, oh my shooting star, walk with me
Oh my wishboan, oh my shooting star, walk with me
I will respect all the secrets unto me you whisper
I’ll tell you mine all you need to do love is listen
I host a hope in the love that is between us
And may this love be the only thing that comes between us
Oh my wishboan, oh my shooting star, walk with me
Oh my wishboan, oh my shooting star, walk with me
I’m so happy to be myself, no rather be nobody else
Proud to be myself, no rather be nobody else
And should my faith change my auspicious star stops shining
I bear its light in my mind and not stop trying
And when the clouds blow away the big wind come hither
I’ll see my zenith once again as before I’d seen her
Oh my wishboan, oh my shooting star, walk with me
Oh my wishboan, oh my shooting star, walk with me
I’m so happy to be myself, no rather be nobody else
Proud to be myself, no rather be nobody else
Oh my wishboan, oh my shooting star, walk with me
Oh my wishboan, oh my shooting star, walk with me
Fake Plastic Trees- Radiohead
Her green plastic watering can
For her fake Chinese rubber plant
In the fake plastic earth
That she bought from a rubber man
In a town full of rubber plans
To get rid of itself
It wears her out, it wears her out
It wears her out, it wears her out
She lives with a broken man
A cracked polystyrene man
Who just crumbles and burns
He used to do surgery
For girls in the eighties
But gravity always wins
It wears her out, it wears her out
It wears her out, it wears her out
She looks like the real thing
She tastes like the real thing
My fake plastic love
But I can't help the feeling
I could blow through the ceiling
If I just turn and run
It wears her out, it wears her out
It wears her out, it wears her out
If I could be who you wanted
If I could be who you wanted all the time
I have alot of "Favorite Songs" I guess, I will pick one.
"Raspberry" - I Mother Earth
Held in hands, a warm cup
Of skin always taken in by peers
And friends and the heightened fears
Over the years
Now I know I'm not like everyone
In this head I see the ground
You came from, unknown, undug
From where you were staying in
A backyard bed until
We came together
Raspberry, in my hand
You feel alright but I don't
Know if I am
I can't change
What I am right now, but
I'll be fine in the next life
I know I can say, I'm honest
With myself and with
My red tasty gem
And sure they will try, but
They can't take away
My secret loving friend
And on a good day, my mind
Is like the country...green wide open
A breath of zen that's nice
On the eyes, lonely, without a prayer
Take the trip that I have
I am at risk
But I guess you know...
Explosions
From the goldfish bowl
Visions
Of blue girls crying stars
The more the garden sings
The harder it gets to stay in
There are a lot of choices
So many voices ruling me
So many of them at once
Yelling, "Everything's a mess"...I know
I didn't know that song Lance, but I downloaded it just now and I like it! :thumb:
trasmit your love
live
(bow, bow) everybody in the hotel
(bow, bow) everybody in the motel
don't knock if the door to my suite
is closed
you should of come to the show,
but you didn't, now you're wishin' that
you had
had to go to Jimmy Buffet with your dad
with live, it's game seven every
single night
you have to put it on the line
to step inside
(bow, bow ) put your ear to the door and
(bow, bow) put your face to the floor and
through the crack , see the people kickin
it inside
and leavin' it all behind
in the name of love, we raise the roof
in the name of love, do what we came
to do
in a town tonight where streets have
no name
and everybody feels the same
the outside world is a goddamn shame
transmit your love to me and
silently make me whole again
transmit your love to me
come on!
tell your leaders love is in town
to turn this whole thing upside down
we can't take it anymore
transmit your love to me
silently make me whole again
transmit your love to me
( welcome to my world of love
welcome to my space above
this sacred love
welcome to my space of bliss
drive me to the heart of this
sacred love
sacred love)
CanuckCourage Wrote:This is a song by Lowest of The Low called 7th Birthday .
Canuck,
What album is that from? It doesn't sound familiar.
I love LOTL - Shakespeare is one of my all-time favorite albums.
Chad
Beat..excellent choice!!My husband and I were just listening to it thinking how awesome it is! We hope that Neil plays it for us in Toronto :thumb:
One of my favorite songs is:
Seek Up..Dave Matthews band
Sometimes I feel like I'm falling
Fall back again, fall back again
Fall back again, fall back again
Oh, life it seems a struggle between
What we think what we see
I'm not going to change my ways
Just to please you or appease you
Inside a crowd, five billion proud
Willing to punch it out
Right wrong weak strong
Ashes to ashes we all fall down
Look around this round
About this merry-go-round around
If at all God's gaze upon us fall
His mischievious grin look at him
Forget about the reasons and
The treasons we are seeking
Forget about the notion that
Our emotions can be swept away
Forget about being quilty,
We are innocent instead
For soon we will all find our lives swept away
Sit a while with TV's hungry child
Big belly swelled
Oh, for the price of a coke or a smoke,
Keep alive those hungry eyes
Take a look at me, what you see in me
mirror look at me
Face it all, face it all again
Forget about the reasons and
The treasons we are seeking
Forget about the notion that our emotions can be
Swept away, kept at bay
Forget about being guilty, I am innocent instead
For soon we will all find our lives swept away
You seek up an emotion
And our cup is overflowing
You seek up an emotion
Sometimes your well is dry
You seek up a big monster
For him to fight your wars for you
But when he finds his way to you the devil's not Going
Ha, ha, ha ha
Say, say
Look at me in my fancy car
And my back account
Oh, how I wish I coiuld take it all down
Into my grave, I'd save
Take a look again
Everyday things change,...stay the same
Forget about the reasons and
The treasons we are seeking
Forget about the notion that
Our emotions can be swept away
Intentions are not wicked,
Don't be tricked into thinking so
Soon we will all find our lives swept away
You seek up an emotion and
Your cup is overflowing
You seek up an emotion
Sometimes your well is dry
You seek up a big monster
For him to fight your wars for you
But when he finds his way to you,
The devil's not going
Ha ha, ha ha
Fall back again, fall back again, fall back again.
Lately I can't get enough Springsteen. His songs IMHO are briliant and convey so much emotion. Here's one of my favorites at the moment:
Badlands
Lights out tonight
trouble in the heartland
Got a head-on collision
smashin' in my guts, man
I'm caught in a cross fire
that I don't understand
But there's one thing I know for sure girl
I don't give a damn
For the same old played out scenes
I don't give a damn
For just the in betweens
Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul
I want control right now
talk about a dream
Try to make it real
you wake up in the night
With a fear so real
Spend your life waiting
for a moment that just don't come
Well, don't waste your time waiting
CHORUS
Badlands, you gotta live it everyday
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood
and these badlands start treating us good
Workin' in the fields
till you get your back burned
Workin' 'neath the wheel
till you get your facts learned
Baby I got my facts
learned real good right now
You better get it straight darling
Poor man wanna be rich,
rich man wanna be king
And a king ain't satisfied
till he rules everything
I wanna go out tonight,
I wanna find out what I got
Well I believe in the love that you gave me
I believe in the love that you gave me
I believe in the faith that could save me
I believe in the hope
and I pray that some day
It may raise me above these
CHORUS
mmmmmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmmm
For the ones who had a notion,
a notion deep inside
That it ain't no sin
to be glad you're alive
I wanna find one face
that ain't looking through me
I wanna find one place,
I wanna spit in the face of these badlands
CHORUS
hipkid33 Wrote:CanuckCourage Wrote:This is a song by Lowest of The Low called 7th Birthday .
Canuck,
What album is that from? It doesn't sound familiar.
I love LOTL - Shakespeare is one of my all-time favorite albums.
Chad
It's off of Hallucigenia (1994) . "Gamble" is another good song off the album .
Kim,
Have you heard the version of wish you where here by Catherine Wheel?
It is very good!
These guys sure have alot of great lyrics .
Rush - Time Stand Still
I turn my back to the wind
To catch my breath
Before I start off again.
Driven on without a moment to spend
To pass an evening with a drink and a friend
I let my skin get too thin
I'd like to pause
No matter what I pretend
Like some pilgrim
Who learns to transcend
Learns to live as if each step was the end
(Time stand still)
I'm not looking back
But I want to look around me now
(Time stand still)
See more of the people and the places that surround me now
Freeze this moment a little bit longer
Make each sensation a little bit stronger
Experience slips away
Experience slips away
I turn my face to the sun
Close my eyes
Let my defences down
All those wounds that I can't get unwound
I let my past go too fast
No time to pause
If I could slow it all down
Like some captain, whose ship runs aground
I can wait until the tide comes around
(Time stand still)
I'm not looking back
But I want to look around me now
(Time stand still)
See more of the people and the places that surround me now
Freeze this moment a little bit longer
Make each impression a little bit stronger
Freeze this motion a little bit longer
The innocence slips away
The innocence slips away...
Summer's going fast, nights growing colder
Children growing up, old friends growing older
Freeze this moment a little bit longer
Make each impression a little bit stronger
Experience slips away
Experience slips away...
The innocence slips away
And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife
And you may ask yourself-Well...How did I get here?
Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.
And you may ask yourself
How do I work this?
And you may ask yourself
Where is that large automobile?
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful house!
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful wife!
Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Water dissolving...and water removing
There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Carry the water at the bottom of the ocean
Remove the water at the bottom of the ocean!
Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/in the silent water
Under the rocks and stones/there is water underground.
Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.
And you may ask yourself
What is that beautiful house?
And you may ask yourself
Where does that highway go?
And you may ask yourself
Am I right?...Am I wrong?
And you may tell yourself
My God....what have I done???
Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/in the silent water
Under the rocks and stones/there is water underground.
Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
You should all know this one...
Quote:Have you heard the version of wish you where here by Catherine Wheel?
I hadnt heard it before but I just downloaded it and I like it! Thanks for that
And Royce:
Quote:Lately I can't get enough Springsteen
I went to his concert last night here in Rotterdam, it was an amazing show. The guy is a true artist. He has an amazing voice. Wow! And he plays the guitar, the piano and the harmonica....he's truly talented.
One of the songs he played was Badlands. :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: