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 RUST NEVER SLEEPS Neil Young with crazy Horse Year Released: 1979 Record Company: Reprise MY MY, HEY HEY (OUT OF THE BLUE) My my, hey hey Rock and roll is here to stay It's better to burn out Than to fade away My my, hey hey. It's out of the blue and into the black They give you this but you pay for that And once you're gone you can never come back When you're out of the blue And into the black The king is gone but he's not forgotten This is the story of a Johnny Rotten It's better to burn out than it is to rust The king is gone but he's not forgotten Hey hey, my my Rock and roll can never die There's more to the picture Than meets the eye. THRASHER They were hiding behind hay bales, they were planting in the full moon They had given all they had for something new But the light of day was on them, they could see the thrashers coming And the water shone like diamonds in the dew And I was just getting up, hit the road before it's light Trying to catch an hour on the sun When I saw those thrashers rolling by, looking more than two lanes wide I was feelin' like my day had just begun. Where the eagle glides ascending there's an ancient river bending Down the timeless gorge of changes where sleeplessness awaits I searched out my companions, they were lost in crystal canyons When the aimless blade of science slashed the pearly gates It was then I knew I'd had enough, burned my credit card for fuel Headed out to where the pavement turns to sand With a one-way ticket to the land of truth and my suitcase in my hand How I lost my friends I still don't understand They had the best selection, they were poisoned with protection There was nothing that they needed, they had nothing left to find They were lost in rock formations or became park bench mutations On the sidewalks and in the stations they were waiting, waiting So I got bored and left them there, they were just deadweight to me It's better on the road without that load Brought back the time when I was eight or nine I was watchin' my mama's T.V., it was that great Grand Canyon rescue episode Where the vulture glides descending on an asphalt highway bending Thru libraries and museums, galaxies and stars Down the windy halls of friendship to the rose clipped by the bullwhip The motel of lost companions waits with heated pool and air-conditioned bar But me I'm not stopping there, got my own row left to hoe Just another line in the field of time When the thrashers come and I'm stuck in the sun like dinosaurs in shrines Then I'll know the time has come to give what's mine RIDE MY LLAMA Remember the Alamo when help was on the way It's better here and now, I feel that good today I'd like to take a walk but not around the block I really got some news I met a man from Mars He picked up all my guitars And played me travelling songs And when we got on ship He brought out something for the trip And said, "It's old but it's good" Like any other primitive would Ah, ah, ah ,ah I'm gonna ride my llama from Peru to Texarkana I wanna ride him good thru my old neighborhood I'm gonna ride him good in my old neighborhood I'm gonna ride him good in my old neighborhood When we got on ship He brought out something for the trip And said, "It's old but it's good" Like any other primitive would Ah POCAHANTAS Aurora borealis The icy sky at night Paddles cut the water In a long and hurried flight From the white man to the fields of green And the homeland we've never seen They killed us in our tepee And they cut our women down They might have left some babies Cryin' on the ground But the firesticks and the wagons came And the night falls on the setting sun They massacred the buffalo Kitty corner from the bank The taxis run across my feet And my eyes have turned to blanks In my little box at the top of the stairs With my Indian rug and a pipe to share I wish a was a trapper I would give thousand pelts To sleep with Pocahontas And find out how she felt In the mornin' on the fields of green In the homeland we've never seen And maybe Marlon Brando Will be there by the fire We'll sit and talk of Hollywood And the good things there for hire And the Astrodome and the first tepee Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me Pocahontas SAIL AWAY I could live inside a tepee I could die in Penthouse thirty-five You could lose me on the freeway But I would still make it back alive As long as we can sail away As long as we can sail away There'll be wind in the canyon Moon on the rise As long as we can sail away See the losers in the best bars Meet the winners in the dives Where the people are the real stars All the rest of their lives As long as we can sail away As long as we can sail away There'll be wind in the canyon Moon on the rise As long as we can sail away There's a road stretched out between us Like ribbon on the high plain Down from Phoenix through Salinas 'Round the bend and back again As long as we can sail away As long as we can sail away There'll be wind in the canyon Moon on the rise As long as we can sail away As long as we can sail away As long as we can sail away As long as we can sail away POWDERFINGER Look out, Mama, there's a white boat comin' up the river With a big red beacon, and a flag, and a man on the rail I think you'd better call John, 'cause it don't look like they're here to deliver the mail And it's less than a mile away I hope they didn't come to stay It's got numbers on the side and a gun and it's makin' big waves. Daddy's gone, my brother's out hunting in the mountains Big John's been drinking since the river took Emmy-Lou Seems the Powers That Be left me here to do the thinkin' And I just turned twenty two I was wonderin' what to do And the closer they got, The more those feelin's grew. Daddy's rifle in my hand felt reassurin' He told me, "Red means run, son, and numbers add up to nothin'" When the first shot hit the docks I saw it comin' Raised my rifle to my eye Never stopped to wonder why. Then I saw black, and my face splashed in the sky. Shelter me from the powder and the finger Cover me with the thought that pulled the trigger Think of me as one you'd never figured Would fade away so young With so much left undone Remember me to my love, I know I'll miss her. WELFARE MOTHERS People, pick up on what I'm puttin' down now Welfare mothers make better lovers Down at every laundromat in town now Welfare mothers make better lovers While they're washin' you can hear this sound now Welfare mothers make better lovers DEE VORR CEE! Hard to believe that love is free now Welfare mothers make better lovers Out on the street with the whole family now Welfare mothers make better lovers Hard to believe that love is free now Welfare mothers make better lovers DEE VORR CEE! People, pick up on what I'm puttin' down now Welfare mothers make better lovers Down at every laundromat in town now Welfare mothers make better lovers While they're washin' you can hear this sound now Welfare mothers make better lovers DEE VORR CEE! SEDAN DELIVERY Last night I was cool at the pool hall Held the table for eleven games Nothing was easier than the first seven I beat a woman with varicose veins She stopped to see herself in the mirror Fix her hair and hide heir veins But she lost the game. Next day I went to the dentist He pulled some teeth and I lost some blood We'd like to thank you for the cards you sent us My wives and I were all choked up I recall how Caesar and Cleo Made love in the Milky Way They needed boats and armies to get there I know there's a better way I saw the movie and I read the book But when it happened to me I was sure I had what it took To get away Gotta get away Gotta get away Gotta get away Gotta get away I'm making another delivery Of chemicals and sacred roots I'll hold what you have to give me But I'll use what I have to use The lasers are in the lab The old man is dressed in white clothes Everybody says he's mad No one knows the things that he knows No one knows No one knows No one knows No one knows I'm lookin' in every hallway I still can't accept the stares I'm sleepin' with many covers I'm warm now so I don't care I'm thinkin' of no one in my mind Sedan delivery is a job I know I'll keep It sure was hard to find Hard to find Hard to find Hard to find Hard to find HEY HEY, MY MY (INTO THE BLACK) Hey hey, my my Rock and roll can never die There's more to the picture Than meets the eye. Out of the blue and into the black You pay for this, but they give you that Once you're gone, you can't come back When you're out of the blue And into the black The king is gone but he's not forgotten Is this the story of Johnny Rotten? It's better to burn out 'cause rust never sleeps The king is gone but he's not forgotten Hey hey, my my Rock and roll can never die There's more to the picture Than meets the eye. |
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