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by David Crosby
Four of us were having dinner And I threw down the paper with a curse And my wife said, Complaining doesn't get it You got to do something or you can bet it Will get worse. And my friend said, You've been watching TV too much: and all that hippie hopefulness Is just a crutch. But if thinkin' that way helps you To make it through the night Then who am I to say what's wrong and right. But I think, we're passing Through here kind of fast Did you think these tracks In the dust would last. So you think we should just sit here And have another glass of wine While the world goes to hell, which you know damn well It's going to do just down the line. And his lady said, I don't know how can you be so sure, I mean Some things seem to get better You know the hero still saves the Damsel in distress, the Villain doesn't get her And I said, where have you been living I mean they're selling death in the streets. Cheap. And the lying politicians are rolling in the profits they reap. And he said, He's right honey But I think it's always been that way. And he smiled kind of patiently, and I knew he was going to say: I think, we're passing Through here kind of fast Did you think these tracks In the dust would last. I think, we're passing Through here kind of fast Did you think these tracks In the dust would last. I think, we're passing Through here kind of fast (c) 1988 Stay Straight Music (BMI) Guitar: David Crosby Guitar: Michael Hedges Additional Vocals: Graham Nash, Michael Hedges |
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Intro. (Acoustic Guitar)
I have wasted ten years in a (flind **) blind-fold Ten-fold more than I've invested now in sight I have traveled beveled mirrors in a fly crawl Losing the reflection of a fight But like a compass seeking north There lives in me a still sure spirit part Clouds of doubt are cut asunder By the lightning and the thunder Shining from the compass of my heart I have flown the frantic flight of the bat-wing And only known the dark because of that I have seized death's door-handle Like a fish out of the water Waiting, waiting for the mercy of the cat But like a compass seeking north There lives in me a still sure spirit part Clouds of doubt are cut asunder By the lightning and the thunder Shining from the compass of my heart ⓒ 1987 Stay Straight Music (BMI) ** Crosby error was going to say 'flind-bold' and corrected himself |
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Intro. (Piano and Bass)
Waking Stream of consciousness On a sleeping Street of dreams Thoughts Like scattered leaves Slowed in midfall Into the streams Of fast running rivers Of choice and chance And time stops here on the delta While they dance, while they dance Instrumental (Pedal Steel Guitar) I love the child Who steers this riverboat Lately he's crazy For the deep And the river seems dreamlike In the daytime And someone keeps thinking In my sleep About fast running rivers Of choice and chance And time stops here on the delta While they dance, while they dance While they dance Aaahh ... While they dance da, da, da ... While they dance da, da, da ... While they dance da, da, da ... While they dance, dance river dance While they dance da, da, da ... Instrumental Ending (Bass, Keyboards and Pedal Steel Guitar) da, da, da ... ⓒ 1982 Midships Music (ASCAP) |
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Almost cut my hair
It happened just the other day It's gettin' kind of long I could've said it was in my way But I didn't and I wonder why I feel like letting my freak flag fly Almost cut my hair It happened just the other day It's gettin' kind of long I could've said it was in my way But I didn't and I wonder why I feel like letting my freak flag fly And I feel like I owe it, ... someone Must be because I had the flu for Christmas And I'm not feeling up to par It increases my paranoia Like looking in my mirror and seeing a police car Well I'm not giving in an inch to fear cause I've promised myself this year I feel like I owe it, ... someone When I finally get myself together I'm gonna get down in that sunny southern weather And I'm goin' to find a space inside to laugh, Separate the wheat from the chaff I feel ... Like I owe it, ... someone, yeah |
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Intro. (Acoustic Guitar)
Guinnevere had green eyes Like yours, mi'lady, like yours She'd walk down through the garden In the morning after it rained Peacocks wandered aimlessly Underneath an orange tree Why can't she see me? Da, da, da ... Guinnevere drew pentagrams Like yours, mi'lady, like yours Late at night when she thought That no one was watching at all On the wall Do, do, do ... She shall be free Da, da, da ... As she turns her gaze Down the slope to the harbor where I lay anchored Turned out to be Such a short day Guinnevere had golden hair Like yours, mi'lady, like yours Streaming out when we'd ride Through the warm wind down by the bay Yesterday Seagulls circle endlessly I still sing in silent harmony We both shall be free ⓒ 1968 Stay Straight Music (BMI) |
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by David Crosby and Craig Doerge
Our lady of the harbor Lady of the light An immigrant like all who came before She says give me your homeless Your landless and your poor Come see what we believe Behind this open door That all are created equal And given half a chance They can work out all their differences Their distance in the dance. How many eyes, through how many tears Saw the promised land when they saw you For how many years The country's got so big We hardly know one another It's hard to think someone you don't know could really be your brother. But wasn't that the idea When we started out In school that what they said The constitution was about And many good men died maybe more next week So we could have the freedom To believe and think and speak. And anyway sweet lady I just wanted you to know There's a lot of us out here Who like to see your torch's glow. (c) 1988 Stay Straight Music (BMI)/Fair Star Music Inc. (ASCAP) Additional Vocals: Bonnie Raitt Drums & Percussion: Russ Kunkel Bass: Leland Sklar Keyboards: Craig Doerge Guitar: Mike Landau |
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by David Crosby & Craig Doerge
I'm sitting here at my piano I'm wondering how this battle can be won The woman I was sure I was in love with seems to feel that the deal is done But I don't, no I don't and I want you to understand. Oh yes I can Still be the man You fell in love with Oh yes I can Fire and ice, fire and ice...water Well I'm sittin' here in my kitchen But food is not on my mind I love you so much I don't want to see you go And I think This must be what it feels like to be going blind. And I need you know I need and I need you to understand. Oh yes I can Still be the man You fell in love with Oh yes I can Fire and ice, fire and ice...water And I'm sittin' here in the sand dunes Asking the ocean what to do I found my life again and it's you I want to share it with but I'm so afraid of losing you. And I know, you know I know and I want you to understand Oh yes I can Still be the man You fell in love with Oh yes I can You see, I'm talking about Fire and ice Fire and ice Makes water (c) 1988 Stay Straight Music (BMI) Additional vocal: James Taylor Piano: Craig Doerge Drums: Russ Kunkel Bass: Leland Sklar Synth: Joe Vitale Synth: Kim Bullard |
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One, two (Yeah) ... One, two, three ...
Nash: If you smile at me I will understand 'cause that is something Everybody everywhere does in the same language, yeah Crosby: I can see by your coat, my friend you're from the other side There's just one thing I would like to know Can you tell me please who won the war? Nash: Say can I have some of your purple berries? Crosby: Yes, I've been eating them For six or seven weeks now I haven't got sick once Crosby & Nash: Probably keep us all alive here we go Wooden ships on the water very free and easy Easy, you know the way it's supposed to be Silver people on the shoreline let us be Talkin' very free and easy Horror grips us as we watch you die All we can do is echo your anguished cries Stare as all your human feelings die We are leaving, you don't ... Go take your sister then by the hand (Lead her) Lead her out of this foreign land Far away where we might laugh again We are leaving, you don't need us You don't, you don't ... And it's a fair wind Blowin' warm out of the south o'er my shoulder I guess I am going to set a course And you know we will surely, surely go |
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It's been a long time comin'
Goin' to be a long time gone And it appears to be a long Appears to be a long Appears to be a long time Such a long, long time before the dawn, yeah Turn, turn any corner Turn and hear (Turn and hear) what your friends and your neighbors might have to say, yeah Something, something, something's goin' on around here Surely, surely, surely will not stand the light of day And it appears to be a long Appears to be a long, yeah Appears to be a long time Such a long, long time before the dawn, yeah, yeah, yeah Speak out, speak out against the madness, yes, yeah, yeah All I'm sayin' is speak your mind that is if you still can and you still have the guts to Don't, no don't, no, try to get yourself elected, no, no And if you do forsake this child you'd better cut your hair It appears to be a long, yes it does now Appears to be a long, yeah, yeah Appears to be a long such a long, a long (A long, a long) Such a long, long time before the dawn It's been a long time comin' It'll be a long time gone (Gone, gone, gone, gone) But you know The darkest hour, yeah It is always, just before your dawn, yes it is And it appears to be a long, oh, oh Appears to be a long, oh, oh, oh Appears to be a long time Such a long, long time And it appears to be a long, yeah |
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