Lyrical Response

[Just Jack]

Is it better than moonlight on water
Is it better than sex on the beach
Think about us riding wild horses
Think about us, it's not out of reach

[WhoTom]

Think about how many times I have fallen
Spirits are using me, larger voices callin'
What Heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten

[PastaJoe]

He said shut up - he said shut up
Oh God can't you keep it down
Voices carry
Hush hush, voices carry

[cwater10]

I've been beat up, I've been thrown out
But I'm not down, no, I'm not down
I've been shown up, but I've grown up
And I'm not down, no, I'm not down

[Joe Ferguson forever]

Not really sure of Young's meaning here.

 

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.

She could drag me over the rainbow,
Send me away.
 

Down by the river,
I shot my baby.
Down by the river.

Dead, ooh, ooh, shot her dead, ooh.

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.

She could drag me over the rainbow,
Send me away.

[Son of a K-Gun]

8 hours ago, redtail hawk said:

Not really sure of Young's meaning here.

Classic love story in the vein of Hey Joe?

 

 

Well, when you're sitting back in your rose pink Cadillac
Making bets on your Kentucky derby days
I'll be in my basement room with a needle and a spoon
With another girl to take my pain away

Take me down little Susie take me down
Cause I know you think you're the Queen of the Underground

Send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the mail
Send me dead flowers to my wedding

And I won't forget to put roses on your grave

[muppy]

I caught you knockin' at my cellar door
I love you, baby, can I have some more?
Ooh, ooh, the damage done

 

I hit the city and I lost my band
I watched the needle take another man
Gone, gone, the damage done

 

[PastaJoe]

Feel it coming
It's knocking at the door
You know it's no good running
It's not against the law
The point of no return
And now you know the score
And now you're learning
What's knockin' at your back door

[WhoTom]

The mama pajama rolled out of bed
And she ran to the police station
When the papa found out he began to shout
And he started the investigation
It's against the law
It was against the law
What the mama saw
It was against the law

[muppy]

You pull into a drive-in
And find a place to park
You hop into the backseat
Where you know it's nice and dark
You're just about to move-in
Thinking it's a breeze
There's a light in your eye
And then a guy says
Out of the car, long hair
Louie, you're coming with me
The local police

 

And it's all because
Your mama don't dance
And your daddy don't rock and roll
Your mama don't dance
And your daddy don't rock and roll
When evening rolls around
And it's time to go to town
Where do you go
To rock and roll?
Where do you go
To rock and roll?
Where do you go
To rock and roll?

[Gugny]

13 hours ago, redtail hawk said:

Not really sure of Young's meaning here.

 

 

 

4 hours ago, Son of a K-Gun said:

Classic love story in the vein of Hey Joe?

 

 

 

With the refrain of "I shot my baby - down by the river," this song gets your attention. In a 1970 interview with Fusion, Neil Young cleared it up: "There's no real murder in it. It's about blowing your thing with a chick. See, now in the beginning, it's 'I'll be on your side, you be on mine.' It could be anything. Then the chick thing comes in. Then at the end it's a whole other thing. It's a plea... a desperation cry."

[muppy]

1 hour ago, muppy said:

You pull into a drive-in
And find a place to park
You hop into the backseat
Where you know it's nice and dark
You're just about to move-in
Thinking it's a breeze
There's a light in your eye
And then a guy says
Out of the car, long hair
Louie, you're coming with me
The local police

 

And it's all because
Your mama don't dance
And your daddy don't rock and roll
Your mama don't dance
And your daddy don't rock and roll
When evening rolls around
And it's time to go to town
Where do you go
To rock and roll?
Where do you go
To rock and roll?
Where do you go
To rock and roll?

And the sign said
"Long-haired freaky people
Need not apply"
So I tucked my hair up under my hat
And I went in to ask him why
He said, "You look like a fine upstandin' young man
I think you'll do"
So I took off my hat and said, "Imagine that
Huh, me workin' for you"
Whoa

Sign, sign
Everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery
Breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that
Can't you read the sign?

[Gugny]

Woke up, fell out of bed
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
And looking up, I noticed I was late
Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke
And somebody spoke and I went into a dream

[ArdmoreRyno]

Hike up your skirt a little more
And show the world to me
Hike up your skirt a little more
And show your world to me
In a boys dream
In a boys dream

[WhoTom]

Spending my bread like it grew on a tree
You're trying to tell me 'bout the birds and the bees
The skirt that you're wearing is way past your knees
Either light up or leave me alone

[PastaJoe]

Let me tell ya 'bout the birds and the bees
And the flowers and the trees
And the moon up above
And a thing called love

[WhoTom]

Hey farmer farmer
Put away that DDT now
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees
Please!

[muppy]

Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long years
Stole million man's soul and faith

[ExiledInIllinois]

"...Set out running but I take my time
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before daylight
Just might get some sleep tonight..."

 

 

 

[PastaJoe]

Yeah, yeah, ah, yeah
I live my life like there's no tomorrow
And all I've got, I had to steal
Least I don't need to beg or borrow
Yes I'm livin' at a pace that kills

Ooh, yeah
(Ahh)
Runnin' with the Devil
(Ahh-hah, yeah)
(Woo-hoo-oo)
Runnin' with the Devil