It was one of those great stories that you can't put down at night The hero knew what he had to do and he wasn't afraid to fight The villain goes to jail while the hero goes free I wish it were that simple for me
And the reason that she loved him Was the reason I loved him too And he never wondered what was right or wrong He just knew, he just knew
Shadow and shade mix together at dawn But by the time you catch them simplicity's gone So we sort through the pieces my friends and I Searching through the darkness to find the breaks in the sky
And the reason that she loved him Was the reason I loved him too And he never wondered what was right or wrong He just knew, he just knew
And we wonder yes, we wonder How do you make sense of this When the hero kills the maiden With his kiss, with his kiss
Aaaah ... It was one of those great stories that you can't put down at night The hero knew what he had to do and he wasn't afraid to fight The villain goes to jail while the hero goes free I wish it were that simple for me
I recall my so called misspent youth It seems more worthwhile Every single day Cruisin' Van Nuys and acting so uncooth All the joys of runnin' away
There was no speed limit On the Nevada state line The air was red wine On those top down nights Just you and me My old rollarskate And the common sense To know our rights
Sweet old racin' car of mine Roarin' down that broken line I never been so much alive Too fast for comfort Too low to fly Too young to die
You say a man can't love a material thing With aluminum skin And a cast iron soul But they never heard your engine sing Ah there's peace in losing control "Sticky fingers" turned up real loud Ah, we were flirtin' with catastrophe We were doing everything that's not allowed Life didn't come With a warranty For you and me
Sweet old racin' car of mine Roarin' down that broken line I never been so much alive Too fast for comfort Too low to fly Too young to die
There is peace in losing control
When I die I don't wanna go to heaven I just wanna drive my beautiful machine Up north on some sonoma country road With Jimmy Dean and Steve McQueen All the boys be singin', singin'
Sweet old racin' car of mine Roarin' down that broken line I never been so much alive Too fast for comfort Too low to fly Too young to die
Listen old soldier wherever you are The hills or the valleys Come near or come far They say youth's a treasure We waste when we're young So come down from the place Where your medals are hung You're forever returning and learning to fight And you feel just like an old soldier tonight
Listen old soldier 'cause time doesn't wait The moon's on your shoulder The hour is late There's something there inside you Still calls out to you And you won't fade away Whatever you do
You're forever beginning Barely winning the fight And you feel just like an old soldier tonight
You're not getting any younger That much is true now But you've still got that hunger Burning in you now So what do you do now
What do you do now
Listen old soldier To the sound in your ears Of too many battles For too many years There's only one thing You've learned in defeat Losing is bitter And victory is sweet
You're always unravelling Traveling light And you feel just like an old soldier tonight
You were dreaming on a park bench About a broad highway somewhere When the music from the carillon Seemed to hurl your heart out there Past the scientific darkness Past the fireflies that float To an angel bending down To wrap you in her warmest cloak And you ask "What am I not doing?" She says, "Your voice cannot command" She says, "In time you will move Mountains And it will come Through your hands."
Still you angle for an option Still you argue for your cause Like you wouldn't know a burning Bush Till it blew up in your face We dream about the future We memorize the past When just a simple reaching out Could build a bridge that lasts And you ask "What am I not doing?" She says, "Your voice cannot command" She says, "In time you will move Mountains And it will come Through your hands."
So whatever your hands find to do You must do with all your heart There are thoughts enough to Blow men's minds And tear great worlds apart There's a healing touch to find you Out on that broad highway Somewhere Gonna lift you as high as music Running through an angel's hair And don't worry What you are not doing 'Cause your voice cannot command And in time you will move mountains And it will come through your hands
He met her in a french cafe She slipped in sideways like a cat Sidelong glances, what a wary little stray&127; She sticks in his mind like that Saying 'avez vous un alumette' With her lips wrapped around a cigarette Yvette in English saying please have this Little bit of instant bliss. He's struggling with a foreign tongue Reaching for words and drawing blanks A loud mouth is stricken deaf and dumb In a bistro on the left bank If I was a painter Picasso said I'd paint this girl from toe to head Yvette in English, saying please have this Little bit of instant bliss Burgundy nocturne tips and spills They move along nicely in the spreading stain New chills, new thrills For the old uphill battle How did he wind up here again Walking and talking touched and scared Uninsulated wires bare Yvette in English saying 'please have this Little bit of instant bliss What blew her like a leaf his way Up in the air and down to earth First she flusters, then she frays So quick to question her own worth Her cigarette burns her finger tips It falls like fireworks, she curses it Sweetly in English she says 'please have this Little bit of instant bliss He sees her turn and walk away Skittering like a cat on a stone Her high heels clicking, what a wary little stray She leaves him by the Seine alone. With black water and amber lights And the bony bridge between left and right Yvette in English, saying 'please have this Little bit of instant bliss
I used to walk around with my eyes on fire My nerves real close to my skin Had a fist full of questions and a brand on my cheek And we would skate where the ice got thin
And the smoke blowin' down from a cabin on a hilltop Smoke blowin' down in the street Some kind of sweet smellin' mystical backdrop To the story unfolding at my feet
There's an edge to the twist of an acrobat in the air There's an edge to the twist of a knife There's a hard heart of darkness hovering there Just around the corner from life
And I, I have no answers I got no patented path to set you free Besides I wouldn't know where you wanted to go And it's probably not the same place as me
There's a thousand roads up this mountain You can get lost in a minute if you try And it's probably enough that I was just laughing today, yeah Lookin' this close in your eye
I said there was a thousand roads up this mountain You can get lost in a minute if you try It's probably enough that I was just laughing today, yeah Looking this close in your eye, in your eye In your eye
Better keep your distance from this whale Better keep your boat from going astray Find yourself a partner and treat them well Try to give them shelter night and day 'Cause here in the blue light Far away from the fireside Things can get twisted and crazy and crowded You can't even feel right
So I dream of columbus Every time the panic starts I dream of columbus With your maps and your beautiful charts I dream of columbus There's an ache in a traveling heart
See how the cormorant swoops and dives Must be a thrill to go that deep Down to the basement of this life Down to where the mermaid gently sleeps Not like here in the blue light Far away from the fireside Where things get twisted and Haunted and crowded You can't even feel right
So I dream of columbus Every time the panic starts I dream of columbus With your maps and your beautiful charts I dream of columbus There's an ache in a traveling heart
As the tide must ebb and flow I am dragged down under I wait the livelong day For an end to my hunger
So I dream of columbus Every time the panic starts I dream of columbus With your maps and your beautiful charts I dream of columbus There's an ache in a traveling heart
I'm sitting in here inside the Strangest place And nme is racing by L've been way out here for a month or more Tonight I'm wondering why
You try to understand the things That I feel Maybe this time I'll find a way to Explain it And there was a dream Deep inside my head It only seemed like it's breaking the thread That holds me to you Still you have never wanted to Change me
But darlin' I know Though we're far apart The signal is strong This helpless heart will always Belong to you
Only to you No one but you
This power takes me from the place I belong To where only the strong get through You've got to Keep on believing or you'll lose your way It slips right out on you
Though there are days the light can Flicker or fade Here in tihis place tonight a fire is burning 'Cause there was a dream Deep inside my head It only seemed like it's breaking the thread That holds me to you Still you have never wanted to Change me
But believe me I know
Though we're far apart The signal is strong This helpless heart will always Belong to you
The TV is talkin' to me It's positive identification But maybe I'm mistaken I talk to my radio I keep it tuned to the all night show I'd give my last dime for coverage But you will not cover me
I got a penchant for the printed page I got a mention in the Monday news I was on my last leg When it came through I talk to my radio I keep it tuned to the all night show I'd give my last dime for coverage But you will not cover me No no no no
Tune it in to the pale blue light Whispers to me through the night Better love Better lovers Cover cover cover cover Cover cover cover cover Coverage
I would have made it sooner see But I got caught up in the dream traffic Blew the demographics I talk to my radio I keep it tuned to the all night show I'd give my last dime for coverage But you will not cover me No. You will not cover me No. You will not cover me
I though I met a man who said he knew a man Who knew what was going on I was mistaken, only another stranger that I knew
And I thought that I'd found the light To guide me through my nights and all my darkness I was mistaken, it was only reflections of a shadow that I saw
And I thought I've seen someone who seemed at last To know the truth I was mistaken, only a child laughing in the sun
Everybody's sayin' music is love Everybody'sayin' it's, you know it is Every one yes every one Everybody's sayin' music, music is love Everybody's sayin' that music is love Everybody's sayin' it's love
Everybody's sayin' that music is love, everybody's sayin' it's love Everybody's sayin' that music is love, everybody's sayin' it's love Everybody's sayin' that music is love, everybody's sayin' it's love Everybody's sayin' that music is love, everybody's sayin' it's love Everybody's sayin' that music is love Everybody's sayin' it's love
Put on your colors and run come see Everybody's sayin' that music's for free Take off your clothes and lie in the sun Everybody's sayin' that music's for fun
I wonder who they are The men who really run this land And I wonder why they run it With such a thoughtless hand. Tell me what are their names, And on what street do they live? I'd like to ride right over This afternoon and give Them a piece of my mind About peace for mankind Peace is not An awful lot To ask.
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
He met her in a french cafe She slipped in sideways like a cat Sidelong glances, what a wary little stray&127; She sticks in his mind like that Saying 'avez vous un alumette' With her lips wrapped around a cigarette Yvette in English saying please have this Little bit of instant bliss. He's struggling with a foreign tongue Reaching for words and drawing blanks A loud mouth is stricken deaf and dumb In a bistro on the left bank If I was a painter Picasso said I'd paint this girl from toe to head Yvette in English, saying please have this Little bit of instant bliss Burgundy nocturne tips and spills They move along nicely in the spreading stain New chills, new thrills For the old uphill battle How did he wind up here again Walking and talking touched and scared Uninsulated wires bare Yvette in English saying 'please have this Little bit of instant bliss What blew her like a leaf his way Up in the air and down to earth First she flusters, then she frays So quick to question her own worth Her cigarette burns her finger tips It falls like fireworks, she curses it Sweetly in English she says 'please have this Little bit of instant bliss He sees her turn and walk away Skittering like a cat on a stone Her high heels clicking, what a wary little stray She leaves him by the Seine alone. With black water and amber lights And the bony bridge between left and right Yvette in English, saying 'please have this Little bit of instant bliss
