Graham Nash - Songs for Beginners Album Lyrics

In an upstairs room in Blackpool
By the side of a northern sea
The army had my father
And my mother was having me

Military Madness was killing my country
Solitary Sadness comes over me
After the school was over and I moved
To the other side

I found a different country but I never
Lost my pride
Military Madness was killing the country
Solitary sadness creeps over me

And after the wars are over
And the body count is finally filed
I hope that The Man discovers
What's driving the people wild

Military madness is killing your country
So much sadness, between you and me
War, War, War, War, War, War

by Graham Nash and Terry Reid



When your love has moved away

You must face yourself and say

I remember better days

Don't you cry `cause she is gone

She is only moving on

Chasing mirrors through a haze

Now that you know it's nowhere

What's to stop you coming home

All you got to do is go there

Then you'll really realize what's going down

You went to a strange land searching for a truth

you felt was wrong

That's when the heartaches started

Though you're where you want to be

You're not where you belong

When your love has moved away

You must face yourself and you must say

I remember better days

Don't you cry `cause she is gone

She is only moving on

Chasing mirrors through a haze





Drums:Dallas Taylor

Bass:Calvin Samuels

Piano:Joe Yankee

Organ, Piano & Acoustic Guitar:Graham Nash

Bass Clarinet Solo:Seemon Posthuma

Whiskers:Larry Cox

Lead Vocal:Graham Nash

Background Vocals:Graham Nash & Rita Coolidge

by Graham Nash



I've watched you go through changes

That no man should face alone

Take to heel or tame the horse

The choice is still your own

but arm yourself against the pain

A wounded bird can give

And in the end remember

It's with you you have to live

And in the end remember

It's with you you have to live

Stand your ground I think you've got

The guts it takes to win

But you must learn to turn the keys

Before she'll let you in

And understand the problems of the girl you want

so near or you'll wear the coat of questions `til the

answer hat is here

You'll wear the coat of questions `til the

answer hat is here

Serenade your angel with a love song from your eyes

Grow a little taller even though your age defies

Feel a little smaller

And in stature you will rise

A hobo or a poet must kill dragons for a bride;

And humble pie is always hard to swallow

with your pride





Acoustic Guitar & Vocals:Graham Nash

I used to be a King
and everything around me turned to gold
I thought I had everything
Now I'm left without a hand to hold

But it's all right I'm ok
How are you?
For what it's worth I must say
I love you
and in my bed late at night
I miss you
Someone is gonna take my heart
No one is gonna break my heart again

I used to be a King
and everything around me turned to rust
It's because I built my life on sand
and I watched it turn in the dust

But it's all right I'm ok
I want to know how you are
For what it's worth I must say
I loved you as you are
and in my bed
where are you?
Someone is gonna take my heart
No one is gonna break my heart again

break...

Someone is gonna take my heart
No one is gonna break my heart again!

I used to be a King
but everything around me turned around
but I know all I have to do is sing
and I lift myself way off the ground Yeah!

But it's all right I'm ok
How are you?
For what it's worth I must say
I love you
and in my bed late at night
God, how I miss you
Someone is gonna take my heart
but, No one is gonna break my heart again

No, no, no, no

How does it feel
When life doesn't seem real
And you're folating about on your own
Your life seems uncertain
So you draw the curtain
Pretending there's nobody home

Don't theorize
Look in your eyes
They can't tell lies
Though you may disguise what you see
The mirror is free

We once had a savior
But by our behavior
The one that was worth it is gone
Song birds are talking
And runners are walking
A prodigal son's coming home

Don't theorize
Look in his eyes
They won't tell lies
But if he defies what you see
He'll give you a key

Be yourself
Be yourself
Be yourself

We needed a tutor
So built a computer
And programmed ourselves not to see
The truth and the lying
The dead and the dying
A silent majority

Don't theorize
Look in their eyes
Are they telling lies
The ones that they learn on T.V.
What a way to be free

Be yourself
Be yourself
Then you can free yourself
Free yourself
See yourself
Then you can see yourself
Come on and see yourself

I am a simple man
So I sing a simple song
Never been so much in love
And never hurt so bad
At the same time

I am a simple man
And I play a simple tune
Wish that I could see you once again
Across the room
Like the first time

Just want to hold you
Don't want to hold you down
Hear what you're saying
And you're spinning my head around
And I can't make it alone

The ending of the tale
Is the singing of the song
Make me proud to be your man
Only you can make me strong
Like the last time

Just want to hold you
Don't want to hold you down
I hear what you're saying
And you're spinning my head around
I can't make it alone

by Graham Nash



On the end of a tight rope

I'm over the town

I'd be good in a circus

But so would a clown

>From the way that I feel

All my hang-ups are down

In the middle of nowhere

I found me a tree

And the fruit that we live on

Reminds me of me

Though we live in the air

I'm not sure that we're free

And I don't really have much to say

`Cause I'm Living from day to day

Somewhere

And I don't care what the people say

`Cause if everyone know the way we're nowhere.

Two & two make four

They never make five

And as long as we know it

We all can survive

Make sure that the things you do

Keep us alive

And I don't really have much to say

`Cause I've living from day to day

Somewhere

And I don't care what the people say

`Cause if everyone knows the way we're nowhere.

Is the image I'm making

The image I see

When the man in the mirror

Is talking to me





Drums:Johnny Barbata

Bass:Chris Ethridge

Piano:Joe Yankee

Steel Guitar:Jerry Garcia

Vocal & Acoustic Guitar:Graham Nash

We can heed the call
We can trip and fall
We can read the scrawl on the garden wall
Let the ashes fall
Upon us all or not at all it's in us all
Can we say it's cool
From a heated pool
When we give a jewel to a starving fool
And if we can't be cruel
Then let us take the tool
And change the rule, change the rule
When we've all begun to see the world we're on
Don't you see there's only one
Then we'll all begin to see the skin we're in
It's just the same
There's only one
There's only one
Do we have the grace to begin the race
In another place
Face to face
Do we stand the pace or do we let the case go to
Waste, got to waste, go to waste
Do you like the taste

By Graham Nash

When you were asleep
I was kissing your forehead
You gave a frown
So I kissed you again
You started waking
And put your arms round my waist
Just making sure I was there
Then you drifted away
Then you drifted away
And when I awoke
I found out I'd been dreaming
Some of my bed clothes were still on the floor
I looked around
Realized you were leaving me
I saw the back of your dress
As you slipped through the door
As you slipped through the door
And when I return
I will kiss your eyes open
Take off my clothes
And I'll lie by your side
Then I will wait
Till The sandman is done with you
And as you sleepily rise
You'll find I'll be there
You'll find I'll be there
There, there


Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocal & Paper & Comb: Graham Nash
Celli: Dorian Rudnytsky

by Graham Nash





So your brother's bound and gagged

And they've chained him to a chair

Won't you please come to chicago just to sing

In a land that's known as freedom how can such a thing be fair

won't you please come to chicago for the help that we can bring



We can change the world rearrange the world

It's dying - to get better



Politicians sit yourselves down, there's nothing for you here

won't you please come to chicago for a ride

don't ask jack to help you `cause he'll turn the other ear

won't you please come to chicago or else join the other side



We can change the world rearrange the world

it's dying - if you believe in justice

dying - and if you believe in freedom

dying - let a man live his own life

dying - rules and regulations, who needs them open up the door



Somehow people must be free I hope the day comes soon

won't you please come to chicago show your face

From the bottom of the ocean to the mountains of the moon

won't you please come to chicago no one else can take your place



We can change the world rearrange the world

It's dying - if you believe in justice

dying - and if you believe in freedom

dying - let a man live his own life

dying - rules and regulations, who needs them open up the door





Drums & Tambourine:Johnny Barbata

Bass:Chris Ethridge

Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Organ & Tambourine:Graham Nash

Whiskers:Larry Cox

Lead Vocal:Graham Nash

Background Vocals:Rita Coolidge, Vanetta Fields, Shirley Matthews, Clydie King & Dorothy Morrison

We can change the world
We can change the world
(We can change the world)
We can change the world
(We can change the world)
(Yes, we can)
We can change the world
(We can change the world)

We can change the world
(We can change the world)
We can change the world
We can change the world
We can change