Gotta change the vocal mic on the piano
I'm playing that old country waltz
In this empty hall, bouncin' off the wall
Ain't got no excuses, I just want to play
That good old country waltz
Well, I loved, and I lost, and I cried
The day that the two of us died
Ain't got no excuses, I just want to ride
While the band plays the old country waltz
Out the window, the moonlight shines on the roofs of the cars
While the bar serves tequila and salt, oh
And the band plays the old country waltz
This old music has kept me on top
When you're down, it's a hard thing to stop
I don't need no excuses, I just want to play
That good old country waltz
And I'm playing it, that old country waltz
In this empty hall, echoin' off the wall
Ain't got no excuses, I just want to play
That good old country waltz
Ain't got no excuses, I just need to play
That good old country waltz
Neil Young - American Stars 'n Bars Album Lyrics
Neil Young - American Stars 'n Bars Lyrics
Writer: Neil Young
Copyright: Lyrics © Kanjian Music, Hipgnosis Songs Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Kanjian Music, Hipgnosis Songs Group
Saddle Up The Palomino
Oh, oh, Carmelina
The daughter of the wealthy banker
Since she came to town all my friends are gone
And I'm stuck out here with melody
Saddle up the palomino, the sun is going down
The way I feel, this must be real
If you can't cut it, don't pick up the knife
There's no reward in your conscience stored
When you're sleepin' with another man's wife
Saddle up the palomino, the sun is going down
The way I feel, this must be real
I want to lick the platter, the gravy doesn't matter
It's a cold bowl of chili when love lets you down
But it's the neighbor's wife I'm after
Saddle up the palomino, the sun is going down
The way I feel, this must be real
The daughter of the wealthy banker
Since she came to town all my friends are gone
And I'm stuck out here with melody
Saddle up the palomino, the sun is going down
The way I feel, this must be real
If you can't cut it, don't pick up the knife
There's no reward in your conscience stored
When you're sleepin' with another man's wife
Saddle up the palomino, the sun is going down
The way I feel, this must be real
I want to lick the platter, the gravy doesn't matter
It's a cold bowl of chili when love lets you down
But it's the neighbor's wife I'm after
Saddle up the palomino, the sun is going down
The way I feel, this must be real
Writer: Bobby Charles, Neil Young, Tim Drummond
Copyright: Lyrics © Word Collections Publishing, Hipgnosis Songs Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Word Collections Publishing, Hipgnosis Songs Group
Hey Babe
Hey babe, say you're mine, all mine
I need it oh so bad
Hey babe, hey babe
I know that all things pass
Let's try to make this last
Oh, can you see my love shining for you?
Oh, can you see my love shining for you?
Hey babe, can I count on you
To see me through?
Hey babe, hey babe
All I need is your love
And the stars above
Oh, can you see my love shining for you?
Oh, can you see my love shining for you?
Hey babe, say you're mine, all mine
I need you oh so bad
Hey babe, hey babe
I know that all things pass
Let's try to make this last
Oh, can you see my love shining for you?
Oh, can you see my love shining for you?
Hey babe, I know that all things pass
Let's try to make this last
I need it oh so bad
Hey babe, hey babe
I know that all things pass
Let's try to make this last
Oh, can you see my love shining for you?
Oh, can you see my love shining for you?
Hey babe, can I count on you
To see me through?
Hey babe, hey babe
All I need is your love
And the stars above
Oh, can you see my love shining for you?
Oh, can you see my love shining for you?
Hey babe, say you're mine, all mine
I need you oh so bad
Hey babe, hey babe
I know that all things pass
Let's try to make this last
Oh, can you see my love shining for you?
Oh, can you see my love shining for you?
Hey babe, I know that all things pass
Let's try to make this last
Writer: Neil Young
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
Hold Back The Tears
Hello, my old friend
It's good to see you smiling
You've been around so long, you must be strong
And single life really has its fine points
Like friends to help you out when things go wrong
Hold back the tears
That you've been cryin'
Push off the fears
When they come around
Hold back the tears
And keep on trying
Just around the next corner
May be waiting your true love
I call her name out in the night
I feel for someone but still something isn't right
Ah, those streets I hesitate to use
Start looking better when night brings on the blues
Hold back the tears
That you've been cryin'
Push off the fears
When they come around
Hold back the tears
And keep on trying
Just around the next corner
May be waiting your true love
Two lying fools
And then four cryin' eyes
Counting on one another to survive
Crazy love must surely have its pain
When getting up means going down again
Hold back the tears
That you've been cryin'
Push off the fears
When they come around
Hold back the tears
And keep on trying
Just around the next corner
May be waiting your true love
Hello, my old friend
It's good to see you smiling
It's good to see you smiling
You've been around so long, you must be strong
And single life really has its fine points
Like friends to help you out when things go wrong
Hold back the tears
That you've been cryin'
Push off the fears
When they come around
Hold back the tears
And keep on trying
Just around the next corner
May be waiting your true love
I call her name out in the night
I feel for someone but still something isn't right
Ah, those streets I hesitate to use
Start looking better when night brings on the blues
Hold back the tears
That you've been cryin'
Push off the fears
When they come around
Hold back the tears
And keep on trying
Just around the next corner
May be waiting your true love
Two lying fools
And then four cryin' eyes
Counting on one another to survive
Crazy love must surely have its pain
When getting up means going down again
Hold back the tears
That you've been cryin'
Push off the fears
When they come around
Hold back the tears
And keep on trying
Just around the next corner
May be waiting your true love
Hello, my old friend
It's good to see you smiling
Writer: Neil Young
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
Bite The Bullet
There's a bar hall queen down in Charlotte town
I'd sure like to see her when the sun goes down
I swear her hair is midnight black
And I can't wait till I get back
Carolina queen
She's a walking love machine
I'd like to make her scream
When I bite the bullet
Bite the bullet
Born and raised at the top of the South
You know she knows what it's all about
Good old boys are coming from miles around
Want to watch that bullet lay 'em down
Carolina queen
She's a walking love machine
I'd like to make her scream
When I bite the bullet
Bite the bullet
There's a bar hall queen down in Charlotte town
I'd sure like to see her when the sun goes down
Good old boys are coming from miles around
Want to watch that bullet lay 'em down
Carolina queen
She's a walking love machine
I'd like to make her scream
When I bite the bullet
Bite the bullet
I'd sure like to see her when the sun goes down
I swear her hair is midnight black
And I can't wait till I get back
Carolina queen
She's a walking love machine
I'd like to make her scream
When I bite the bullet
Bite the bullet
Born and raised at the top of the South
You know she knows what it's all about
Good old boys are coming from miles around
Want to watch that bullet lay 'em down
Carolina queen
She's a walking love machine
I'd like to make her scream
When I bite the bullet
Bite the bullet
There's a bar hall queen down in Charlotte town
I'd sure like to see her when the sun goes down
Good old boys are coming from miles around
Want to watch that bullet lay 'em down
Carolina queen
She's a walking love machine
I'd like to make her scream
When I bite the bullet
Bite the bullet
Writer: Neil Young
Copyright: Lyrics © Songtrust Ave, Hipgnosis Songs Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Songtrust Ave, Hipgnosis Songs Group
Star of Bethlehem
Ain't it hard when you wake up in the morning
And you find out that those other days are gone?
All you have is memories of happiness
Lingerin' on
All your dreams and your lovers won't protect you
They're only passing through you in the end
They'll leave you stripped of all that they can get to
And wait for you to come back again
Yet still a light is shining
From that lamp on down the hall
Maybe the star of Bethlehem
Wasn't a star at all
And you find out that those other days are gone?
All you have is memories of happiness
Lingerin' on
All your dreams and your lovers won't protect you
They're only passing through you in the end
They'll leave you stripped of all that they can get to
And wait for you to come back again
Yet still a light is shining
From that lamp on down the hall
Maybe the star of Bethlehem
Wasn't a star at all
Writer: Neil Young
Copyright: Lyrics © Kanjian Music, Hipgnosis Songs Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Kanjian Music, Hipgnosis Songs Group
Will To Love
La la la la, la la la la
La la la la, la la la la
It has often been my dream
To live with one who wasn't there
Like an ocean fish who swam upstream
Through nets, by hooks, and hungry bears
When the water grew less deep
My fins were aching from the strain
I'm swimming in my sleep
I know I can't go back again
Can't go back, I'd never lose
(Got the will to love) never lose the will to love
(Got the will to love) never lose the will
(Got the will to love) it's something from above
(Got the will to love) never lose the will to love
I can be like a fire in the night
Always warm and giving off light
But there comes a time when I shine too bright
Oh, I'm just a fire in the night
And now my fins are in the air
And my belly's scraping on the rocks
I still think someone really cares
And I'll keep swimming 'til I stop
No, no
Never lose the will to love (got the will to love)
I got the will to love (got the will to love)
I got the will to love (got the will to love)
It's like something from above (got the will to love)
I never lose the will to love (got the will to love)
La la la la, la la la la
La la la la, la la la la
I'm like a singer on the stage
With the golden lights and liquid rage
Down from the mountains to the sea
Cool running love keeps cleansing me
It keeps my gills from getting dry
But it distorts things in my eyes
Sometimes I see what really isn't there
Like my true lover, and I care
But I'll never lose (got the will to love) the will to love
(I got the will to love) never lose the will to love
(Got the will to love) it's like something from above
(Got the will to love) got the will to love
(Got the will to love) got it bad
La la la la, la la la la
La la la la, la la la la
Sometimes I ramble on and on
And I repeat myself 'til all my friends are gone
Get lost in snow, drown in rain
And never feel the same again
I remember the ocean from where I came
Just one of millions all the same
But somewhere someone calls my name
I'm a harpoon dodger, and I can't, won't be tamed
I'll never lose the will to love (got the will to love)
Never lose the will to love (got the will to love)
Never lose it (I got the will to love)
It's like something from up above
I'm not gonna lose the will to love
La la la la, la la la la
La la la la, la la la la
Baby, if I see boredom in your eyes
I'll know my river has run dry
But I won't turn back with that lonely tide
I bought that ticket and I'll take that ride
If we meet along the way
Please sway beside me, let us sway together
Our tails together and our fins and mind
We'll leave this water and let our scales shine
In the sun above and the sky below
So all the water and earth will know
It has often been my dream (la la la la, la la la la)
To live with one who wasn't there
La la la la, la la la la
It has often been my dream
To live with one who wasn't there
Like an ocean fish who swam upstream
Through nets, by hooks, and hungry bears
When the water grew less deep
My fins were aching from the strain
I'm swimming in my sleep
I know I can't go back again
Can't go back, I'd never lose
(Got the will to love) never lose the will to love
(Got the will to love) never lose the will
(Got the will to love) it's something from above
(Got the will to love) never lose the will to love
I can be like a fire in the night
Always warm and giving off light
But there comes a time when I shine too bright
Oh, I'm just a fire in the night
And now my fins are in the air
And my belly's scraping on the rocks
I still think someone really cares
And I'll keep swimming 'til I stop
No, no
Never lose the will to love (got the will to love)
I got the will to love (got the will to love)
I got the will to love (got the will to love)
It's like something from above (got the will to love)
I never lose the will to love (got the will to love)
La la la la, la la la la
La la la la, la la la la
I'm like a singer on the stage
With the golden lights and liquid rage
Down from the mountains to the sea
Cool running love keeps cleansing me
It keeps my gills from getting dry
But it distorts things in my eyes
Sometimes I see what really isn't there
Like my true lover, and I care
But I'll never lose (got the will to love) the will to love
(I got the will to love) never lose the will to love
(Got the will to love) it's like something from above
(Got the will to love) got the will to love
(Got the will to love) got it bad
La la la la, la la la la
La la la la, la la la la
Sometimes I ramble on and on
And I repeat myself 'til all my friends are gone
Get lost in snow, drown in rain
And never feel the same again
I remember the ocean from where I came
Just one of millions all the same
But somewhere someone calls my name
I'm a harpoon dodger, and I can't, won't be tamed
I'll never lose the will to love (got the will to love)
Never lose the will to love (got the will to love)
Never lose it (I got the will to love)
It's like something from up above
I'm not gonna lose the will to love
La la la la, la la la la
La la la la, la la la la
Baby, if I see boredom in your eyes
I'll know my river has run dry
But I won't turn back with that lonely tide
I bought that ticket and I'll take that ride
If we meet along the way
Please sway beside me, let us sway together
Our tails together and our fins and mind
We'll leave this water and let our scales shine
In the sun above and the sky below
So all the water and earth will know
It has often been my dream (la la la la, la la la la)
To live with one who wasn't there
Writer: Neil Young
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
Like A Hurricane
Once I thought I saw you in a crowded hazy bar
Dancing on the light from star to star
Far across the moonbeam I know that's who you are
I saw your brown eyes turning once to fire
You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer where the feeling stays
I want to love you but I'm getting blown away
I am just a dreamer, but you are just a dream
You could have been anyone to me
Before that moment you touched my lips
That perfect feeling when time just slips
Away between us on our foggy trip
You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer where the feeling stays
I want to love you but I'm getting blown away, blown away
You are just a dreamer, and I am just a dream
You could have been anyone to me
Before that moment you touched my lips
That perfect feeling when time just slips
Away between us on our foggy trip
You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer where the feeling stays
I want to love you but I'm getting blown away
Dancing on the light from star to star
Far across the moonbeam I know that's who you are
I saw your brown eyes turning once to fire
You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer where the feeling stays
I want to love you but I'm getting blown away
I am just a dreamer, but you are just a dream
You could have been anyone to me
Before that moment you touched my lips
That perfect feeling when time just slips
Away between us on our foggy trip
You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer where the feeling stays
I want to love you but I'm getting blown away, blown away
You are just a dreamer, and I am just a dream
You could have been anyone to me
Before that moment you touched my lips
That perfect feeling when time just slips
Away between us on our foggy trip
You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer where the feeling stays
I want to love you but I'm getting blown away
Writer: Neil Young
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
Homegrown
"You sound like you've been playing together for ten years"
"Yeah, yeah, that was a nice jam"
Homegrown's all right with me
Homegrown is the way it should be
Homegrown is a good thing
Plant that bell and let it ring
The sun comes up in the morning
And it shines that light around
One day, without no warning
Things start jumping up from the ground
Homegrown's all right with me
Homegrown is the way it should be
Homegrown is a good thing
Plant that bell and let it ring
Homegrown's all right with me
Homegrown is the way it should be
Homegrown is a good thing
Plant that bell and let it ring
Plant that bulb and let it blow
"Yeah, yeah, that was a nice jam"
Homegrown's all right with me
Homegrown is the way it should be
Homegrown is a good thing
Plant that bell and let it ring
The sun comes up in the morning
And it shines that light around
One day, without no warning
Things start jumping up from the ground
Homegrown's all right with me
Homegrown is the way it should be
Homegrown is a good thing
Plant that bell and let it ring
Homegrown's all right with me
Homegrown is the way it should be
Homegrown is a good thing
Plant that bell and let it ring
Plant that bulb and let it blow
Writer: Neil Young
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
American Stars 'n Bars is the eighth studio album by Canadian folk rock songwriter Neil Young, released on Reprise Records in 1977. Compiled from recording sessions scattered over a 29-month period, it includes "Like a Hurricane", one of Young's best-known songs. It peaked at #21 on the Billboard 200 and received a RIAA gold certification.
Performed By:
Neil YoungGenre(s): Heartland rock, country rock, folk rock, blues rock
Length: 37:54
Released: May 27th, 1977
Year: 1977