Neil Young : Chrome Dreams II

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One mornin' when I was ridin' in my old pick-up truck

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A beautiful bluebird came flyin' down

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My eyes caught the color as it led me down the road

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Dippin' and bobbin' in the sun Beautiful bluebird, see how she flies Looks like she's always goin' home If heaven had a window where the sun came shinin' through Like a beautiful bluebird, I'd come flyin' back to you Beautiful bluebird, see how she flies Looks like she's always goin' home |

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I've never seen that blue before, 'cept in one place And she's not here with me right now And just like a lover, I watched her fly away And that's what I remember now Beautiful bluebird, see how she flies Looks like she's always goin' home If heaven had a window where the sun came shinin' through Like a beautiful bluebird, I'd come flyin' back to you |

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Beautiful bluebird, see how she flies Looks like she's always goin' home If heaven had a window where the sun came shinin' through Like a beautiful bluebird, I'd come flyin' back to you If heaven had a window where the sun came shinin' through Like a beautiful bluebird, I'd come flyin' home to you |

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I'm like an eagle, I like to fly high

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I'm like the snake, I like to lay low

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I'm like the black man, I'm like a white man

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Maybe a red man, I don't know I'm just a passenger on this old freight train I ride a boxcar through the night I doesn't matter where I might get off It doesn't matter where I lie

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When the coastline is under water And the desert line is under dust And the mountain line is closed forever In the great spirit I place my trust I'm just a passenger on this old freight train I ride a boxcar through the night I doesn't matter where I might get off It doesn't matter where I lie

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Two out of work models and a fashion slave tried to dance away the Michelob night The bartender poured herself another drink, while two drunks were watching the fight Champ went down and got up again, then he went out like a light

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Fighting for the people, but his timing wasn't right The high-rolling people, taking limos in the neon light Las Vegas people, they came to see a Las Vegas fight

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Fighting for the people, yeah yeah There's man in the window with a big cigar, says everything's for sale He had a house and a boat and a railroad car, the owner's gotta go to jail He acquired these things from a life of crime, now he's selling them to make bail He was ripping off the people, selling guns to the underground Living off the people, skimming the top when there's no one around Trying to help the people, lose their ass for a piece of ground The patch-of-ground people, yeah yeah He was dealing antiques in a hardware store, but he sure had a lot to hide He had a backroom full of the guns of war, and a ton of ammunition besides Well he walked with a cane, kept a bolt on the door with five pit-bulls inside Just a warning to the people, who might try to break in at night Protection from the people, selling safety in the darkest night Trying to help the people, get the drugs to the street all right Trying to help the people, yeah Yeah Well it's hard to say where a man goes wrong, might be here and it might be there What starts out weak might get too strong, if you can't tell foul from fair But it's hard to judge from an angry throng of hands stretched up in the air Vigilante people, taking the law into their own hands The conscientious people, cracking down on the drug-lord's plans Government people, confiscating all the dealer's land The patch-of-ground people, yeah yeah A new Rolls Royce, a company car, they were racing down the street Each one was trying to make it to the gate before employees manned the fleet Trucks full of products for the modern home were set to roll out into the street Of ordinary people, trying to make their way to work The downtown people, some are saints and some are jerks Everyday people, stopping for a drink on the way to work Alcoholic people, yeah yeah, they're taking it one day at a time! Down on the assembly line they keep putting the same things out But the people today, they just ain't buying, nobody can figure it out They try like hell to build the quality in, they're working hard without a doubt Ordinary people, and the dollar's what it's all about Lee Iacocca people, but the customers are walking out The nose-to-the-stone people, they look but they just don't buy The patch-of-ground people, hey hey In a dusty town the clock struck high noon, two men stood face-to-face One wore black and one wore white, but of fear there wasn't a trace A hundred and eighty years later two hot-rods drag through the very same place A half a million people, moved in to pick up the pace A factory full of people, making parts to go to outer space A train load of people, they were aiming for another place Out-of-town people, yeah yeah Down at the factory they're putting new windows in The vandals made a mess of things and the homeless just walked right in Well they worked here once, and they live here now, but they might work here again The ordinary people, and they're living in a dream Hard-working people, and they don't know what it means To give up people, just like they used to be Patch-of-ground people, hey hey Out on the railroad track they're cleaning old number nine They're scrubbing the boiler down, well she really is looking fine Times will be different soon, they're gonna bring her back on line Ordinary people, they're gonna bring the good things back Hard-working people, put the business back on track Everyday people, I got faith in the regular kind Patch-of-ground people, yeah yeah

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Shining light, you always show me

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You always guide me, I don't know where I'm goin'

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Show me now, I waiting to see

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I waiting to feel you around me again Show me your love, show me your kind love Share you compassion, let me mine Shed your light all around me Now that you find me and I found you

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Shining light, what will you show me now?

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What can I bring to you, to stand in your glory? Shining light, when will you show your love? When I can I see you and stand in your glory?

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Shed your light, show your love Shed your light, show your love Shed your light, show your love Shining light, what will you me now? What can I bring to you, to stand in your glory? Shining light, when will you show your love? When I can I see you and stand in your glory? Shed your light, show your love Shed your light, show your love Shed your light, show your love

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) I'm just a believer baby, in those dreams of mine

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Oh yeah, I'm a believer And like that songbird singin', whether it's red or blue Just like those church bells ringin', I'm keepin' my faith in you Oh yeah, I'm the believer Oh yeah, I believe in you

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And though the seas may rise, until they do

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I keep doin' the things I'm doin', and believe in you

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I'm makin' the change, I'm keepin' my faith in you Oh yeah, I'm the believer Oh yeah, oh yeah Sure is a windy road that I walk with you Look how the trees are bendin', their leaves are fallin' too Oh yeah, oh yeah I'm the believer, babe Oh yeah

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I remember my mama saying I want to be

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On this windy road for eternity

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I'm makin' the change, I'm keepin' my faith in you Oh yeah, I'm the believer, babe I believe in you Oh yeah, I'm the believer, babe I'm the believer I'm the believer Oh yeah Oh yeah

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There's a Long highway in your mind

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A spirit road that you must find

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To get you home to peace again

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Where you belong my love lost friend

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When you're alone you cheat yourself

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You bleed yourself in a dark dark place

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Get your shoes get your hat

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Get outta here while you still can There's nothing right that you can say But you keep talking anyway Everyone seems to turn on you There's nothing right that can you ever do

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Now you're on that long highway in your mind The spirit road that you have to find You're headed home to peace again Where you belong my love lost friend You stop to eat you start to drink You don't stop and you don't think Now you lost your keys you're on your knees You're on your back looking up at the trees Now the night swirls for a little girl A speck of dust in the giant world The spirit road you must find The long highway in your mind...

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There's a Long highway in your mind A spirit road that you must find To get you home to peace again Where you belong my love lost friend Don't feed that snake that feeds on you It started out that's what you do It makes you lie it makes you cheat He steals your shoes and cuts your feet The snake keeps feeding through the night You lose your soul without fight There's right that you can say But you keep on talking anyway There's a Long highway in your mind (spirit road) A spirit road that you must find (spirit road) To get home to peace again... peace again...

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There's a Long highway in your mind A spirit road that you must find To get home to peace again Where you belong my love lost friend When you're alone you cheat yourself You paint yourself in a dark dark place Get your hat get your shoes Get outta here while you can still choose

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I'm a dirty old man, I do whatever I can Tryin' to make a livin', I'm a dirty old man I like to get hammered on Friday night Sometimes I can't wait, so Monday's alright It's a battle with the bottle, I'll win it alright But I lost another round in the bar last night I'm a dirty old man, I do what I can Tryin' to make a livin', I'm a dirty old man

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Yeah, I'm gonna get fired for drinkin' on the job Got caught with the boss's wife in the parking lot I'm gonna get killed for doin' this again But I just can't help it, it's under my skin I'm a dirty old man, I do what I can I'm gonna get hammered and do it again I'm a dirty old man, I do what I can Tryin' to make a livin', I'm a dirty old man

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Got a bag of frozen peas I use on my knees I injured from beggin' and tryin' to please If you believe that I'm losing my fat Got a workout program and a new rubber mat I'm a dirty old man, I do what I can Tryin' to make a livin', I'm a dirty old man I'm a dirty old man!

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It's a battle with the bottle, I'll win it alright But I lost another round in the bar last night I'm a dirty old man!

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When you hear that rooster crowing

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In the dawn, in the dawn

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There's really no way of knowing

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What goes on, what goes on The world is full of questions Some are answered, some are not The only faith you're keepin' Is the faith that you still got

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I love the sound of laughter

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And music in the air

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And in the ever after I know it's always there

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A man had many boxes And he liked them quite a lot But they would not be opened 'Cause the value would be shot Sometimes when I go walkin' In the trees, in the trees That's where I do my prayin' In the trees, in the trees The world is full of answers Some are right, some are wrong The one that I believe in is a wish in a song

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I love to see you smilin' And hear your voice so fair And in the ever after I know you're always there (

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Sometimes when I go walkin'

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Among the tall trees

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I feel the light comin' down on me Under moon, under sun I feel the chosen one Through the mist, come walkin' here with me And the leaves on the ground Make a rustling sound In the wind now blowing in my face It's that cool wind again And I feel my missing friend Whose counsel I can never replace

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Show me the way and I'll follow you today Show me the way and I'll follow you today

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No more darkness, no more wasted time Let me stay here with this heart of mine

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And with you I feel no hidden path

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No hidden path, no hidden path No hidden path, no hidden path No hidden path |

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| ... How you change, how you change And how you rearrange Everything that touches me |

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| Now you're her, now you're her And she's sleeping here with me Everything that touches me Ocean sky, sea of blue Let the sand wash over you Giving all that you can give Will the northern lights still play As we walk our distant days Giving all that we can give Show me the way and I'll follow you today Show me the way and I'll follow you today There's a cold wind, blowin' through my mind But I'm holdin' on to the threads of time And with you I feel no hidden path No hidden path, no hidden path No hidden path |

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Will the northern lights still play as we walk our distant days Ocean sky, sea of blue, let the sun wash over you |

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The way, we know the way, we've seen the way

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We'll show the way to getcha back home

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To the peace where you belong If you're lost and think you can't be found We know the way, we've got the way We'll lead the way to getcha back home To the peace where you belong The way, we know the way, we've got the way We'll share the way to bring you back home To the peace where you belong

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So many lost highways that used to lead home

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But now they seem used up and gone

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They sure had the magic when they were first found

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But not this road

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This road has never been closed

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It's still brand new

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The way, we know the way, we've seen the way We'll show the way to bring you back home To the peace where you belong If you're lost and think you can't be found We know the way, we've got the way We'll lead the way to getcha back home To the peace where you belong Where you belong, where you belong, where you belong We know the way to getcha back home To the peace where you belong When faceless and anonymous Come to beat down your door And say you're all washed up and done You can just say they have nothing in store To touch this soul Because they just don't know They just don't know

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The way, we know the way, we've seen the way We'll show the way to get you back home To the peace where you belong The way, we got the way, we've know the way We'll lead the way to get you back home To the peace where you belong If you're lost and think you can't be found We know the way, we've found the way We'll share the way to getcha back home To the peace where you belong The way, we know the way, we've seen the way We'll show the way to get you back home To the peace where you belong

Neil Young : Chrome Dreams II
2007

Beautiful Bluebird

Boxcar

Ordinary People

Shining Light

The Believer

Spirit Road

Dirty Old Man

Ever After

No Hidden Path

The Way

Neil Young : Chrome Dreams II 2007

Beautiful Bluebird

Boxcar

Ordinary People

Shining Light

The Believer

Spirit Road

Dirty Old Man

Ever After

No Hidden Path

The Way

Neil Young : Chrome Dreams II
2007