NEIL YOUNG: After the Goldrush (1970)

1. Tell Me Why
2. After The Goldrush
3. Only Love Can Break Your Heart
4. Southern Man
5. Till The Morning Comes
6. Oh, Lonesome Me
7. Don't Let It Bring You Down
8. Birds
9. When You Dance I Can Really Love
10. I Believe In You
11. Cripple Creek Ferry

TELL ME WHY
Sailing heartships through broken harbours

Out on the waves in the night

Still the searcher must ride the dark horse

Racing alone in his fright.

Tell me why, tell me why
Is it hard to make arrangements with yourself,

When you're old enough to repay but young enough to sell?
Tell me lies later, come and see me

I'll be around for a while.

I am lonely but you can free me

All in the way that you smile

AFTER THE GOLDRUSH
Well, I dreamed I saw the knights In armor coming,

Saying something about a queen

There were peasants singing and drummers drumming

And the archer split the tree.

There was a fanfare blowing

To the sun

That was floating on the breeze.

Look at Mother Nature on the run

In the nineteen seventies.

Look at Mother Nature on the run

In the nineteen seventies.

I was lying in a burned out basement

With the full moon in my eyes.

I was hoping for replacement

When the sun burst thru the sky.

There was a band playing in my head

And I felt like getting high.

I was thinking about what a friend had said

I was hoping it was a lie.

Thinking about what a friend had said

I was hoping it was a lie.

Well, I dreamed I saw the silver space ships flying

In the yellow haze of the sun,

There were children crying and colors flying

All around the chosen ones.

All in a dream, all in a dream

The loading had begun.

They were flying Mother Nature's Silver seed to a new home in the sun.

Flying Mother Nature's Silver seed to a new home.

ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART
When you were young and on your own

How did it feel to be alone?

I was always thinking of games that I was playing.

Trying to make the best of my time.
But only love can break your heart

Try to be sure right from the start

Yes only love can break your heart

What if your world should fall apart?

I have a friend I've never seen

He hides his head inside a dream

Someone should call him and see If he can come out.

Try to lose the down that he's found

SOUTHERN MAN
Southern man better keep your head

Don't forget what your good book said

Southern change gonna come at last

Now your crosses are burning fast

Southern man

I saw cotton and I saw black

Tall white mansions and little shacks.

Southern man when will you pay them back?

I heard screamin' and bullwhips cracking

How long? How long?

Southern man better keep your head

Don't forget what your good book said

Southern change gonna come at last

Now your crosses are burning fast

Southern man

Lily Belle, your hair is golden brown

I've seen your black man comin' round

Swear by God I'm gonna cut him down!

I heard screamin' and bullwhips cracking

How long? How long?

TILL THE MORNING COMES
I'm gonna give you till the morning comes

I'm only waiting till the morning comes

OH, LONESOME ME
Everybody's going out and having fun

I'm a fool for staying home and having none.

I can't get over how she set me free.

Oh, lonesome me.
There must be some way that I can lose these lonesome blues

Forget about my past and find someone new

I've thought of everything from A to Z

Oh, lonesome me.

I'll bet she's not like me.

She's out and fancy free,

Flirting with the boys with all her charms

But I still love her so,

And brother don't you know

I'd welcome her right back here in my arms

DON'T LET IT BRING YOU DOWN
Old man lying by the side of the road

With the lorries rolling by,

Blue moon sinking from the weight of the load

And the building scrape the sky,

Cold wind ripping down the allay at dawn

And the morning paper flies,

Dead man lying by the side of the road

With the daylight in his eyes,

Don't let it bring you down
it's only castles burning,

Find someone who's turning
and you will come around.

Blind man running through the light of the night

With an answer in his hand,

Come on down to the river of sight

And you can really understand,

Red lights flashing through the window in the rain,

Can you hear the sirens moan?

White cane lying in a gutter in the lane,

If you're walking home alone,

Don't let it bring you down
it's only castles burning,

Just find someone who's turning
and you will come around.

BIRDS
Lover, there will be another one

Who'll hover over you beneath the sun

Tomorrow see the things that never come

Today
When you see me fly away without you

Shadow on the things you know

Feathers fall around you

And show you the way to go

It's over, it's over.
Nestled in your wings my little one

Is special morning brings another sun

Tomorrow see the things that never come

Today

WHEN YOU DANCE I CAN REALLY LOVE
When you dance, do your senses tingle? Then take a chance?

In a trance, while the lonely mingle with circumstance?
I've got something to tell you you make it show.

Baby come over, I know you know

When you dance I can really love.

I can love, I can really love, I can really love

Like a mountain that's growing a river that rolls

Baby come over, I know you know

When you dance I can really love

I BELIEVE IN YOU
Now that you found yourself losing your mind are you here again?

Finding that what you once thought is real is gone, and changing?
Now that you made yourself love me

Do you think I can change it in a day?

How can I place you above me?

Am I lieing to you when I say

That I believe in you?

Coming to you at night I see my questions I feel my doubts

Whishing that maybe in a year or two we could laugh and let it all out

Now that you made yourself love me

Do you think I can change it in a day?

How can I place you above me?

Am I lieing to you when I say

That I believe in you?

CRIPPLE CREEK FERRY

Hey, hey cripple creek ferry

Bulling through the overhanging trees

Make way for the Cripple Creek ferry

The waters going down it's a mighty tight squeeze

All alone the captain stands

Hasn't heard from his deck hands.

The gambler tips his hat and walks towards the door.
It's the second half of the cruise.

And do you know he hates to lose.

Hey, hey cripple creek ferry

Bulling through the overhanging trees

Make way for the Cripple Creek ferry

The waters going down it's a mighty tight squeeze