NEIL YOUNG: Hawks & Doves (1980)

1. Little Wing
2. The Old Homestead
3. Lost In Space
4. Captain Kennedy
5. Stayin' Power
6. Coastline
7. Union Man
8. Comin' Apart At Every Nail
9. Hawks & Doves

LITTLE WING
All her friends call her Little Wing
But she flies rings around them all
She comes to town when the children sing
And leaves them feathers if they fall
She leaves her feathers if they fall

Little Wing, don't fly away
When the summer turns to fall
Don't you know some people say
The winter is the best time of them all
Winter is the best of all.

THE OLD HOMESTEAD
Up and down the old homestead

The naked rider gallops through his head

And although the moon isn't full

He still feels the pull.
Out on the floor where the cowboys dance

Approaching slowly at a glance

Here comes the shadow of his stance

The reins are fallin' from his hands.

Why do you ride that crazy horse?

Inquires the shadow with little remorse

Just then a priest comes down the stairs

With a sack of dreams and old nightmares.

Who are you, the rider says

You dress in black but you talk like a Fed

You spout ideas from books that you read

Don't you care about this guy's head?

Just then the sound of hoofbeats was heard

And the sky was darkened by a prehistoric bird

Who flew between the unfulfilled moon

And the naked rider, to a telephone booth.

We'll call the moon and see what's up

I've got some change in this little tin cup

We'll say that the shadow is growin' dim

And we need some light to get back to him

Just one call should do it all

I'll carve this number on the wall

With my beak.

Flying feathers were all around

The air was filled with a ringing sound.

Two more birds, the second and the third

Came down from the sky to deliver the word.

Where have you been, they said to the first

Get back to the clouds, we're dying of thirst

There's not enough time to make that call

Let's ditch this rider, shadow and all.

The sky was filled with the beautiful birds

Still on the ground some crying was heard

With his dime in his hand and his hand on the dial

His ears were sweating as he forced a smile.

Hoofbeats beating across the range

He rode through the night with his cup of change

Tired and beaten he fell into slumber

But up in the sky they still had his number.

Up and down the old homestead

The naked rider gallops through his head

And although the moon isn't full

He still feels the pull,

Still feels the pull

LOST IN SPACE
Live with me, live with me
Live with me, live with me
Live with me.
Lost in space
I heard you were lost in space
That's such a lonely place for you to be.
Out of control
Singin' with too much soul
I heard you got out on parole
Workin' for the queen.
Gardening again
Landscape again
Keepin' all the grounds around her clean
Workin' for the queen.

Don't take out the magic pen
Don't draw on the infinity board
Your buildings, if they rise again
Would do much better on the ocean floor
They'll never feel the way they did before
They did before.
Out on the ocean floor, out on the ocean floor
What could be stranger than the unknown danger
That lies on the ocean floor?
Breakers crash on the beach
I count them like lambs in my sleep
They come at me steady
They know I'm not ready
They pound on my mattress door
Have they got a big one in store.
Losing you
I heard I was losing you
That's not the only thing that I got to lose
I got to lose
The deep see blues
Look at these blues
The deep see blues

Live with me, live with me.

CAPTAIN KENNEDY
I am a young mariner headed to war

I'm thinkin' 'bout my family and what it was for

There's water on the wood and the sails feel good

And when I get to shore I hope that I can kill good.

My father was a sailor named Captain Kennedy

He lost his wooden schooner to the Germans on the sea

Exploded on the water for everyone to see

And humiliate that American Captain Kennedy.

I saw him in Nassau in 1971

His strength was failin' but he still ran a run

He worked 'til his fingers wore to the bone

To buy that wooden schooner and sail on his own.

He was known in the islands as hundred foot iron

That steel hull freighter was passin' its time

And time flew by faster with life on the sea

And the days grew shorter for Captain Kennedy.

I am a young mariner headed to war

I'm thinkin' 'bout my family and what it was for

There's water on the wood and the sails feel good

And when I get to shore I hope that I can kill good.

STAYIN' POWER
Our love, baby, feels so right
When you're smilin' in the morning light
I ain't leavin' no way
'Cause we got stayin' power
You and I
Stayin' power through thick and thin.
Stayin' power
You and I
Stayin' power through thick and thin.

Gold and diamonds say you're mine
But true love opens the gates of time
And as we go on our way
We got stayin' power
You and I
Stayin' power through thick and thin
Stayin' power
You and I
Stayin' power through thick and thin.

COASTLINE
Down on the coastline, Highway One
People headin' out for the sun
That's where I found you, long time ago.
You're my angel, you're my queen
You're my best friends in between
We don't back down from no trouble
We do get up in the mornin'.

Oooweee, baby, what a night
That old moon sure is shinin' bright
We'll be dancin' 'til the mornin' comes.
High on the mountain top above the clouds
No wonder we get a little loud
We don't back down from no trouble
We do get up in the mornin'.

We don't back down from no trouble

We do get up in the mornin'.

UNION MAN
I'm proud to a union man
I make those meetings when I can, yeah
I pay my dues ahead of time
When the benefits come I'm last in line, yeah.
I'm proud to be a union man.

Every fourth Friday at 10 am
There's a local meeting of the A F of M, yeah!
This meeting will now come to order
Is there any new business?
Yeah, I think 'Live music are better'
Bumper stickers should be issued.
What was that?
'Live music is better' bumper stickers
Should be issued
The gentleman says
'Live music is better' bumper stickers
Should be issued
All in favor of what he said
Signify by sayin' "ay"
Ay!
If, however, you are opposed
Signify by saying "no".
I'm proud to be a union man.

COMIN' APART AT EVERY NAIL
It's awful hard to find a job
(Comin' apart at every nail)

On one side the government, the other the mob
(Comin' apart at every nail)

Hey, hey ain't that right
(Comin' apart at every nail)

The workin' man's in for a hell of a fight.
(Comin' apart at every nail)

Oh, this country sure looks good to me
But these fences are comin' apart at every nail.

Way up on the old dew line
(Comin' apart at every nail)

Some of the boys were feelin' fine
(Comin' apart at every nail)

A big light flashed across the sky
(Comin' apart at every nail)

But somethin' else went slippin' by
(Comin' apart at every nail)

Meanwhile at the Pentagon
(Comin' apart at every nail)

The brass was a wonderin' what went wrong.
(Comin' apart at every nail)

Oh, this country sure looks good to me
But these fences are comin' apart at every nail.

Hey hey, ain't that right
(Comin' apart at every nail)

Hey hey, ain't that right

(Comin' apart at every nail)

Hey hey, ain't that right

(Comin' apart at every nail)

The workin' man's in for a hell of a fight.
(Comin' apart at every nail)

Oh, this country sure looks good to me
But these fences are comin' apart at every nail.

HAWKS & DOVES
Ain't getting old, ain't getting younger though
Just getting used to the lay of the land
I ain't tongue-tied, just don't got nothin' to say
I'm proud to be livin' in the U.S.A.
Ready to go, willin' to stay and pay
U.S.A., U.S.A.
So my sweet love can dance another free day
U.S.A., U.S.A.

In history we painted pictures grim
The devil knows we might feel that way again
The big wind blows, so the tall grass bends
But for you don't push too hard my friend.
Ready to go, willin' to stay and pay
U.S.A., U.S.A.
So my sweet wife can dance another free day
U.S.A., U.S.A.

Got people here down on their knees and prayin'
Hawks and doves are circlin' in the rain
Got rock and roll, got country music playin'
If you hate us, you just don't know what you're sayin'.
Ready to go, willin' to stay and pay
U.S.A., U.S.A.
So my sweet love can dance another free day
U.S.A., U.S.A.