NEIL YOUNG: Zuma (1975)

1. Don't Cry No Tears
2. Dangerbird
3. Pardon My Heart
4. Lookin' For A Love
5. Barstool Blues
6. Stupid Girl
7. Drive Back
8. Cortez The Killer
9. Through My Sails

DON'T CRY NO TEARS
Don't cry no tears around me
Don't cry no tears around me
'Cause when all the water's gone
The feeling lingers on
Old true love ain't too hard to see
Don't cry no tears around me.

Well I wonder who's with her tonight?
And I wonder who's holding her tight?
But there's nothing I can say
To make him go away
Old true love ain't too hard to see
Don't cry no tears around me.

There's nothing I can say
To make him go away
Old true love ain't too hard to see
Don't cry no tears around me
Don't cry no tears around me.

DANGERBIRD
Danger bird, he flies alone

And he rides the wind back to his home

Although his wings have turned to stone

And we used to be so calm

Now I think about you all day long

That's the moment that he cracked

'Cause you've been with another man long ago in the museum with his friends.

Here you are and here I am.

The jailbird takes the raps

And he finds himself spread-eagled on the tracks

But the training that he learned will get him nowhere fast.

And I know we should be free

With the rain pounding on his back he recalls

But freedom's just a prison to me the moment that he cracked long ago in the museum

'Cause I lied to keep it kind with his friends

When I left you far behind.

And like those memories the rain keeps pounding down, down, down

And though these wings have turned to stone

I can fly fly fly away.

Watch me fly above the city

Like a shadow on the sky.

Fly, fly, fly.

PARDON MY HEART
It's a fallen situation
When all eyes are turned in
And a love isn't flowing
The way it could have been.
You brought it all on
Oh, but it feels so wrong
You brought it all on
No, no, no, I don't believe this song
You brought it all on.

It's a sad communication
With little reason to believe
When one isn't giving
And one pretends to receive.
You brought it all on
Oh, but it feels so wrong
You brought it all on
No, no, no, I don't believe this song
You brought it all on.

Pardon my heart
If I showed that I cared
But I love you more than moments
We have or have not shared.
You brought it all on
Oh, and it feels so good
You brought it all on
When love flows the way that it should
You brought it all on.
It feels so good
It feels so good
You feel good.

LOOKIN' FOR A LOVE
I've been looking for a lover
But I haven't met her yet
She'll be nothing like I pictured her to be
In her eyes I will discover
Another reason why
I want to live and make the best of what I see.

Where the sun hits the water
And the mountains meet the sand
There's a beach that I walk along sometimes
And maybe there I'll meet her
And we'll start to say 'hello'
And never stop to think of any other time.

Looking' for a love that's right for me
I don't know how long it's going to be
But I hope I treat her kind
And don't mess with her mind
When she starts to see the darker side of me.

Looking' for a love that's right for me
I don't know how long it's going to be
But I hope I treat her kind
And don't mess with her mind
When she starts to see the darker side of me.
I've been looking for a lover
But I haven't met her yet
She'll be nothing like I pictured her to be
In her eyes I will discover
Another reason why
I want to live and make the best of what I see.

BARSTOOL BLUES
If I could hold on to just one thought for long enough to know
Why my mind is moving so fast and the conversation is slow.
Burn off all the fog and let the sun through to the snow
Let me see your face again before I have to go.

I have seen you in the movies and in those magazines at night
I saw you on the barstool when you held that glass so tight.
And I saw you in my nightmares but I'll see you in my dreams
And I might live a thousand years before I know what that means.

Once there was a friend of mine who died a thousand deaths
His life was filled with parasites and countless idle threats.
He trusted in a woman and on her he made his bets
Once there was a friend of mine who died a thousand deaths.

STUPID GIRL
You're just a stupid girl
You really got a lot to learn
Start living again
Forget about remembering
You're such a stupid girl.

You're such a beautiful fish
Floppin' on the summer sand
Lookin' for the wave you missed
When another one is close at hand
You're such a stupid girl.

You're such a stupid girl.

I saw you in Mercedes Benz
Practicing self-defense
You got it pretty good I guess
I couldn't see your eyes
You're really stupid, girl.

You're such a stupid girl.

DRIVE BACK
Whatever gets you through the night
That's all right with me
When it's time to say goodbye
I have to make you see
You won't know me
I won't call you
I won't be there
To remind you
What you told me
When I showed you
In the morning
Let me know you'll
Drive back to your old town
I wanna wake up with no-one around
Drive back to your old town.

If somebody
Is haunting your mind
Look in my eyes
Let me hide you
From yourself and
All your old friends
Every good thing
Comes to an end.
Drive back, drive back, drive back.

Drive back to your old town
I wanna wake up with no-one around
Drive back to your old town.

CORTEZ THE KILLER
He came dancing across the water

With his galleons and guns

Looking for the new world

In that palace in the sun.

On the shore lay Montezuma

With his coca leaves and pearls

In his halls he often wondered

With the secrets of the worlds.

And his subjects gathered 'round him

Like the leaves around a tree

In their clothes of many colors

For the angry gods to see.

And the women all were beautiful

And the men stood straight and strong

They offered life in sacrifice

So that others could go on.

Hate was just a legend

And war was never known

The people worked together

And they lifted many stones.

They carried them to the flatlands

And they died along the way

But they built up with their bare hands

What we still can't do today.

And I know she's living there

And she loves me to this day

I still can't remember when

Or how I lost my way.

He came dancing across the water

Cortez, Cortez

What a killer.

THROUGH MY SAILS
Still glaring from the city lights
Into paradise I soared
Unable to come down
For reasons I'd ignored.
Total confusion,
Disillusion
New things I'm knowin'.

I'm standing on the shoreline
It's so fine out there
Leaving with the wind blowing
But love takes care.
Know me, know me
Show me, show me
New things I'm knowin'.

Wind blowing through my sails
It feels like I'm gone
Leaving with the wind blowing
Through my sails.