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There were creatures at play
Running hand in hand
Leading nowhere to stay
Driven to the mountains high
They were sunken in the cities deep
Livin' in my sleep.
I feel like goin' back
Back where there's nowhere to stay
When fire fills the sky
I'll still remember that day
These rocks I'm climbin' down
Have already left the ground
Careening through space.
I used to build these buildings
I used to walk next to you
Their shadows tore us apart
And now we do what we do
Driven to the mountains high
Sunken in the cities deep
Livin' in our sleep.
I feel like goin' back
Back where there's nowhere to stay.
Love the photo with the Go Family Farms t-shirt. Saw that Farm Aid in STL where he had both on -- STOP Corporate Farms / GO Family Farms and he ripped the red / stop tshirt off, but it was... difficult...and quite hilarious. Someone shoulda given him scissors.
Neil & EmmyLou ~ harmony for the win !
Was it EmmyLou? I thought it was Nicolette Larson?
Forever cool!
I once was a huge fan but my appreciation turned off like a light switch when he left Peggy and The Bridge School Benefit and his ranch off Skyline Blvd. IMO he killed the essence of love and heart in his song when he did all that. In other words, he irreparably fucked up in my eyes and I still hold that opinion.
I last saw him on a solo acoustic tour April 17, 2014 at the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas on the day the news broke about him divorcing Peggy and I sat there in the audience thinking "WHAT is going on here?!? This same man of peace and love is doing WHAT?!?" And indeed he walked away from all of it.
Heavy stuff - we don't know the whole story, but in principle I have to agree with you. Peggy was side swiped. I have been a Neil fan my entire life - paid to see him on numerous occasions, used to ride my mountain bike near his property. Still enjoy his music, for the same reason my respect is gone. I will never spend a dime on Neil Young again.
I still remember that day"
These lines have new meaning coming from Neil, given what happened this year in his one-time home, Los Angeles.
Classic Neil, hahaha
I last saw him on a solo acoustic tour April 17, 2014 at the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas on the day the news broke about him divorcing Peggy and I sat there in the audience thinking "WHAT is going on here?!? This same man of peace and love is doing WHAT?!?" And indeed he walked away from all of it.
Neil Old looks a lot like the Edgar skin-suit that the alien was in. (Men in Black movie) Good song.
take this album and go back over his previous six albums. wow.
The best NY song I've heard. That's not saying much, but at least it's in tune and that whining voice softened by the lady's accompnaiment (Nicolette Larson - no credit?)
quiet neil..... sleep
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil still looks good! ...David Crosby makes Keith Richards look good!
Yeah, to hell with those old people! Let's make fun of the ravages of time to make ourselves feel better. We'll all be lucky to make their age, much less with their grace, but it sure is fun to giggle at wrinkles.
Why I listen to RP - Almost as good as- nah - actually better than - playing my personal collection on random.
Just as good as listening to my own playlists on Spotify.
I ♥ NY!
But I think "Comes A Time" is one of Neil's best. Not a bad song on that album. All 9's and 10's. (This song and Motorcycle Mama are 9's, all the other tracks are 10's)
Neil's cover of Four Strong Winds introduced me to Ian Tyson, one of the all-time greats in Cowboy music.
nice memory, beautiful song. now, I'm going to have to find and listen to the album.


I really like the humor and juxtaposition. But...you know...news flash, everyone gets old. Unless you're Roger Daltrey. And I think he has not listened to his own lyrical advice & hopes. Anyway, for the record, Neil is the gift who keeps giving. Long after, you know, Dire Straits and Led Zepp, for starters, have made their last recording, NY keeps truckin'.
Bit of a resemblance to Marla Hooch...

Or my neighbor Dean.
I agree with that have listened to a lot of stuff that I have not heard in a while

Bit of a resemblance to Marla Hooch...

Before Mr. Young stopped hangin' out with James Taylor.
PARDON!

I'm with you, RabbitEars!
This was the album I got from Christmas, along with the guitar chordbook. I learned guitar by emulating every hammer note on this album. Memories of this song in particular - Rottnest Island (Perth, Australia) as a school leaver, with this song playing on the beach as we lay there sunbaking, chasing girls and contemplating our future in the bright new world after school. Thanks so much for playing it RP!
Bump
2020sk wrote:
thanks for sharing RabbitEars! what great times, strong feelings in uncomplicated music : )
Agree!
He was 33 at the time and had already released 8 or 9 solo albums previous to this plus his work with Buffalo Springfield and CSNY - who is a verteran musician in your opinion?
Sorry - how much does a clue cost where you live.....I'll send it to you.

Ah the genius of Neil Young!
Could have been Nicolette Larson, who met Neil through association with Linda Rondstat, who also sang on a lot of songs with him...
Love the song, and sure do love the multi-layered talents of NEIL YOUNG!
I think maybe he means Indianamericans
They lived with Nature. Good Concept, too.
Hmm, not too familiar with Indiana 'Mericans.
Pulling this up from the depths, because I also think it would be interesting to hear what other RPeeps have to say about the lyrics to this song. Apart from the absolute pure beauty of the music and the simplicity of the arrangement, I'd love to know how other people interpret the lyrics. I think andrewimft has a pretty good grasp of the Young perception.
What say you, RPeeps?
I think maybe he means Indianamericans
They lived with Nature. Good Concept, too.
Pulling this up from the depths, because I also think it would be interesting to hear what other RPeeps have to say about the lyrics to this song. Apart from the absolute pure beauty of the music and the simplicity of the arrangement, I'd love to know how other people interpret the lyrics. I think andrewimft has a pretty good grasp of the Young perception.
What say you, RPeeps?

Listening again, and wondering if maybe that's the point of the song.
So beautiful.

stevenv58 wrote:

I'd hate to presume to have any insight but it is fun to think about lyrics that aren't plopped right there in front of you, so here's a few possbilities...
"I used to climb these buildings" - The protagenist admits he had been caught up with the rest in pursuing 'progress', but that
"Their shadows tore us apart" - in the end perhaps he put his effort their instead of his relationship (or perhaps she drifted apart because she hadn't embraced societies idea of 'progress'.)
It does appear he's realised his folly, though, as he is "climbing down" from these rocks, or what I imagine are skyscrapers representing this ill considered progress (maybe a big record label's executive offices?). "Already left the ground" gives me the impression he's either just in time, as he climbs down just as they lose their connection with the earth (nature?) or maybe he's not in time, as they've 'already' left the ground.
"When fire fills the sky" - Perhaps he's simply saying that even at the end of it all, he'll remember things the way the were, or should have been, because it is so important to him, and it left an idellible impression on him.
The more I think about this the imagery it feels almost a reverse garden of Eden: in part due to the phrases "walked hand in hand" and being driven to the mountains.
andrewimft wrote:
I'm not sure what the song means, but my interpretation is Neil's recurring theme in his songs about love of nature and disdain for the cacophony of city life and civilization, and his theme of being present in the old days (in another life) when nature was replaced by civilization.
"I feel like going back, to where there's nowhere to stay" —I'm not sure what that means, whether he's invoking travel, or wandering in the wilderness, or celebrating the moment when you're in nature and purely living in the joy of the moment. But it's my interpretation that that's what he's getting at.
It'd be interesting for others to weigh in on what they think the lyrics to this beautiful song mean, they are not all that concrete and more ambiguous and open to interpretation.


Sarah McLachlan lined up Neil, Sheryl Crow and others to play at Ambleside. Will post again after the show! See https://www.summersessions.ca/
10!
thank god for thr mute button
and power tools

