neil young
When you have been suffering through four tracks of Neil Young's 1985-album "Old Ways", you face this ridiculous song, and you won't know wheather keeping on listening or break that medium into pieces. It is the most odd Neil Young song ever written.
An upright bass goes tango. Neil's haunted voice launches a scene from a space station. Following violins, choirs from Hell and vice versa slightly out of tune. But good ol' Neil is talking about misfits, thus he makes the sound misfitting, and it works. This song was never meant for guitars - but I've heard it that way from a concert in Australia, grumble. It's never been covered except by a couple of tribute bands, omigosh ...
Neil Young is unpredictable. «He's a walking contradiction; partly truth and partly fiction» [Kris Kristofferson] and still surprising more than thirty years after this ... song ..?
up in that new space station living Kennedy's dream
there was an automatic camera shooting elephantine
well the crew was relaxing before the video screen
watching old reruns of Mohammed Ali
the voice of Houston calling brought them back to the scene
except the sky is falling • do you know what that means?
out on that Texas sidewalk through the hotel mezzanine
there walked a see-thru' hooker to a suite with two TVs
but by the elevator she began to sneeze
with an attack so uncontrolled it brought her to her knees
and then the hotel doctor with nurse and stethoscope
announced the worst is over but for her there is no hope
way down in South Dakota on the Needles Highway
there's a lone red rider on the road today
and though his war is over he's fighting on anyway
although he's seldom sober • he's drinking whisky all day
down in that old box canyon where only misfits can go
he rides with no companion but saloon and rodeo
up in that new space station living Kennedy's dream
there's an automatic camera shooting elephantine
well the crew is relaxing before the video screen
watching old reruns of Mohammed Ali
the voice of Houston calling brought them back to the scene
except the sky is falling • do you know what that means?
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Chords in brackets may be omitted.
A D A D A up in that new space station living Kennedy's dream A E E7 A there was an automatic camera shooting elephantine A D A D A well the crew was relaxing before the video screen A C#m F#m Bm7 E watching old reruns of Mohammed Ali E Bm7 D the voice of Houston calling brought them back to the scene D Bm7 D A except the sky is falling do you know what that means?
