"helpless" (neil young)

(fotografia de caroline waltman,"geboortegrond", s/d), retirada daqui)


"There is a town in north Ontario,
With dream comfort memory to spare,
And in my mind
I still need a place to go,
All my changes were there.

Blue, blue windows behind the stars,
Yellow moon on the rise,
Big birds flying across the sky,
Throwing shadows on our eyes.
Leave us

Helpless, helpless, helpless
Baby can you hear me now?
The chains are locked
and tied across the door,
Baby, sing with me somehow.

Blue, blue windows behind the stars,
Yellow moon on the rise,
Big birds flying across the sky,
Throwing shadows on our eyes.
Leave us

Helpless, helpless, helpless." (1)

crosby, stills, nash & young


(1) retirado do cd dos crosby, stills, nash & young, déjà vu (1970)

"ohio" (neil young)

(fotografia do massacre de ken state, 1970, quando a Ohio National Guard abriu fogo contra estudantes pacifistas, retirado daqui)


"Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming we're finally on our own
this summer I hear the drumming four dead in Ohio

Gotta get down to it soldiers are gunning us down
should of been done long ago
what if you knew her and found her dead on the ground
how can you run when you know?

Gotta get down to it soldiers are gunning us down
should of been done long ago
what if you knew her and found her dead on the ground
how can you run when you know?

Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming we're finally on our own
this summer I hear the drumming four dead in Ohio" (1)

crosby, stills, nash & young


(1) retirado do cd dos crosby, stills, nash & young, so far (1974) e daqui.

"heart of gold" (neil young)

(pintura de marc chagall, "les fiancés au violiniste", 1978)


"I want to live,
I want to give
I've been a miner
For a heart of gold.

It's these expressions
I never give
That keep me searching
For a heart of gold

And I'm getting old.

Keeps me searching
For a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.

I've been to Hollywood
I've been to Redwood
I crossed the ocean
For a heart of gold

I've been in my mind,
It's such a fine line
That keeps me searching
For a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.

Keeps me searching
For a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.

Keep me searching
For a heart of gold
You keep me searching
For a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.
I've been a miner
For a heart of gold." (1)

black label society



(1) retirado do cd dos black label society, alcohol fueled brewtality live!! + 5 (2001), e daqui.



o original desta canção é da autoria do magnífico neil young, um dos mais talentosos compositores do canadá, mas que os estados unidos consideram como um dos seus filhos. o álbum do qual foi retirada esta canção é harvest, talvez o álbum com mais sucesso de young e claramente uma das suas obras-primas. outras pérolas do álbum: "harvest", "old man" e "the needle and the damage done".

jorge vicente