Neil Young – This Note’s For You [1988]Lucky Thirteen [1993]
Year Released: 1993
Record Company: Geffen
1. Sample and Hold (8:04)
2. Transformer Man (3:19)
3. Depression Blues (4:07)
4. Get Gone (5:06)
5. Don’t Take Your Love Away from Me (6:16)
6. Once an Angel (3:54)
7. Where Is the Highway Tonight? (3:04)
8. Hippie Dream (4:26)
9. Pressure (2:46)
10. Around the World (5:28)
11. Mideast Vacation (4:22)
12. Ain’t It the Truth (7:38)
13. This Note’s for You (5:34)
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TRANSFORMER MAN
Transformer man
Transformer man
You run the show
Remote control
Direct the action with a push of a button
You’re a transformer man
Power in your hand
Transformer man
Transformer man
Transformer man
Sooner or later you’ll have to see
The cause and effect
So many things still left to do
But we haven’t made it yet
Every morning when I look in your eyes
I feel electrified by you
Oh yeah
Transformer man
Transformer man
Transformer man
Still in command
Your eyes are shining on a beam through the galaxy of love
Transformer man
Unlock the secrets
Let us throw off the chains that hold you down
Sooner or later you’ll have to learn
The cause and effect
So many things still left to do
But we haven’t made it yet
Every morning when I look in your eyes
I feel electrified by you
Oh yeah
Transformer man
Transformer man
Transformer man
Transformer man
Oh, yeah
DEPRESSION BLUES
Got a woman that loves me
And I love her so
But she’s all dressed up now
With nowhere to
All our old hang-outs
Are boarded up and closed
Or bein’ bought by somebody
Nobody knows
But things ain’t that bad
We still got the kids
We’re goin’ out to the movies
Right after this
Goin’ back to school
Savin’ up my tuition
Gonna rewrite all the rules
On the old blackboard
‘Cause it seems things today
There ain’t no magic in ‘em
They don’t cut the grade
Like they used to
[CHORUS]
Depression blues
Nowhere to go
Bein’ bought by somebody
Nobody knows
Is there anybody out there
With a voice loud and clear
Gonna sing all the words
That we all wanna hear
[CHORUS]
GET GONE
When I was a young boy, it weren’t too late
I had me a Buick, was a ’48
Yeah, tons and tons of rollin’ steel
With a long black hoad and four big wheels
Well, I worked so hard I flunked out of school
And everybody said I was a teenage fool
Meanwhile I wrote me a new set of rules
‘Bout how to get gone and how to be cool
Well, we hit the road like a ton o’ bricks
With an old guitar and a few hot licks
We were rockin’ in the city and rockin’ in the sticks
Didn’t make much money but we had a lotta kicks
Get gone, get gone
Get gone, oh yeah, get gone
Well, then one day a city slicker walked up
Said, “I’m gonna make you a million bucks
Gonna fly around the country in a big ol’ plane
Gonna get a lotta drugs, gonna feel no pain”
Well, I knew we were breakin’ that highway rule
When we pulled outta town a little low on fuel
That big ol’ plane fell from the sky
Me and the boys kissed the world goodbye
Yeah, me and the boys kissed the world goodbye
Get gone, get gone
Get gone, oh yeah, get gone
DON’T TAKE YOUR LOVE AWAY FROM ME
There’s just one thing I’m askin’ of you
There’s just one thing, baby, I’m askin’ of you
Don’t ever leave me, baby
No matter what you do
There’s just one thing I’m askin’ of you
[CHORUS]
Don’t take your love away from me
Don’t take your love away from me
‘Cause if you ever leave me, baby
How wrong you would be
Don’t take your love away from me
When I make a promise, you can bet that it’s true
When I make a promise, baby, you can bet that it’s true
So put your chips down, baby
Empty your pockets, too
‘Cause when I make a promise, you can bet that it’s true
[CHORUS]
ONCE AN ANGEL
Once an angel
Always an angel
You’re as close to heaven
As I’ll ever be
It’s been six years now
Since my ring slipped on your finger
And those years have made
A better man out of me
[CHORUS]
Once an angel
Always an angel
You’re as close to heaven
As I’ll ever be
There’ve been times when
I’ve treated you so badly
I’ve done things I know
You’ll never understand
But you take me back
Turn your eyes towards the window
Where you hide the tears
You don’t want me to see
[CHORUS]
Once an angel
Always an angel
You’re as close to heaven
As I’ll ever be
You’re as close to heaven
As I’ll ever be
WHERE IS THE HIGHWAY TONIGHT?
I would be feelin’ so low
She’d have a new place to go
She’d take me in her arms
And show me all her charms
Until my troubles were gone
Then when I left her behind
Never a tear could I find
Just a haunting melody
Comin’ back to me
Where is the highway tonight?
[CHORUS]
Where is the highway tonight?
Where are those old days and crazy nights?
Now the house is all quiet and still
Coyote house on the hill
How far did I go
Before we said hello
Where is the highway tonight?
Darlin’, you’ll always be mine
I’ll never treat you unkind
But a haunting melody
Keeps comin’ back to me
Where is the highway tonight?
[CHORUS]
Where is the highway tonight?
Where are those old days and crazy nights?
A haunting melody
Keeps cominn’ back to me
Where is the highway tonight?
HIPPIE DREAM
Take my advice
Don’t listen to me
It ain’t paradise
But it used to be
There was a time
When the river was wide
And the water came runnin’ down
To the rising tide
[CHORUS]
But the wooden ships
Were just a hippie dream
Just a hippie dream
Don’t bat an eye
Don’t waste a word
Don’t mention nothin’
That could go unheard
‘Cause the tie-dye sails
Are the screamin’ sheets
And the dusty trail
Leads to blood in the streets
[CHORUS]
And the wooden ships
Are a hippie dream
Capsized in excess
If you know what I mean
Just because it’s over for you
Don’t mean it’s over for me
It’s a victory for the heart every time the music starts
So please don’t kill the machine
Don’t kill the machine
[Repeat]
PRESSURE
A funny thing happened yesterday
I felt the pressure in a brand-new way
It kept hittin’ me from all directions
I got this feelin’ I was crackin’ up
My knees were shakin’ and I couldn’t close my eyes
I fought to gain control and make corrections
A funny thing happened yesterday
I felt the pressure in a TV way
[CHORUS]
Don’t feel, don’t feel
Feel pressure from me
Don’t feel, don’t feel
No pressure from me
Don’t feel, don’t feel
Feel pressure from me
You watch the box and the video jocks
If you could talk that could even be you up there
That’s why you need Max Headroom
Too much pressure for peace on earth
Too much trying to get your money’s worth
Too much dying
The Eldorado and Mercedes Benz
The job security that never ends
[CHORUS]
Don’t feel, don’t feel
Feel pressure from me
Don’t feel, don’t feel
No pressure from me
Don’t feel, don’t feel
Feel pressure from me
I feel the pressure buildin’ every night
One of these days I’m gonna go out like a light
Oh baby
I feel the pressure buildin’ every night
One of these days I’m gonna go out like a light
AROUND THE WORLD
Boy and girl fall in love
Dreamin’ under stars above
Meanwhile push comes to shove
Around the world
Leaders fall
Leaders rise
Terror wears a thin disguise
Not much room for compromise
Around the world
Around the world
Surfers roam seven seas
Sharin’ them with submarines
Experts count on war machines
Around the world
People sweat in planted fields
Students study what is real
Someone builds a laser shield
Around the world
Around the world
Fashion change
Style change
Fashion change
Style change
Fashion change
Style change
Hey, what’s that you got on?
You’re sure lookin’ good tonight!
Where’d you pick that up, anyway?
Wow, you’re lookin’ beautiful!
Hey, you’re somethin’ else tonight!
So skin tight!
Ooh, yeah!
Come on, let’s go out…come on!
Why do we have to hate?
Why do we incinerate?
Why can’t we illuminate
Around the world
Around the world
Why don’t we illuminate
Around the world
Why don’t we illuminate
Around the world
MIDEAST VACATION
I used to watch “Highway Patrol”
Whittlin’ with my knife
But the thought never struck me
I’d be black and white for life
I was raised on law and order
I a community of strive
Became a restless boarder
And I never took a wife
I went lookin’ for Khadafy
Aboard Air Force One
But I never did find him
And the C.I.A. said “Son,
You’ll never be a hero
Your flyin’ days are done
It’s time for you to go home now
Stop sniffin’ that smokin’ gun”
I was travellin’ with my family
In the Mideast late one night
In the hotel all was quiet
The kids were out like little lights
Then the street was filled with jeeps
There was an explosion to the right
They chanted “Death to America”
I was feelin’ like a fight
So I ran downstairs
And out into the street
Someone kicked me in the belly
Someone else kissed my feet
I was Rambo in the disco
I was shootin’ to the beat
When they burned me in effigy
My vacation was complete
AIN’T IT THE TRUTH
[CHORUS]
Ain’t it the truth
Ain’t it the truth, now, baby
Ain’t it the truth, now
What’d I say?
Eat watermelon
Eat peaches and cream
Eat ripe tomatoes
You know what I mean
[CHORUS]
Your majesty
Your curvaceousness
Your highness
Your soulfulness
Make love to me, babe
Make love to me
Make me feel all right, now
Make me feel so good
THIS NOTE’S FOR YOU (FROM: LUCKY THIRTEEN)
Ain’t singin’ for Pepsi
Ain’t singin’ for Coke
I don’t sing for nobody
Makes me look like a joke
This note’s for you
Ain’t singin’ for Miller
Don’t singin’ for Bud
I won’t sing for politicians
Ain’t singin’ for Spuds
This note’s for you
Don’t need no cash
Don’t want no money
Ain’t got no stash
This note’s for you
I’ve got the real thing
I got the real thing, baby
I got the real thing
Well, all right now, yeah
This note’s this note’s this note’s this note’s for you
[Repeat]
Don’t need no cash
Don’t want no money
Ain’t got no stash
This note’s for you
Ain’t singin’ for Pepsi
Ain’t singin’ for Coke
Don’t sing for nobody
Makes me look like a joke
This note’s for YOU
This note’s this note’s this note’s this note’s for you
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Sample And Hold**
Transformer Man
Depression Blues*
Get Gone*(live at Hara Arena, Dayton, OH, Sept. 18, 1983)
Don’t Take Your Love Away From Me*(live at Hara Arena, Dayton, OH, Sept. 18, 1983)
Once An Angel
Where Is The Highway Tonight?
Hippie Dream
Pressure
Around The World
Mideast Vacation
Ain’t It The Truth*
This Note’s For You**
Neil Young: guitar, bass, synclavier, vocoder, electric piano, harmonica, vocal
Ralph Molina: drums, vocal
Frank Sampedro: guitar, keyboards
Karl Himmel: drums
Tim Drummond: bass
Ben Keith: pedal steel guitar, slide guitar, guitar, alto saxophone, vocal
Rufus Thibodeaux: fiddle
Spooner Oldham: organ
Anthony Crawford: maracas, vocal
Rick Palombi: tambourine, vocal
Craig Hayes: baritorne saxophone
Waylon Jennings: guitar, vocal
Gordon Terry: fiddle
Joe Allen: bass
Hargus “Pig” Robbins: piano
Ralph Mooney: pedal steel guitar
David Kirby: guitar
Danny Kortchmar: guitar, synthesizer, vocal
Steve Jordan: drums, synthesizer, vocal
Billy Talbot: bass
Chad Cromwell: drums
Rick (The Bass Player) Rosas: bass
Steve Lawrence: tenor sax
Larry Cragg: baritone sax
Claude Cailliet: trombone
John Fumo: trumpet
Tom Bray: trumpet
Larry Byrom: vocal
Doana Cooper: vocal
Gail Davies: vocal
Betsy Hammer: vocal
Pam Rose: vocal
Janis Oliver-Gill: vocal
Mary Ann Kennedy: vocal
Kristine Oliver-Arnold: vocal
Leona Williams: vocal
Recorded at Modern Recorders, Redwood City, CA; House Of David Studios, Nashville; The Castle, Franklin, TN, and Record One, Los Angeles, Sept. 24 1981-Mar. 17, 1986; and live at Hara Arena, Dayton, OH (“Get Gone” and “Don’t Take Your Love Away From Me”, Sept. 18, 1983); at Universal Amphitheatre, Nov. 18, 1986, and later at Record One, Los Angeles (“Mideast Vacation”); at The Palace, Hollywood, April 14, 1988 (“This Note’s For You”, and at The Agora, Cleveland, Apr. 23, 1988 (“Ain’t It The Truth”)
Original tracks produced by David Briggs, Elliot Mazer, Neil Young, Tim Mulligan, Ben Keith, Danny Kortchmar & Niko Bolas
Compiled by Neil Young at Redwood Digital, Woodside, CA
*Previously unreleased track
**Previously unreleased version