Neil Young – Harvest Moon [1992]

1992 Reprise Records

1. Unknown Legend (4:32)
2. From Hank to Hendrix (5:12)
3. You and Me (3:45)
4. Harvest Moon (5:03)
5. War of Man (5:41)
6. One of These Days (4:55)
7. Such a Woman (4:36)
8. Old King (2:57)
9. Dreamin’ Man (4:36)
10. Natural Beauty (10:22)

 

Unknown Legend

She used to work in a diner
Never saw a woman look finer
I used to order just to watch her float across the floor
She grew up in a small town
Never put her roots down
Daddy always kept movin’ so she did too

Somewhere on a desert highway
She rides a Harley-Davidson
Her long blonde hair flyin’ in the wind
She’s been runnin’ half her life
The chrome and steel she rides
Collidin’ with the very air she breathes
The air she breathes

You know it ain’t easy
You got to hold on
She was unknown legend in her time
Now she’s dressing two kids
Lookin’ for a magic kiss
She gets the far-away look in her eyes

Somewhere on a desert highway
She rides a Harley-Davidson
Her long blonde hair flyin’ in the wind
She’s been runnin’ half her life
The chrome and steel she rides
Collidin’ with the very air she breathes
The air she breathes

 

From Hank to Hendrix

From Hank to Hendrix
I walked these streets with you
Here I am with this old guitar
Doin’ what I do

I always expected
That you would see me through
I never believed in much
But I believed in you

Can we get it together
Can we still stand side by side
Can we make it last
Like a musical ride?

From Marilyn to Madonna
I always loved your smile
Now we’re headed for the big divorce
California-style

I found myself singin’
Like a long-lost friend
The same thing that makes you live
Can kill you in the end

Can we get it together
Can we still stand side by side
Can we make it last
Like a musical ride?

Sometimes it’s distorted
Not clear to you
Sometimes the beauty of love
Just comes ringin’ through

New glass on the window
New leaf on the tree
New distance between us
You and me

Can we get it together
Can we still stand side by side
Can we make it last
Like a musical ride?

 

    You and Me

Open up your eyes
See how life time flies
Open up and let the light back in

Open up your heart
Let the lovin’ start
Open up and let the light back in

I was thinking of you and me
Makin’ love beneath the tree
And now I wonder could it be

Thinkin’ ’bout the times we had
Some were good and some were bad
Guitar fightin’ the TV

I was thinkin’ ’bout you and me
I was thinkin’ ’bout you and me
I was thinkin’ of you and me
I was thinkin’ ’bout you and me

Lookin’ at you just the other night
Dancin’ in the evening light
True love conquers all

Old man sittin’ there
Touch of grey, but he don’t care
When he hears his children call

I was thinkin’ of you and me
I was thinkin’ ’bout you and me
I was thinkin’ ’bout you and me
I was thinkin’ ’bout you and me

Open up your eyes
See how life time flies
Open up and let the light back in

 

Harvest Moon

Come a little bit closer
Hear what I have to say
Just like children sleepin’
We could dream this night away

But there’s a full moon risin’
Let’s go dancing in the light
We know where the music’s playin’
Let’s go out and feel the night

Because I’m still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because I’m still in love with you
On this harvest moon

When we were strangers
I watched you from afar
When we were lovers
I loved you with all my heart

But now it’s gettin’ late
And the moon is climbin’ high
I want to celebrate
See it shinin’ in your eye

Because I’m still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because I’m still in love with you
On this harvest moon

 

War of Man

The little creatures run in from the cold
Back to the nest just like the days of old
There in the safety of a mother’s arms
The warmth of ages, far away from harm again

Ears ringin’ from the battle fire
The tired warrior aims a little higher
The black falcon or the little sparrow
The heating light of the flash of the barrel

No one wins
It’s a war of man
No one wins
It’s a war of man

Silver man flyin’ in the wind
Down through the planets on the run again
No one knows where they’re runnin’ to
But every kind is comin’ two by two

Out on the delta where the hoofbeats pound
The daddy’s runnin’ on the frozen ground
Can’t smell the poison as it follows him
Can’t see the gas and machines, it’s a war of man

No one wins
It’s a war of man
No one wins
It’s a war of man

The windows open and the little girl dreams
The sky’s her playground as she mounts her steed
Across the heavens to the other side
On wings of magic does the little girl ride

The baby creatures run in from the cold
Back to the nest just like the days of old
There in the safety of a mother’s arms
The warmth of ages, far away from harm again

No one wins
It’s a war of man
No one wins
It’s a war of man
No one wins

 

    One of These Days

One of these days
I’m going to sit down and write a long letter
To all the good friends
I’ve known
And I’m going to try
To thank them all for the good times together
Though so apart
We’ve grown

One of these days
I’m going to sit down and write a long letter
To all the good friend I’ve known
One of these days
One of these days
One of these days
And it won’t be long
It won’t be long

And I’m gonna thank
That old country fiddler
And all those ruff boys
Who play that rock and roll
I never tried
To burn any bridges
Though I know I let some
Good things go

One of these days
I’m going to sit down and write a long letter
To all the good friends I’ve known
One of these days
One of these days
One of these days
And it won’t be long
It won’t be long

From down in L.A.
All the way to Nashville
New York City
To my Canadian prairie home
My friends are scattered
Like leaves from an old maple
Some are weak
Some are strong

One of these days
I’m going to sit down and write a long letter
To all the good friends I’ve known
One of these days
One of these days
One of these days
And it won’t be long
It won’t be long

One of these days
One of these days
One of these days
And it won’t be long
It won’t be long

 

       Such a Woman

You are such a woman to me
And I love you
Our love will live
Until the end of all time

No one else can kill me like you do
No one else can fill me like you do
And no one else can feel our pain

Love is a healer
And I love you

No one else can fill me like you do
No one else can kill me like you do
And I love you

You are such a woman to me

 

  Old King

King went a-runnin’ after deer
Wasn’t scared of jumpin’ off the truck in high gear
King went a-sniffin’ and he would go
Was the best old hound dog I ever did know

I had a dog and his name was King
I told the dog about everything
There in my truck the dog and I
Then one day the King up and died

Then I thought about the times we had
Once when I kicked him when he was bad
Old King sure meant a lot to me
But that hound dog is history

King went a-runnin’ after dear
Wasn’t scared of jumpin’ off the truck in high gear
King went a-sniffin’ and he would go
Was the best old hound dog I ever did know

That old King was a friend of mine
Never knew a dog that was half as fine
I may find one, you never do know
‘Cause I still got a long way to go

I had a dog and his name was King
I told the dog about everything
Old King sure meant a lot to me
But that hound dog is history

King went a-howlin’ after deer
Wasn’t scared of jumpin’ off the truck in high gear
King went a-sniffin’ and he would go
 
Was the best old hound dog I ever did know

 

  Dreamin’ Man

I’m a dreamin’ man
Yes, that’s my problem
I can’t tell when I’m
Not being real
In the meadow dusk
I park my Aerostar
With a loaded gun
And sweet dreams of you

I’ll always be a dreamin’ man
I don’t have to understand
I know it’s alright

I see your curves and I
Feel your vibrations
You dressed in black and white
You lost in the mall
I watch you disappear
Past _Club Med Vacations_
Another sleepless night
A sun that won’t fall

I’ll always be a dreamin’ man
I don’t have to understand
I know it’s alright

Now the night is gone
A new day is dawning
And our homeless dreams
Go back to the street
Another time and place
Another civilization
Would really make this life
Feel so complete

I’ll always be a dreamin’ man
I don’t have to understand
I know it’s alright

Dreamin’ man
(He’s got a problem)
Dreamin’ man
Dreamin’ man
(He’s got a problem)
Dreamin’ man

 

Natural Beauty

On the roller coaster ride
That my emotions have to take me on
I heard a newborn baby cry
Through the night
I heard a perfect echo die
Into an anonymous wall of digital sound
Somewhere deep inside
Of my soul

A natural beauty should be
Preserved like a monument to nature
Don’t judge yourself too harsh my love
Or someday you might find your soul endangered
A natural beauty should be
Preserved like a monument to nature

Amazon
You had so much and now so much is gone
What are you gonna do
With your life?
What a lucky man
To see the earth before it touched his hand
What an angry fool
To condemn
One more night to go
One more sleep upon your burning banks
A greedy man never knows
What he’s done

A natural beauty should be
Preserved like a monument to nature
Don’t sell yourself too short my love
Or someday you might find your soul endangered
A natural beauty should be
Preserved like a monument to nature

Went to the rodeo today
I saw the cowgirls lined up on the fence
A brand new Chevrolet
A brand new pair of seamless pants
We watched the moment of defeat
Played back over the video screen
Somewhere deep inside
Of my soul

A natural beauty should be
Preserved like a monument

 

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Neil Young & The Stray Gators:
Neil Young: guitar, banjo-guitar, piano, pump organ, vibes, vocal
Ben Keith: pedal steel guitar, dobro, bass marimba, vocal
Kenny Buttrey: drums
Tim Drummond: bass, marimba, broom
Spooner Oldham: piano, pump organ, keyboards

Linda Ronstadt: vocal
James Taylor: vocal
Nicolette Larson: vocal
Astrid Young: vocal
Ben Keith: vocal
Larry Cragg: vocal

Strings on Such A Woman:
Maria Newman
Robin Lorenz
Berg Garabedian
Betty Byers
Valerie Dimond
Carrie Prescott
David Stenke
Larry Corbett
Greg Gottlieb
Haim Sitrum
Cindy McGurty
Harris Goldman
Israel Baker
Rick Gerding
Matt Funes
Adriana Zoppo
Ericka Duke
David Shamban

Recorded at Redwood Digital, Woodside, CA, Sept. 20, 1991-Feb. 1, 1992, except
Natural Beauty recorded live at Portland Auditorium, Portland, OR, Jan. 23, 1992 and later at Redwood Digital
Such A Woman strings recorded at Sunset Sound, Hollywood; arranged by Jack Nitzsche

Produced by Neil Young & Ben Keith

 

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