Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Life [1987]

Year Released:  1987
Record Company: Geffen

1. Mideast Vacation (4:21)
2. Long Walk Home (4:56)
3. Around the World (5:26)
4. Inca Queen (7:56)
5. Too Lonely (2:48)
6. Prisoners of Rock ‘N’ Roll (3:12)
7. Cryin’ Eyes (2:52)
8. When Your Lonely Heart Breaks (5:16)
9. We Never Danced (3:37)

 

 

   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
In a community of strife
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

 

LONG WALK HOME

If liberty was a little girl
Watching all the flags unfurl
Standing at the big parade
How would she like us now?

We balance the power
>From hour to hour
Giant guns rage
It’s such a long walk home
It’s such a long walk home
It’s such a long walk home

>From Vietnam to old Beirut
If we are searching for the truth
Why do we feel that double-edged blade
Cutting through our hand

America, America
Where have we gone?
It’s such a long walk home
It’s such a long walk home
It’s such a long walk home

With balance of power
>From hour to hour
Giant guns rage
It’s such a long walk home
It’s such a long walk home
It’s such a long walk home

 

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
Sharing with the 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 – ooh ooh
Fashion change – style change

Hey! what’s that you got on? You’re sure looking good tonight
Where’d you pick that up anyway? Wow! you’re looking beautiful!
Hey! you are somethin’ else tonight
so skin tight… wooh, yeah come on, lets go out!

Why do we have to hate
Why do we incinerate
Why don’t we illuminate
Around the world
Around the world
Why don’t we illuminate
Why don’t we illuminate
Around the world

 

    INCA QUEEN

Once there was an Inca Queen
She gazed at her sundial
All around her workers raised
Golden idols to her smile
The waiting years weren’t hard to see
Behind the tears of Mercury

She spoke of silver from the sky
And many floating safety boats
To pick them up when they would fly
Far above their dreams and hopes
And they a mountain city raised
Where their queen above the clouds
Could watch out

Inca Queen has, Inca Queen has come
Out in the jungle the drums were heard, Inca Queen has come
>From the biggest elephant to the smallest bird, Inca Queen has come
She spoke of silver from the sky Inca Queen has come
To pick them up when they would fly Inca Queen has come

Once there was an Inca Queen
She gazed at her sundial
All around her workers raised
Golden idols to her smile
And though the air was thin and cold
Soon the day would come the queen had told
Inca Queen has Inca Queen has Inca Queen has come

 

TOO LONELY

Too lonely
Too lonely
Too lonely to fall in love
Too lonely
Too lonely
Too lonely to fall in love

I got a key chain
Good luck charm
I drive a fast car
Got a strong arm

Too lonely
Too lonely
Too lonely to fall in love
Too lonely
Too lonely
Too lonely to fall in love

She’s got the big lips (big lips)
She’s got the tight dress (tight dress)
Working for a big tip (big tip)
She don’t got for less (go for less)

Too lonely
Too lonely
Too lonely to fall in love
Too lonely
Too lonely
Too lonely to fall in love

She wears a fur coat (fur coat)
She’s got a gold ring (gold ring)
Comes from a good home (good home)
Lookin’ for a new thing (new thing)

She’s too lonely
Too lonely
Too lonely to fall in love
Too lonely
Too lonely
Too lonely to fall in love

 

    PRISONERS OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL

People tell us that we play to loud
But they don’t know what our music’s about
We never listen to the record company man
They try to change us and ruin our band

That’s why we don’t wanna be good
That’s why we don’t wanna be good
Whoa…………….
We’re prisoners of rock and roll

When were jammin’ in our old garage
The girls come over and it sure gets hot
We don’t wanna be watered down
Takin’ orders from record company clowns

That’s why we don’t wanna be good
That’s why we don’t wanna be good
Whoa…………….
We’re prisoners of rock and roll

Whoa…………….
We’re prisoners of rock and roll

 

  CRYIN’ EYES

Who’s gonna dry (who’s gonna dry)
Your cryin’ eyes (your cryin’ eyes)?
Who’s gonna wake you up to that big surprise?
Who’s gonna dry (your cryin’ eyes)?

You say that all your life you’ve been a free bird
There’s been nobody over you
And you always have to have the last word
Because one feels better than two

Who’s gonna dry (who’s gonna dry)
Your cryin’ eyes (your cryin’ eyes)?
Who’s gonna wake you up to that big surprise?
Who’s gonna dry (your cryin’ eyes)?

You say your life’s like riding on a fast train
It’s easy to see far away
But right up close it’s just a blurry haze
Flyin’ by from day to day

Who’s gonna dry your cryin’ eyes?
Who’s gonna dry your cryin’ eyes?

 

  WHEN YOUR LONELY HEART BREAKS

When your lonely heart breaks
Don’t sit counting your mistakes
Don’t be waiting for love to come back (come back)
Don’t be wastin’ time
Don’t be lost and cryin’
When your lonely heart breaks
When your lonely heart breaks

What’s your problem, she’s gone
You’re still movin’, movin’ on
You got memories, she got strong
There’s a lot of things that aren’t gone
When your lonely heart breaks
When your lonely heart breaks

When your lonely heart breaks
Don’t be cryin’ for good times you had
When your lonely heart breaks

When your lonely heart breaks
Don’t sit counting your mistakes
Don’t be waiting for love to come back (come back)
Don’t be wastin’ time
Don’t be lost and cryin’
When your lonely (lonely) heart breaks
When your lonely (lonely) heart breaks
(lonely heart, lonely heart breaks)
When your lonely (lonely) heart breaks
When your lonely heart breaks

 

     WE NEVER DANCED

Between heaven and earth
There’s a ballroom floor
Where the couples glide
In the evermore

Floating through the clouds
Dancing in the rain
Eyes that see no lies
Hearts that feel no pain

Hope it’s not too late
We were more than friends
I can hardly wait
‘Til we meet again

If you don’t really know
Where you want to go
It makes no difference
Which road you take

Hope it’s not too late
We were more than friends
I can hardly wait
‘Til we meet again

We never danced
We never danced
We never danced the night away

We never danced
We never danced
We never danced the night away

 

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Neil Young: guitar, harmonica, keyboards, vocal
Frank Sampedro: guitar, keyboards, vocal
Billy Talbot: bass, vocal
Ralph Molina: drums, vocal

Recorded at Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, CA, Nov. 18-19, 1986 and later at Record One, Los Angeles

Produced by David Briggs & Neil Young, except
We Never Danced produced by Jack Nitzsche & Neil Young