{"id":370,"date":"2020-05-24T22:32:44","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T22:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidredd.com\/music\/oldies\/?page_id=370"},"modified":"2020-05-24T22:52:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T22:52:58","slug":"words-i-must-say-a-lyrical-library","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.davidredd.com\/music\/oldies\/buffalo-springfield\/words-i-must-say-a-lyrical-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Words I Must Say: A Lyrical Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>For What It&#8217;s Worth<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s something happening here<br>And what it is ain\u2019t exactly clear<br>There\u2019s a man with a gun over there<br>A-tellin\u2019 me I\u2019ve got to beware<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think it\u2019s time we stop, children, what\u2019s that sound?<br>Everybody look what\u2019s going down<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s battle lines being drawn<br>And nobody\u2019s right if everybody\u2019s wrong<br>Young people speaking their minds<br>A-gettin&#8217; so much resistance from behind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s time we stop, hey, what\u2019s that sound?<br>Everybody look what\u2019s going down<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What a field day for the heat<br>A thousand people in the street<br>Singing songs and a-carryin\u2019 signs<br>Mostly say \u201cHooray for our side\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s time we stop, hey, what\u2019s that sound?<br>Everybody look what\u2019s going down<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paranoia strikes deep<br>Into your life it will creep<br>It starts when you\u2019re always afraid<br>Step out of line, the man come and take you away<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We better stop, hey, what\u2019s that sound?<br>Everybody look what\u2019s goin\u2019\u2026<br>We better stop, hey, what\u2019s that sound?<br>Everybody look what\u2019s goin\u2019\u2026<br>You better stop, now, what\u2019s that sound?<br>Everybody look what\u2019s goin\u2019\u2026<br>You better stop, children, what\u2019s that sound?<br>Everybody look what\u2019s goin\u2019\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Go and Say Goodbye<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You ask me to read this letter that you wrote the night before<br>And you really should know better cause she\u2019s worth a whole lot more<br>Brother, you know you can\u2019t run away and hide<br>Is it you don\u2019t to see her cry?<br>Is that why you won\u2019t go and say goodbye?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then you said the fault was yours and you really were to blame<br>\u2019Twas as if to close the doors and to hide away in shame<br>Brother, you know you can\u2019t run away and hide<br>Is it you don\u2019t to see her cry?<br>Is that why you won\u2019t go and say goodbye?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes and why, tell me why cant\u2019 you see that it\u2019s not right?<br>It\u2019s a lie, it\u2019s a lie&#8211;don\u2019t hide your sorrow in the night<br>Brother, you know you can\u2019t run away and hide<br>Is it you don\u2019t to see her cry?<br>Is that why you won\u2019t go and say goodbye?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I know the pain is doubled but for her it\u2019s even worse<br>You must face her with the trouble though it\u2019s hurting like a curse<br>Brother, you know you can\u2019t run away and hide<br>Is it you don\u2019t to see her cry?<br>Is that why you won\u2019t go and say goodbye?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brother, you know you can\u2019t run away and hide<br>Is it you don\u2019t to see her cry?<br>Is that why you won\u2019t go and say good\u2026<br>Go and say good\u2026<br>Go and say goodbye?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Sit Down, I Think I Love You<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sit down, I think I love you<br>Anyway, I\u2019d like to try<br>I can\u2019t stop thinking of you<br>If you go I know I\u2019ll cry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can\u2019t you see that I\u2019m a desperate man<br>I get high just being around you<br>You ought to know what they say about the bird in the hand<br>And that\u2019s why I ain\u2019t leaving without you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So if you want someone to love you<br>Pretty baby, I\u2019m your guy<br>It\u2019s not much I\u2019m asking of you<br>Just to please give me a try<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can\u2019t you see that I\u2019m a desperate man<br>I get high just being around you<br>You know what they say about the bird in the hand<br>And that\u2019s why I ain\u2019t leaving without you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So if you want someone to love you<br>Pretty baby, I\u2019m your guy<br>It\u2019s not much I\u2019m asking of you<br>Just to please give me a try<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sit down I think I love\u2026you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Nowadays Clancy Can\u2019t Even Sing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who\u2019s that stomping all over my face?<br>Where\u2019s that silhouette I\u2019m trying to trace?<br>Who\u2019s putting sponge in the bells I once rung<br>And taking my gypsy before she\u2019s begun?<br>Just singing the meaning of what\u2019s in mind<br>Before I can take home what\u2019s rightfully mine?<br>Joining and a-listening and talking in rhymes?<br>Stopping the feeling to wait for the time?<br>Who\u2019s saying \u201cBaby, that don\u2019t mean a thing\u201d?<br>Cause nowadays Clancy can\u2019t even sing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And who\u2019s all hung up on that happiness thing?<br>Who\u2019s trying to tune all the bells that he rings?<br>And who\u2019s in the corner and down on the floor<br>With pencil and paper just counting the score?<br>Who\u2019s trying to act like he\u2019s just in between?<br>The night isn\u2019t black if you know that it\u2019s green<br>Don\u2019t bother looking, you\u2019re too blind to see<br>Who\u2019s coming on like you wanted to be?<br>Who\u2019s saying \u201cBaby, that don\u2019t mean a thing\u201d<br>Cause nowadays Clancy can\u2019t even sing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And who\u2019s coming home on old 95?<br>Who\u2019s got the feeling to keep him alive?<br>Though having it, sharing ain\u2019t it quite the same<br>Paint a gold nugget, you can\u2019t lay a claim<br>Who\u2019s seeing eyes through the crack on the floor?<br>Well, there it is, baby, don\u2019t you worry no more<br>Who should be sleeping but\u2019s writing this song,<br>Wishing and hoping he weren\u2019t so damn wrong?<br>Who\u2019s saying \u201cBaby, that don\u2019t mean a thing\u201d?<br>Cause nowadays Clancy can\u2019t even sing<br>Cause nowadays Clancy can\u2019t&#8230;even sing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Hot Dusty Roads<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t tell no tales about no hot dusty roads<br>I\u2019m a city boy and I stay at home<br>I make no excuses; I just don\u2019t want to roam<br>And I don\u2019t like being alone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I give you loving and a place to take off your shoes<br>It does surprising things for a case of the blues<br>It ain\u2019t no club; you don\u2019t have to pay no dues<br>You just love me and I\u2019ll love you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And if you take some pride in being alive<br>And you\u2019re interested in looking inside of yourself<br>Just drop on by, maybe ask me why<br>At least you don\u2019t have to be by yourself<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just come out, most likely I\u2019ll be there<br>Then you look around find a comfortable chair<br>Then you sit and you might think about why he\u2019s there<br>I can\u2019t tell you why, only where<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And if you take some pride in being alive<br>And you\u2019re interested in looking inside of yourself<br>Just drop on by, maybe ask me why<br>At least you don\u2019t have to be by yourself<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just come out, most likely I\u2019ll be there<br>Then you look around, find a comfortable chair<br>Then you sit and you might think about why he\u2019s there<br>I can\u2019t tell you why, only where<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t tell no tales about no hot dusty roads<br>I\u2019m a city boy and I stay at home<br>I make no excuses; I just don\u2019t want to roam<br>And I don\u2019t like being alone (alright)<br>And I don\u2019t like being alone (one more time)<br>And I don\u2019t like being alone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Everybody\u2019s Wrong<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to my song<br>It isn\u2019t very long<br>You\u2019ll see before I\u2019m gone<br>That everybody\u2019s wrong<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those of who run to catch<br>A moment in the sun<br>Seem to find that when we\u2019re done<br>That we weren\u2019t supposed to run<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And there\u2019s too many words going down<br>They keep ringing against the walls with a hollow sound<br>All about what it\u2019s gonna be<br>Yes, you know what it was, you\u2019ll see<br>It ain\u2019t paying you and me, not a crown<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finding what you\u2019ve sought<br>After all the time you\u2019ve fought<br>Sometimes leaves you with the thought<br>That perhaps you\u2019ve just been bought<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And there\u2019s too many words going down<br>They keep ringing against the walls with a hollow sound<br>All about what it\u2019s gonna be<br>Yes, you know what it was, you\u2019ll see<br>It ain\u2019t paying you and me, not a crown<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finding what you\u2019ve sought<br>After all the time you\u2019ve fought<br>Sometimes leaves you with the thought<br>That perhaps you\u2019ve just been bought<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Flying on the Ground is Wrong<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is my world not falling down?<br>I\u2019m in pieces on the ground<br>And my eyes aren\u2019t open and I\u2019m standing on my knees<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But if crying and holding on<br>And flying on the ground is wrong<br>Then I\u2019m sorry to let you down<br>But you\u2019re from my side of town<br>And I\u2019ll miss you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turn me up or turn me down<br>Turn me off or turn me round<br>I wish I could have met you in a place where we both belong<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But if crying and holding on<br>And flying on the ground is wrong<br>Then I\u2019m sorry to let you down<br>But you\u2019re from my side of town<br>And I\u2019ll miss you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes I feel like I\u2019m just a helpless child<br>Sometimes I feel like a king<br>But baby\u2026since I have changed I can\u2019t take nothing home<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>City lights at a country fair<br>Never shine but always glare<br>If I\u2019m bright enough to see you, you\u2019re just too dark to care<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But if crying and holding on<br>And flying on the ground is wrong<br>Then I\u2019m sorry to let you down<br>But you\u2019re from my side of town<br>And I\u2019ll miss you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Burned<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Been burned and with both feet on the ground<br>I\u2019ve learned that it\u2019s painful coming down<br>No use running away<br>And there\u2019s no time left to stay<br>Now I\u2019m finding out that it\u2019s so confusing<br>No time left and I know I\u2019m losing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flash and I think I\u2019m falling down<br>Crash and my ears can\u2019t hear a sound<br>No use running away<br>And there\u2019s no time left to stay<br>Now I\u2019m finding out that it\u2019s so confusing<br>No time left and I know I\u2019m losing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now I\u2019m finding out that it\u2019s so confusing<br>No time left and I know I\u2019m losing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Been burned and with both feet on the ground<br>(Been burned and with both feet on the ground)<br>I\u2019ve learned that it\u2019s painful coming down<br>No use running away<br>And there\u2019s no time left to stay<br>Now I\u2019m finding out that it\u2019s so confusing<br>No time left and I know I\u2019m losing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Do I Have to Come Right Out and Say It<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do I have to come right out and say it,<br>Tell you that you look so fine?<br>Do I have to come right out and ask you to be mine?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If it was a game I could play it<br>Trying to make it but I\u2019m losing time<br>I\u2019ve got to bring you in&#8211;you\u2019re overworking my mind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indecision is crowding me<br>I have no room to spare<br>And I can\u2019t believe she\u2019d care<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like a dream she has taken me<br>And now I don\u2019t where<br>And a part of me is scared<br>The part of me I shared once before<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do I have to come right out and say it,<br>Tell you that you look so fine? (Look so fine)<br>Do I have to come right out and ask you to be mine?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indecision is crowding me<br>I have no room to spare<br>And I can\u2019t believe she\u2019d care<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like a dream she has taken me<br>And now I don\u2019t where<br>And a part of me is scared<br>The part of me I shared once before<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If it was a game I could play it<br>Trying to make it but I\u2019m losing time (Losing time)<br>I gotta bring you in&#8211;you\u2019re overworking my mind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do I have to come right out and say it, girl,<br>Tell you that you look so fine? (Look so fine)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Leave<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nobody knows, nobody sees<br>That what you can do, Well you done it to please<br>Which is most of the time not me<br>Yeah, hear my plea&#8212;leave!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Go away to stay<br>Get out of my life, you ain\u2019t my wife<br>I\u2019m free to choose to be<br>Yeah, hear my plea&#8212;leave!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You will be sorry when you wake up tomorrow<br>And you need my love, I won\u2019t speed my love<br>You won\u2019t accept the fact<br>That I\u2019m not ready for step above, forever love<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the look on your face<br>You decided to make it to another place<br>I\u2019ll see you around, my sweet<br>Won\u2019t you please hear my plea&#8212;leave! (Alright!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You will be sorry when you wake up tomorrow<br>And you need my love, I won\u2019t speed my love<br>You won\u2019t accept the fact<br>That I\u2019m not ready for step above, forever love<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the look on your face<br>You decided to make it to another place<br>I\u2019ll see you around, my sweet<br>Won\u2019t you please hear my plea&#8212;leave!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nobody knows, nobody sees<br>That what you can do, well you done it to please<br>Which is most of the time not me<br>Yeah, hear my plea&#8212;leave!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Out of My Mind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Out of my mind<br>And I just can\u2019t take it anymore<br>Left behind<br>By myself and what I\u2019m living for<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All I hear are screams (All I hear are screams)<br>From outside the limousines (Shiny limousine)<br>That are taking me\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Out of my mind<br>Through the keyhole in an open door<br>Happy to find<br>That I don\u2019t know what I\u2019m smiling for<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tired of hanging on (Tired of hanging on)<br>If you miss me, I\u2019ve just gone (Miss me, I\u2019ve just gone)<br>Cause they\u2019re taking me\u2026<br>Out of my mind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Out of my mind<br>And I just can\u2019t take it anymore<br>Left behind<br>By myself and what I\u2019m living for<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All I hear are screams (All I hear are screams)<br>From outside the limousines (Shiny limousine)<br>That are taking me\u2026.<br>Out of my mind<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Pay the Price<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, I\u2019ve heard this story once before<br>And I know what the tears are for<br>That\u2019s a line that I just can\u2019t buy<br>You can\u2019t fool me, so don\u2019t try<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I see another man in your eyes<br>Yes, and you\u2019re old enough to know you can\u2019t live lies<br>Yes, and so I\u2019m telling you just exactly what to do<br>Cause you can\u2019t have two takes of advice<br>Pay the price<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And it was another time and place<br>Another day, another face<br>I\u2019m telling you babe, it\u2019s all you know<br>That one of us is going to have to go<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I see another man in your eyes<br>Yes, and you\u2019re old enough to know you can\u2019t live lies<br>Yes, and so I\u2019m telling you just exactly what to do<br>Cause you can\u2019t have two takes of advice<br>Pay the price<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, and I know you hate to see me cry<br>But I have to go and I\u2019ll tell you why<br>Without your love I just can\u2019t go on<br>And three\u2019s a crowd (and it\u2019s wrong)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I see another man in your eyes<br>Yes, and you\u2019re old enough to know you can\u2019t live lies<br>Yes, and so I\u2019m telling you just exactly what to do<br>Cause you can\u2019t have two takes of advice<br>Pay the price<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I see another man in your eyes<br>Yes, and you\u2019re old enough to know you can\u2019t live lies<br>Yes, and so I\u2019m telling you just exactly what to do<br>Cause you can\u2019t have two takes of advice<br>Pay the price<br>Pay the price<br>Pay the price<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Mr. Soul<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, hello, Mr. Soul I dropped by to pick up a reason<br>For the thought that I caught that my head is the event of the season<br>Why in crowds just the trace of my face could seem so pleasing<br>Oh come out to the change but a stranger is putting the tease on&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was down on a frown when the messenger brought me a letter&nbsp;<br>I was razed by the praise of a fan who said I upset her&nbsp;<br>Any girl in the world could have easily known me better&nbsp;<br>She said \u201cYour strange, but don\u2019t change\u201d and I let her&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a while will the smile on my face turn to plaster&nbsp;<br>Stick around while the clown who is sick does the trick of disaster&nbsp;<br>For the race of my head and my face is moving much faster&nbsp;<br>Is it strange I should change?&nbsp;&nbsp;I don\u2019t know, why don\u2019t you ask her&nbsp;<br>Is it strange I should change?&nbsp;&nbsp;I don\u2019t know, why don\u2019t you ask her&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Is it strange I should change?&nbsp;&nbsp;I don\u2019t know, why don\u2019t you ask her<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a>A Child\u2019s Claim to Fame<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There goes another day and I wonder why&nbsp;<br>You and I keep telling lies&nbsp;<br>I can\u2019t believe what you say&nbsp;<br>Cause tomorrow\u2019s lullaby&nbsp;<br>Can\u2019t pass it by&nbsp;<br>My lonesome cryin\u2019&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Make believe is all you know&nbsp;<br>And to make believe is a game&nbsp;<br>A child\u2019s reign&nbsp;<br>You changed your name&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So sadly I watched the show&nbsp;<br>As you see what you became&nbsp;<br>Truth is a shame<br>Too much pain&nbsp;<br>There goes another day and I wonder why&nbsp;<br>You and I keep telling lies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Everydays<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Look at the sad goodbyes&nbsp;<br>Everyday\u2019s a-killin\u2019 time&nbsp;<br>Sun comin\u2019 up outside&nbsp;<br>No matter what this time&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Saturday\u2019s child stays home&nbsp;<br>Nothing to say so wrong&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, well, another day&nbsp;<br>Well, well, well, another day&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grocery store, ten clerks&nbsp;<br>Just making change, plastic jerks&nbsp;<br>Up in a tree a jay bird&nbsp;<br>Yellin\u2019 at me no words&nbsp;<br>Everyone looks, can\u2019t see ????&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, well, another day&nbsp;<br>Well, well, well, another day&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Something in the way with things&nbsp;<br>Of ecstasy the sound of trees&nbsp;<br>Most any breeze&nbsp;<br>What a baby sees&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beautiful face alright&nbsp;<br>Many a place uptight&nbsp;<br>Old woman there with red shoes&nbsp;<br>A million balloons, all huge&nbsp;<br>Driving the hills forget fears&nbsp;<br>Gettin\u2019 it on in second gear&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, well, another day&nbsp;<br>Well, well, another day&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Something in the way with things&nbsp;<br>Of ecstasy the sound of trees&nbsp;<br>Most any breeze&nbsp;<br>What a baby sees<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Expecting to Fly<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There you stood on the edge of your feather&nbsp;<br>Expecting to fly&nbsp;<br>While I laughed I wondered whether I could wave goodbye&nbsp;<br>Knowing that you\u2019d gone&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the summer, it was healing&nbsp;<br>We had said goodbye&nbsp;<br>All the years we\u2019d spent with feeling&nbsp;<br>Ended with a cry&nbsp;<br>They ended with a cry&nbsp;<br>They ended with a cry&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I tried so hard to stand&nbsp;<br>As I stumbled and fell to the ground&nbsp;<br>So hard to laugh as I fumbled&nbsp;<br>And reached for the love I\u2019d found&nbsp;<br>Knowing it was gone&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If I ever lived without you&nbsp;<br>Now you know I died&nbsp;<br>If I ever said I loved you&nbsp;<br>Now you know I tried&nbsp;<br>Babe, now you know I tried&nbsp;<br>Babe, now you know I tried Babe\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Bluebird<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to my bluebird laugh&nbsp;<br>She can\u2019t tell you why&nbsp;<br>Deep within her heart, you see&nbsp;<br>She knows only cryin\u2019&nbsp;<br>Just cryin\u2019&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There she sits aloft a perch&nbsp;<br>Strangest color blue&nbsp;<br>Flying is forgotten now&nbsp;<br>Thinks only of you&nbsp;<br>Just you&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, so get all those blues&nbsp;<br>Must be a thousand yous&nbsp;<br>And be just differently used&nbsp;<br>You just know&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You sit there mesmerized&nbsp;<br>By the depth of her eyes&nbsp;<br>If you can categorize&nbsp;<br>She got soul, she got soul&nbsp;<br>She got soul&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you think she loves you?<br>Do you think at all?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soon she\u2019s going to fly away&nbsp;<br>Sadness is her own&nbsp;<br>Give herself of a bath of tears&nbsp;<br>And go home, and go home<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Hung Upside Down<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Look what\u2019s happenin\u2019 to me&nbsp;<br>I\u2019m going blind&nbsp;<br>Please help<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There I sat until three&nbsp;<br>Getting further behind myself&nbsp;<br>By myself&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I\u2019m hung upside down&nbsp;<br>And I\u2019m hung upside down&nbsp;<br>Oh, hung upside down&nbsp;<br>Yes and I\u2019m hung upside down&nbsp;<br>I\u2019m hung up, hung up, hung upside down&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Someday I will be free&nbsp;<br>And there\u2019ll be time&nbsp;<br>You just wait I will come to you&nbsp;<br>See what I bring you&nbsp;<br>When I get straight&nbsp;<br>Oh, it\u2019s too late&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I\u2019m hung upside down&nbsp;<br>And I\u2019m hung upside down&nbsp;<br>Hung upside down&nbsp;<br>Hung upside down&nbsp;<br>Hung upside down, oh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Sad Memory<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soft winds blow in the summer time&nbsp;<br>Young lovers feel so free&nbsp;<br>Walking hand and hand down a shady lane&nbsp;<br>What happened to me?&nbsp;<br>What happened to me?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you ever love a girl&nbsp;<br>Who walked right out on you?&nbsp;<br>You should know just how I feel then,&nbsp;<br>Why I\u2019m so blue&nbsp;<br>Why I\u2019m so blue&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How can I forget those nights&nbsp;<br>When she kissed me soft and true&nbsp;<br>And whispered words only lovers know&nbsp;<br>\u201cI love you\u201d&nbsp;<br>\u201cI love you\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, I\u2019ve made up my mind&nbsp;<br>I\u2019ll find a new girl&nbsp;<br>Who\u2019ll love me tenderly&nbsp;<br>Forget the past I left behind now&nbsp;<br>To sad memory&nbsp;<br>To sad memory&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soft winds blow in the summer time\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Good Time Boy<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, now, now look what I\u2019ve done&nbsp;<br>It seems that my own fun&nbsp;<br>Has all returned back now to sea<br>Be it all of the good times&nbsp;<br>And all of my fat lines ???&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cause if it\u2019s right to be a good time boy<br>If it\u2019s alright, feel good boy&nbsp;<br>It\u2019s alright to be a good time boy&nbsp;<br>If it\u2019s all right, it\u2019s all right&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why should I mind&nbsp;<br>If I step right out of line&nbsp;<br>And I get caught by her,&nbsp;<br>Get caught by her , lucky me&nbsp;<br>Cause now I ???&nbsp;<br>That\u2019s why they call it, call it good old do&nbsp;<br>And I can\u2019t, I can\u2019t change right now it seems&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If it\u2019s right to be a good time boy<br>If it\u2019s alright, feel good boy&nbsp;<br>It\u2019s alright to be a good time boy&nbsp;<br>If it\u2019s all right, it\u2019s all right&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>If it\u2019s all right, yeah (sock it to me now)&nbsp;<br>Baby, it\u2019s alright&nbsp;<br>Be a boy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Rock and Roll Woman<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s a woman that you ought to know&nbsp;<br>And she\u2019s coming singing soft and low&nbsp;<br>Singing rock and roll&nbsp;<br>She\u2019s a joy to know&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Neath the shadow of her soothing hand&nbsp;<br>I am free there just to make my plan&nbsp;<br>Dream of far away land&nbsp;<br>Anything close at hand&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And she will follow me&nbsp;<br>Why, do you know?&nbsp;<br>Familiar places she\u2019s been by that I know&nbsp;<br>Could it be she don\u2019t have to try?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And tomorrow she\u2019s a friend of mine&nbsp;<br>And the sorrow I see her face is lyin\u2019&nbsp;<br>She\u2019s no longer mine&nbsp;<br>She\u2019s just hard to find<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Broken Arrow<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Well, Hello Mr. Soul,&nbsp;<br>I stopped by to pick up a reason&nbsp;<br>That the thought&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;The lights turned on and the curtain fell down&nbsp;<br>And when it was over it felt like a dream&nbsp;<br>They stood at the stage door and begged for scream&nbsp;<br>The agents had paid for the black limousine&nbsp;<br>That waited outside in the rain&nbsp;<br>Did you see them?<br>Did you see them?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you see them in the river?&nbsp;<br>They were there to wave to you&nbsp;<br>Could you tell that the empty-quivered&nbsp;<br>Brown-skinned Indian on the banks&nbsp;<br>That were crowded and narrow&nbsp;<br>Held a broken arrow?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eighteen years of American dream&nbsp;<br>He saw that his brother had sworn on the wall&nbsp;<br>He hung up his eyelids and ran down the hall<br>His mother had told a trip was a fall&nbsp;<br>And don\u2019t mention babies at all&nbsp;<br>Did you see him?&nbsp;<br>Did you see him?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you see him in the river?&nbsp;<br>He was there to wave to you&nbsp;<br>Could you tell that the empty-quivered&nbsp;<br>Brown-skinned Indian on the banks&nbsp;<br>That were crowded and narrow&nbsp;<br>Held a broken arrow?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Drum rolls]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;The streets were lined for the wedding parade&nbsp;<br>The queen wore the white gloves&nbsp;<br>The county of song&nbsp;<br>The black covered caisson her horses had drawn&nbsp;<br>Protected her king from the sun rays of dawn&nbsp;<br>They married for peace and were gone&nbsp;<br>Did you see them?&nbsp;<br>Did you see them?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you see them in the river?&nbsp;<br>They were there to wave to you&nbsp;<br>Could you tell that the empty-quivered&nbsp;<br>Brown-skinned Indian on the banks&nbsp;<br>That were crowded and narrow&nbsp;<br>Held a broken arrow?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Clarinet waltz]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;[Heartbeat]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>On the Way Home<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the dream came I held my breath with my eyes closed<br>I went insane like a smoke ring day when the wind blows<br>Now I won\u2019t be back til later on if I do come back at all<br>But you know me and I miss you now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a strange game I saw myself as you knew me<br>When the change came and you had a chance to see through me<br>Though the other side is just the same, you can tell my dream is real<br>Because I love you; can you see me now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though we rush ahead to save our time<br>We are only what we feel<br>And I love you; can you feel it now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>It\u2019s So Hard to Wait<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I just can\u2019t seem to get moving<br>Love me enough to begin<br>And I\u2019ll never forget you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope that you care<br>More than a little for me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s so hard to wait<br>If I should stand and stare<br>Don\u2019t be alarmed at me<br>It\u2019s so hard to wait<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I just can\u2019t seem to get moving<br>Love me enough to be given<br>And I\u2019ll never forget you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Pretty Girl Why?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like the ghost of someone dear she comes to haunt me in my sleep<br>Still I\u2019m able to sincerely give away her heart for keeps<br>Pretty girl why? Pretty girl why not love me?<br>Pretty girl why? Pretty girl why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There she leaves me twice lonely as I was but yesterday<br>Keeping such a hold upon my thoughts so near yet so far away<br>Pretty girl why? Pretty girl why not love me?<br>Pretty girl why? Pretty girl why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minstrel boy has gone to war now burdened with his father\u2019s sword<br>Still she doesn\u2019t see how she can give him peace amidst the whole<br>Pretty girl why? Pretty girl why not love me?<br>Pretty girl why? Pretty girl why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Four Days Gone<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I met two kind people on the road<br>I was parched and dry from the cold<br>\u201cI\u2019ve been traveling four days and nights, sir,<br>And I do want to thank you for the ride, sir,<br>And the soup that your wife made tasted fine&#8212;<br>If it\u2019s all the same I\u2019ll be on my way at the next turn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I\u2019m three days shy of my town<br>And my baby\u2019s waiting I hope, sir,<br>After fifteen trucks and an old Ford,<br>And the government\u2019s madness, I ran away<br>And I hate to say I can\u2019t tell you my name\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cause I\u2019m four days gone into running<br>I can\u2019t even go home<br>Take my baby and roam<br>I got reason to live<br>I got the things I can\u2019t give<br>And I\u2019m four days gone into running<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Carefree Country Day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I get up in the morning with a cock-a-doodle-do<br>I get myself together if and when I choose<br>I\u2019m just bucking time without a reason or rhyme<br>Oh what a wonderful way to spend a carefree country day<br>Oh, I\u2019ve got to have it that way<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I best get all my chores done, got some friends a-coming by<br>There\u2019s more to country living than just trying to get by<br>I\u2019m just bucking time without a reason or rhyme<br>Oh what a wonderful way to spend a carefree country day<br>Mmhm, I\u2019ve got to have it that way<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I make myself a living of off hauling old junk<br>The wagon that I\u2019m driving came from Happy Walker\u2019s dump<br>I\u2019m just bucking time without a reason or rhyme<br>Oh what a wonderful way to spend a carefree country day<br>Oh yeah, I\u2019ve got to have it that way<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Special Care<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You there in the window looking at me<br>Do you think I\u2019m blowing my cool, playing the fool?<br>You there on the corner staring at me,<br>Do you think I\u2019m trouble? Would you like to shoot me down ?<br>What for?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yeah, I&#8217;m tellin&#8217; you that special care has been taken<br>To make you aware<br>I\u2019ve been forsaken<br>If you don\u2019t care they will come<br>And burn your house down<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>The Hour of Not Quite Rain<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the hour of not quite rain<br>When the fog was fingertip high<br>The moon hung suspended<br>In a singular sky<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deeply and beyond seeing<br>Not wishing to intrude<br>Bathed in it\u2019s own reflection<br>The water mirrored the moon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tumbling birds have now sobered<br>From the leaves of their nursery<br>Like shadowy, quiet children<br>Watching sleepily<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where are we going love<br>What are you feeling<br>Now that I caught my love<br>My love is reeling<br>With the questions of a thousand dreams<br>What you do and what you see<br>Come on lover talk to me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I was on my own<br>Chasing you down<br>What was it made you run<br>Trying to get around<br>The questions of a thousands dreams<br>What you do and what you see<br>Come on lover talk to me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that we\u2019ve found each other<br>Where do we go now?<br>I\u2019d like to know what you\u2019re thinking<br>Answer me slowly now<br>The questions of a thousand dreams<br>What you do and what you see<br>Come on lover talk to me, yeah<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>I am a Child<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a child I last a while<br>You can\u2019t conceive of the pleasure in my smile<br>You hold my hand, rough up my hair<br>Its lots of fun to have you there<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I gave to you now you give to me<br>I like to know what you learned<br>The sky is blue and so is the sea<br>What is the color when black is burned?<br>What is the color?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You are a man; you understand<br>You pick me up and you lay me down again<br>You make the rules; you say what\u2019s fair<br>It\u2019s lots of fun to have you there<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I gave to you now you give to me<br>I\u2019d like to know what you have planned<br>The sky is blue and so is the sea<br>What is the color when black is burned?<br>What is the color?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a child I last a while\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Merry-Go-Round<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upside down on a merry-go-round<br>Now just look at me<br>Straining your eyes to see just steady old me<br>No it\u2019s a lover you see<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not just standing, lover, not just to be<br>Someone you can call neighborly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What in the world did you do<br>To make me love just you?<br>What did you do to me?<br>What you did to me\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This time, next time whichever may be<br>There\u2019s something I can\u2019t deny<br>I\u2019m telling you now your love has socked it to me<br>It\u2019s like a sweet lullaby<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A melody that could only imply<br>Loving you is certainly worth a try<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What in the world did you do<br>To make me love just you?<br>What did you do to me?<br>What you did to me\u2026.<br>What did you do to me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Uno Mundo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uno mundo &#8211; Somebody\u2019s dreaming<br>Uno mundo &#8211; Fanciful scheming<br>Uno mundo &#8211; Isn\u2019t he reading<br>Uno mundo &#8211; Just the same<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uno mundo &#8211; Asia is screaming<br>Uno mundo &#8211; Africa seething<br>Uno mundo &#8211; America bleeding<br>Uno mundo &#8211; Just the same<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uno mundo<br>Uno mundo<br>Uno mundo<br>Uno mundo &#8211; Just the same<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uno mund &#8211; No me enganes(?)<br>Uno mundo &#8211; So mos equale (?)<br>Uno mundo&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Por que no amas(?)<br>Uno mundo &#8211; Just the same<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uno mundo&nbsp;&#8211; Am I speaking<br>Uno mundo &#8211; I love keeping<br>Uno mundo &#8211; Traditional sleeping<br>Uno mundo &#8211; Just the same<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uno mundo<br>Uno mundo<br>Uno mundo<br>Uno mundo &#8211; Just the same<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Kind Woman<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Got a good reason for loving you<br>It\u2019s an old fashioned sign<br>I kind of get to feeling like, mmm,<br>You know when I fell in love the first time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kind woman, won\u2019t you love me tonight?<br>The look in your eyes\u2026<br>Kind woman, don\u2019t leave me lonely tonight<br>Please say it\u2019s alright<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember once before hearing the old folks say<br>Love\u2019s an ageless old rhyme<br>Nowadays the saying depends so much on<br>The kind of woman that you find<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kind woman, won\u2019t you love me tonight?<br>The look in your eyes\u2026<br>Kind woman, don\u2019t leave me lonely tonight<br>Please say it\u2019s alright<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kind woman, won\u2019t you love me tonight?<br>The look in your eyes\u2026<br>Kind woman, don\u2019t leave me lonely tonight<br>Please say it\u2019s alright<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>MORE UNRELEASED SINGLES TO COME!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For What It&#8217;s Worth There\u2019s something happening hereAnd what it is ain\u2019t exactly clearThere\u2019s a man with a gun over thereA-tellin\u2019 me I\u2019ve got to<span class=\"read-more-link\"><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.davidredd.com\/music\/oldies\/buffalo-springfield\/words-i-must-say-a-lyrical-library\/\">Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":360,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-370","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidredd.com\/music\/oldies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidredd.com\/music\/oldies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidredd.com\/music\/oldies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidredd.com\/music\/oldies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidredd.com\/music\/oldies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidredd.com\/music\/oldies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":372,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidredd.com\/music\/oldies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/370\/revisions\/372"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidredd.com\/music\/oldies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidredd.com\/music\/oldies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}