ambulance blues

• on the beach albümünden uzun ve hüzünlü bir neil young şarkısı. çok güzeldir.
  
  back in the old folky days
  the air was magic when we played.
  the riverboat was rockin'
  in the rain
  midnight was the time
  for the raid.
  
  oh, isabela, proud isabela,
  they tore you down and
  plowed you under.
  you're only real
  with your make-up on
  how could i see you
  and stay too long?
  
  all along the navajo trail,
  burn-outs stub their toes
  on garbage pails.
  waitresses are cryin'
  in the rain
  will their boyfriends
  pass this way again?
  
  oh, mother goose,
  she's on the skids
  shoe ain't happy,
  neither are the kids.
  she needs someone
  that she can scream at
  and i'm such a heel
  for makin' her feel so bad.
  
  i guess i'll call it
  sickness gone
  it's hard to say
  the meaning of this song.
  an ambulance can only
  go so fast
  it's easy to get buried
  in the past
  when you try to make
  a good thing last.
  
  i saw today
  in the entertainment section
  there's room at the top
  for private detection.
  to mom and dad
  this just doesn't matter,
  but it's either that
  or pay off the kidnapper.
  
  so all you critics sit alone
  you're no better than me
  for what you've shown.
  with your stomach pump and
  your hook and ladder dreams
  we could get together
  for some scenes.
  
  i never knew a man
  could tell so many lies
  he had a different story
  for every set of eyes.
  how can he remember
  who he's talkin' to?
  'cause i know it ain't me,
  and i hope it isn't you.
  
  well, i'm up in t.o.
  keepin' jive alive,
  and out on the corner
  it's half past five.
  but the subways are empty
  and so are the cafes.
  
  except for the farmer's market
  and i still can hear him say:
  you're all just pissin'
  in the wind
  you don't know it but you are.
  
  and there ain't nothin'
  like a friend
  who can tell you
  you're just pissin'
  in the wind.
  
  i never knew a man
  could tell so many lies
  he had a different story
  for every set of eyes
  how can he remember
  who he's talking to?
  cause i know it ain't me,
  and hope it isn't you.
• kendi içinde hikayesi olan bir diğer neil young klasigi. canlisini hic dinleyemedim. 'live' yazip watch dedirtemiyorum elime. daha uzun saatler var geceye..