Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Psychedelic Pill [2012]
(Reprise ’12)
1. Driftin’ Back (27:36)
2. Psychedelic Pill (3:26)
3. Ramada Inn (16:49)
4. Born in Ontario (3:49)
5. Twisted Road (3:28)
6. She’s Always Dancing (8:33)
7. For the Love of Man (4:13)
8. Walk Like a Giant (16:27)
9. Psychedelic Pill [Alternate Mix] * (3:12)
Driftin’ Back
Hey now now, hey now now
I’m driftin’ back
Hey now now, hey now now
I’m driftin’ back
Dreaming about the way things sound now
Write about them in my book
Worry that you can’t hear me now
And feel the time I took
To help you feel this feeling
Let you ride along
Dreaming about the way you feel now
When you hear my song
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
In my meditation
I block out all my thoughts
When they come back I push them out
Like Jesus had a rock
They pushed in front of this cave now
They rolled across the ground
Hey now now, hey now now
They rolled across the ground
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
Here’s how I got my mantra
Gave them thirty five bucks now
Gave it to the Maharishi
It went to the organisation
Excuse my religion
Dreaming ‘bout the way things feel now
Write it in my book
Blocking out all the thoughts now
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
Hey now now, hey now now
I’m driftin’ back
Hey now now, hey now now
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I used to dig Picasso
I used to dig Picasso
Hey now now, hey now now
I used to dig Picasso
Then the big tech giant came along
And turned him into wallpaper
Hey now now, hey now now
I used to dig Picasso
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
Don’t want my mp3
Don’t want my mp3
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
When you hear my song now
You only get five percent
You used to get it all
You used to get it all
Blocking out my anger
Blocking out my thoughts
Blocking out my anger now
Blocking out my thoughts
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
Gonna get me a hip hop haircut
Gonna get a hip hop haircut
Gonna get a hip hop haircut
Hey now now, hey now now
Hey now now, hey now now
Blocking out my anger
Finding my religion
I might be a Pagan
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
I’m driftin’ back
Look at those party moves
She’s lookin’ for a good time
She loves to dance and she loves the action
Wherever the party goes
She’s lookin’ for a good time
You’re never gonna see a tear in her eye
Never see her break a frown
She’s lookin’ for a good time
The way she dances makes my world stand still
And she’s spinning in the sky
Every move is like a psychedelic pill
From a doctor I can’t buy.
So many years now together?
All those good times, ups and downs
So many joys raising up those kids
Well they’ve moved on now, out of town
So many times she tried
So many times she cried
Every morning comes the sun
And they both rise into the day
Holding on to what they’ve done
She loves him so
She loves him so
She loves him so
She does what she has to
She loves him so
She loves him so
She loves him so
She does what she needs to
In a Ramada Inn near the grapevine
They stop to rest for the night
Traveling down south looking for good times
Visiting old friends feels right
People they haven’t seen him forever
Since high school, Santa Jose times
Restaurant food and the bottle
Had a few drinks
Now they’re feeling fine
Every morning comes the sun
And they both rise to the day
Holding on to what they’ve done
He loves her so
He loves her so
He loves her so
He does what he has to
He loves her so
He loves her so
He loves her so
He does what he needs to
Seem like lately things are changing
Seems like lately things are going south
A few drinks now and she hardly knows him
He just looks away and he checks out
And when she says “it’s time for him to do something,
Maybe talk to his old friends who gave it up.”
He just pours himself another tall one
Closes his eyes and says “that’s enough”
Every morning comes the sun
And they both rise to the day
Holding on to what they’ve done
She loves him so
She loves him so
She loves him so
She does what she has to
He loves her so
He loves her so
He loves her so
He does what he needs to
Every morning comes the sun
And they both rise to the day
Holding on to what they’ve done
He loves her so
He loves her so
He loves her so
He does what he needs to
She loves him so
She loves him so
She loves him so
She does what she has to
You might see me down in Alabama
Or Baton Rouge down in Louisiana
I might make it up to Detroit City
Where people work hard and life is gritty
It don’t really matter where I am
It’s what I do, it’s what I can
This old world has been good to me
So I try to give back and I want to be free
I was born in Ontario
I was born in Ontario, Ontario, Ontario, Ontario
[Guitar solo]
I still like to sing a happy song
Once in a while and things go wrong
I pick up a pen, scribble on a page
Try to make sense of my inner rage
One cold winter we went down south
With daddy’s typewriter for a couple of months
And I was born in Ontario
I was born in Ontario, Ontario, Ontario, Ontario
[Guitar solo]
I was born in Ontario
Where the black fly bites
And the green grass grows
That’s where I learned most of what I know
Cause you don’t learn much
When you start to get old
I left home at a tender young age
Cause mom and daddy never liked to stay
In any one place for very long
We just kept moving, moving on
I was born in Ontario
I was born in Ontario, Ontario, Ontario, Ontario
Twisted Road
I felt that magic and took it home
Gave it a twist and made it mine
But nothing was as good as the very first time
Poetry rollin’ off his tongue
Like Hank Williams chewin’ bubble gum
Askin me “how does it feel?”
Rollin down the road in a dream of mine
Two lane tour through a state of mind.
Singin in the place where I first saw Roy
Playin that place gave me so much joy
Flash bulbs poppin’ at the stage door
Brand new song with familiar chords
All the time lookin for somethin’ new
Walkin with the devil on a twisted road
Listenin to the dead on the radio
That old time music esed to soothe my soul
If I ever get home I’m gonna let the good times roll
She wants to live without ties to bind her down
She wants to dance with her body left at ground
She wants to spin, and she lives in her own world
She wants to dream like she was a little girl
She’s always dancing
She’s always dancing
She’s always dancing
She’s always dancing
She’s always dancing
Now and forever
From palm to palm
From hand to hand
Floating in the air she looks to find him there
She wants to live without ties to bind her down
She wants to dance with her body left at ground
She wants to spin, and she lives in her own world
She wants to dream like she was a little girl
She likes to burn
She likes to burn
She likes to burn
She likes to burn
She likes to burn
Out on the edge
That’s when she gives
That’s where she lives
Floating in the smoke
She says it gives her hope
She has the fire
She has the fire
She has the fire
She has the fire
She has the fire
But it’s burning out
From hand to hand
From palm to palm
floating in the air, she tries to hold it there
She wants to spin, and she lives in her own world
She wants to dream like she was a little girl
She’s always dancing
She wants to live without ties to bind her down
She’s always dancing
She wants to dance with her body left at ground
She’s always dancing
She’s always dancing
She’s always dancing
She’s always dancing now and forever
Who could understand
What goes on
What is right
and what is wrong
Why the angels cry
And the heaven’s sigh
When a child is born to live
But not like you and I.Let the angels ring the bells
In the holy hall
May they hear the voice
That calls to them
For the love of man
Who will understand
It’s alright
I know it’s alright.
To the forest church
Let wander there
Let me wonder why
On the ocean wave
In the billowing sky
Let wander there
Let me wonder why.
In the holy hall
Let them hear
the voice that calls.
For the love of man
Who will understand
It’s alright
I wonder why.
I wonder why.
I wonder why.
I wonder why.
We were riding on a desert wind
We were pulling in the spiritual
Riding on the desert wind
We could see it in the distance
Getting closer every minute
We saw the lights and spiritual shining
Getting closer every minute
Then we skipped the rails, and we started to fail
And we folded you, and it’s not enough
Think about how close we came
I wanna walk like a giant on the land
I wanna walk like a giant on the land
Whenever I see the big fire coming,
Coming to burn down all my ideas
I try to hold down to my thinking, and remember how it feels
When I’m looking right in your eyes
And hearing your happy laugh
When I’m seeing your blue eyes shining
And hear your happy laugh
So the moment came, and the big sky rained and
And a pool of fire served in my desire
When I think about how good it feels
I wanna walk like a giant on the land
I wanna walk like a giant on the land
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Neil Young and Crazy Horse:
Billy Talbot, Ralph Molina, Poncho Sampedro, Neil Young.
Neil Young: guitar, vocal, pump organ, stringman, whistling
Poncho Sampedro: guitar, vocal
Billy Talbot: bass, vocal
Ralph Molina: drums, vocal
Dan Greco: tambourine, bell
Produced by Neil Young and John Hanlon with Mark Humphreys
Recorded by John Hanlon
Engineered by John Hanlon with John Hausmann and Jeff Pinn
Except Driftin’ Back acoustic intro –
Recorded by John Nowland assisted by Charles Brotman
Recorded at Audio Casa Blanca, Broken Arrow Ranch, Redwood City, CA
Except Driftin’ Back acoustic intro –
Recorded at Lava Tracks, Kamuela, HI
Mixed at Redwood Digital’s Analog Mixing Room by
John Hanlon and Neil Young
Digital Mastering to 24-bit/192 kHz and 16-bit/44.1kHz by
Tim Mulligan at His Master’s Wheels