Neil Young – Are You Passionate? [2002]

 

049

(Warner Bros ’02)

1. You’re My Girl (4:41)
2. Mr. Disappointment (5:26)
3. Differently (6:04)
4. (Quit) Don’t Say You Love Me (6:02)
5. Let’s Roll (5:54)
6. Are You Passionate? (5:08)
7. Goin’ Home (8:49)   –with Crazy Horse-
8. When I Hold You in My Arms (4:44)
9. Be with You (3:32)
10. Two Old Friends (6:15)
11. She’s a Healer (9:08)

 

 

YOU’RE MY GIRL

Well I took you for a walk up on the forest floor
‘Cause I wanted to share some things
But it sure looked to me like you’ve been there before
It was such a natural thing

You’re my girl (My girl)
And you’re showing me now
Just how grown up you are
You’re my girl (My girl)
And I’ll be lettin’ you go someday

Please don’t tell me that you’re leavin’ me just yet
Cause I know I gotta let you go (Let you go)
Please don’t tell me that you’re sayin’ goodbye (Say good bye)

Well I lit a candle on the Fourth of July
But it didn’t bring you home to me
You went headin’ into summer on a natural high
With the world at your feet

It’s your time (Your time)
And you’re showin’ me now
Just how grown up you are
It’s your time (Your time)
And I’ll be lettin’ you go someday

Please don’t tell me that you’re leavin’ me just yet
Cause I know I gotta let you go (Let you go)
Please don’t tell me that you’re sayin’ goodbye (Say goodbye)

We went lookin’ for faith on the forest floor
And it showed up everywhere
In the sun and the water and the falling leaves
The falling leaves of time

You’re my girl (My girl)
And you’re showing me now
Just how grown up you are
You’re my girl (My girl)
And I’ll be lettin’ you go someday

Please don’t tell me that you’re leavin’ me quite yet
Cause I know I gotta let you go
Please don’t tell me that you’re sayin’ goodbye

 

MR. DISAPPOINTMENT

Where did all the feelings go?
What about that happy glow?
Was that so long ago
When we were first in love?

I didn’t feel the change
Everything was still the same
And when that moment came
I didn’t know

I miss the feeling
I miss the light
But I got faith in something
I’ll never give up the fight

Why’s it so heavy, this love of mine?
I lost the feeling, I lost the time

I’d like to shake your hand, Disappointment.
Looks like you win again
But this time might be the last

Let’s say I got a habit
Let’s say it’s hard to break
Let’s say we got to do something
Before it’s just too late

I want to get you back
I don’t know how to do that
I miss you loving me
The way you used to

I’m taking the blame myself
For livin’ my life in a shell
And now I’m breakin’ out
But will you still be there?

Let’s say that love is blind
Let’s say that time is kind
Let’s say that it’s not over ’til it’s over

I’d like to shake your hand, Disappointment.
Looks like you win again
But this time might be the last

I’m saving the best for last
Let’s leave this all in the past
The beauty of loving you
Is what we’ve both been through

So now it’s up to me
To set your spirit free
So you can swing again on our gate

I’d like to shake your hand, Disappointment.
Looks like you win again
But this time might be the last

 

DIFFERENTLY

Wish you told me by and by that my life would come to this
That I’d have to find a way to let things go
That my friends would turn to foes
And my love would come to blows
Then I would have done some things differently

Differently
I would ask you out every night
Differently
And I would make you feel so good
Differently
And appreciate the things that you bring to me, babe
Differently
Oh yes I would,oh yeah

Yeah, I know you tried and tried but your signal I just missed
When you said my little girl would soon be gone
Yes I didn’t hear you then and it might be too late now
That’s another thing I’d do differently

Differently
Like trying to make you feel loved every day
Differently
And saying little things to let you know how I feel
Differently
Yes I can hear your young voice calling me, babe
Differently
Oh yes I can

When I’m away I call you up and you don’t seem to miss me as much
But I know our loveis still there in your heart
Just differently

Differently
Oh yes, I can hear your young voice calling me, babe
Differently
Oh yes I can
Differently
I’d appreciate the things that you bring to me babe, yes I would
Differently
Oh come on back to me, babe, bring your love back to me
Differently
Oh yeah I need your love, I need your love
Differently
Yes, I can tell you babe, I need your love
Differently
Today is a brand new day, yes it is
Differently
Got to get your love back, babe, come on now bring it back to me
Differently
Turn it around babe, turn it around and bring it back
Differently
Yeah, yeah, oh yeah, got to get your love back, come on, babe
Differently
Yeah, I can hear your young voice calling me, babe
Differently
Come on back to me, come on back, yeah, yeah, turn it around.
Differently
Oh yes I can, yes I can
Differently

 

QUIT (DON’T SAY YOU LOVE ME)

“Don’t say you love me,”
That’s what she said
“Don’t say you love me,”
that’s what she said

Hey, baby, I’m your man
I know I treated you bad
But I’m doin’ the best I can

Now is not the time
To cash it in
I’m with you babe
I’ve always been

And I got to tell you, baby
That our love is strong
And I’m the one
The one that did you wrong

“Don’t say you love me,”
That’s what she said
“Don’t say you love me,”
That’s what she said

Hey baby
Don’t count me out
I still got a lot to give
Stick around and find out

I might surprise you
With what our love still brings
I’m never quiting you
Even if you quit me

And I got to tell you, baby
Our love is strong
And I’m the one
The one that did you wrong

“Don’t say you love me,”
That’s what she said
“Don’t say you love me,”
That’s what she said

Don’t say you love me
Don’t say you love me
Don’t say you love me
Don’t say you love me

 

LET’S ROLL

I know I said I love you
I know you know it’s true
I got to put the phone down,
And do what we gotta do

One’s standing in the aisle way
Two more at the door
We got to get inside there
Before they kill some more

Time is runnin’ out, let’s roll
Time is runnin’ out, let’s roll

No time for indecision
We got to make a move
I hope that we’re forgiven
For what we gotta do

How this all got started
I’ll never understand
I hope someone can fly this thing
And get us back to land

Time is runnin’ out, let’s roll
Time is runnin’ out, let’s roll

No one has the answers
But one thing is true
You got to turn on evil
When it’s comin’ after you

You got to face it down
And when it tries to hide
You got to go in after it
And never be denied

Time is runnin’ out, let’s roll

Let’s roll for freedom
Let’s roll for love
Goin’ after satan
On the wings of a dove

Let’s roll for justice
Let’s roll for truth
Let’s not let our children
Grow up fearful in their youth

Time is runnin’ out, let’s roll
Time is runnin’ out, let’s roll
Time is runnin’ out, let’s roll

 

ARE YOU PASSIONATE?

Are you passionate?
Are you livin’ like you talk?
Are you dreamin’ now that you’re goin’ to the top?
Are you negative in a world that never stops
Turnin’ on you, turnin’ on me, turnin’ on you?

Are you loving it?
Can you ever get enough of it?
Is it everything?
A love that never stops,
Comin’ to you, comin’ to me, comin’ to you?

Once I was a soldier, I was fighting in the sky
And the gunfire kept comin’ back on me
So I dove into the darkness and I let my missiles fly
And they might be the ones that kept you free

Once I was a prisoner, I was riding in a truck
Cleaned up for public display
I looked at those around me and when they looked at me
I let them see my soul that day

Are you scared of it?
Do you wish that it would stop?
Does it bother you when you hear your spirit talk?
Well I’m right with you, yes, I’m right with you
It’s working on me, it’s working on you, it’s working on me.

 

GOIN’ HOME

On the hill where Custer was making his last stand
With the Indians all around and his gun in his hand
Such a wind was blowing that day through the battleground
I could feel it in my hair as I turned towards downtown

Weaving through the buildings, cutting though the streets
Slicing through the culture, piling on the weeks

Going home, I’m going home
Going home, I’m going home
Going home

Dropping in on you, my friend, is just like old times
Said the fool who signed the paper to assorted slimes
It’s hard to get blood from a stone but for you I’ll give it a try

To provide your accommodations and leave you satisfied

You’d think it was easy to give your life away
To not have to live up to the promises you made

Going home, I’m going home.
Going home, I’m going home.
Going home.

Elusively she cut the phone and moved from cell to cell
Really looking remarkable and obviously doing well
She made a turn on a wooden bridge into the battleground
With a thousand warriors on the ridge, she tried to turn her radio down

Battle drums were pounding all around her car
She saw her clothes were changing into sky and stars

Going home, I’m going home
Going home, I’m going home
Going home, I’m going home
Going home, I’m going home
Going home

 

WHEN I HOLD YOU IN MY ARMS

When I hold you in my arms
it’s a breath of fresh air
When I hold you in my arms
I forget what’s out there
All those people with their faces
walkin’ up the stree,
They don’t have to say a thing
just look around and you see

New buildings going up,
old buildings coming down
New signs going up,
old signs coming down
You gotta hold onto something in this life

Well the older generation
they got something to say
But they better say it fast
or get outta the way
All those gangsters with their crimes
they make it look so good
We’ve been blowing up the planet
just like the old neighbourhood

New buildings going up,
old buildings coming down,
New signs going up,
old signs coming down,
You gotta hold onto something in this life

If I only had a heart
it would beat all night for you
If I only had a heart
I would cry the whole day through
When I hold you in my arms
it’s like a breath of fresh air
when I hold you in my arms
I forget what’s out there

Old heart’s going up
old heart’s coming down
My feelings going up
my feelings coming down
You gotta hold onto someone in this life

When I hold you in my arms
it’s a breath of fresh air
When I hold you in my arms
I forget what’s out there

 

BE WITH YOU

Crossin’ the river in a big old boat
With a dollar bill in my hand
Gonna go fishin’ in the afternoon
Got a simple plan
Oh yeah, baby

I got to hold on
I got to be strong
I got to live long
And be with you.

Lonely nights and lonely days
When I’m not with you
Learned to trust and I learned to give
Found a love that’s true
Oh yeah, baby

I got to hold on
I got to be strong
I got to live long
And be with you

Girl it shouldn’t be too hard
To live with you
It’s really not complicated
Until I get the blues

Come on over and sit right down
Let me take your hand
I got a love gonna fill you up
Take you to the promised land
Oh yeah, baby, oh yeah

I got to hold on
I got to be strong
I got to live long
And be with you

Be with you, baby
Be with you, baby
I got to be with you, babe
Be with you, baby, oh alright

Lonely nights, lonely days
When I’m not with you babe
Learned to trust and I learned to give
Found a love that’s true, babe
Oh yeah, baby

I got to hold on now
Got to be strong now
To be with you
Be with you, baby
Be with you, baby

 

TWO OLD FRIENDS

Preacher went up to the Golden Gate and met God there
With the glow of love in his flowing hair
I’m dreamin’ of a time when love and music is everywhere
Can you see that time comin’?

No, my son, that time has gone
There’s things to do
The world has changed since I first met you
Back when The Band played Rock of Ages in their prime
And the old juke joint was rockin’…

Oh Lord, there’s so much hate
In a world where we’re from another place
Show me how to be like you
See no evil, hear no evil, feel no evil in my heart

In my heart, in my aching heart
In my heart, in my heart, in my old black heart
In my heart, in my heart, in my beating heart

Sky had turned a lotta shades of gray as they walked on
And a gentle rain fell down on them
They found faith in the way things are and the way things change
And they said goodbye like two old friends

Take me up to the mountains high
Or a building top where the spirits fly
Show me how to be like you
See no evil, feel no evil, fear no evil in my heart

In my heart, in my aching heart
In my heart, in my heart, in my old black heart
In my heart, in my heart, in my beating hear.

Oh Lord, there’s so much hate,
In a world where we’re from another place
Show me how to live like you
See no evil, hear no evil, feel no evil in my heart

In my heart, in my aching heart
In my heart, in my heart, in my old black heart
In my heart, in my heart, in my beating heart

 

SHE’S A HEALER

There ain’t no way I’m gonna let the good times go
There ain’t no way I’m gonna let the good times go
The touch of my woman can soothe my soul
When she makes me feel right that’s when the good times roll

Oh, she’s a healer to me, oh yeah

My blue-eyed woman is a mystery to me
My blue-eyed woman is a mystery to me
The touch of my woman can soothe my soul
When she makes me feel right that’s when the good times roll

Oh, she’s a healer to me, oh yeah

Way out on the prairie where the wheat fields grow
Way out on the prairie back where the wheat fields grow
I stop to slap plastic at an Esso station
About a thousand miles from my destination

Oh, she’s a healer to me
Oh yeah, she’s a healer to me

All I got is a broken heart
And I don’t try to hide it when I play my guitar

My blue-eyed woman is a healer to me
Without that woman I’m history
My blue-eyed woman is a love ghost
Without that woman I’m toast

Oh, she’s a healer to me
Oh yeah, she’s a healer to me

All I got is a broken heart
And I don’t try to hide it when I play my guitar

 

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Neil Young: guitar, piano, vocal
Booket T. Jones; organ, vibes, vocal
Duck Dunn: bass, vocal
Steve Potts: drums, bongos, tambourine
Frank “Poncho” Sampedro: guitar, vocal
Tom Bray: trumpet
Pegi Young: vocal
Astrid Young: vocal

Except Going Home,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Neil Young: guitar, vocal
Frank “Poncho” Sampedro: guitar, vocal
Billy Talbot: bass
Ralph Molina: drums, vocal

Recorded at The Site, Marin County, CA, May 14-Dec. 5, 2001, except
Going Home – Recorded at Toast, San Francisco, Feb. 8, 2001

Produced by Neil Young & Booker T. Jones with Duck Dunn and Poncho Sampedro, except Going Home produced by Neil Young