The Stills-Young Band – Long May You Run [1976]
Warner Bros 1976
1. Long May You Run (3:52)
2. Make Love to You (5:10)
3. Midnight on the Bay (3:59)
4. Black Coral (4:41)
5. Ocean Girl (3:18)
6. Let It Shine (4:43)
7. 12 / 8 Blues (All the Same) (3:41)
8. Fontainebleau (3:57)
9. Guardian Angel (5:38)
Long May You Run
We’ve been through some things together
With trunks of memories still to come
We found things to do in stormy weather
Long may you run.
Long may you run.
Long may you run.
Although these changes have come
With your chrome heart shining in the sun
Long may you run.
Well, it was back in Blind River in 1962
When I last saw you alive
But we missed that shift on the long decline
Long may you run.
Long may you run.
Long may you run.
Although these changes have come
With your chrome heart shining in the sun
Long may you run.
Maybe The Beach Boys have got you now
With those waves singing “Caroline No”
Rollin’ down that empty ocean road
Gettin’ to the surf on time.
Long may you run.
Long may you run.
Although these changes have come
With your chrome heart shining in the sun
Long may you run.
Make Love to You
I was lonesome as I could be
In a bad kind of time
Till I saw you look at me
Where the smoke is fine
All of my troubles disappear
When I watch you move
Girl, your body said everything
And I know you knew
I want to make love to you, yeah (Love you, love you, love you, love you)
Make you feel all right
I want to make love to you, oh yes I do (Love you, love you, love you, love you)
Yes it will take all night
In a smoke filled bar
In a southern town
I met somebody special
I wish I could stick around
But I don’t mind saying that
Do you baby?
Cause the time that we had was such a rush
And you’re such a lady
I want to make love to you, oh yes I do (Love you, love you, love you, love you)
Make you feel all right
I want to make love to you, oh yeah (Love you, love you, love you, love you)
Yes it will take all night
Girl when you look my way
I knew this night was ours
It doesn’t matter
I’ll be gone with the dawn
So will you
We choose
Who we choose
When we choose
Nobody can take away
The time we had
Each moment extra long
It’s quite a memory to have
Don’t you forget with the dawn
I’ll be gone
And how we got together anyway
Well that’s another song
I want to make love to you, oh yes I do (Love you, love you, love you, love you)
Make you feel all right
I want to make love to you, oh yeah (Love you, love you, love you, love you)
It will take all night
I want to make love to you (Love you, love you, love you, love you)
Yes it will feel all right
I want to make love to you, yeah (Love you, love you, love you, love you)
Girl it will take all night
Love you, love you, love you, love you
Love you, love you, love you, love you
Midnight on the Bay
It’s midnight on the bay
And lights are shinin’
And the sailboats sway
And that cool ocean breeze.
Blowin’ down through the keys
I think I’ll call it a day
Oh, midnight on the bay.
Sure feels good to me.
What’s this I see
There’s someone comin’
Walkin’ right up to me
She tells me I know your name
And if it’s all the same
I’d like to spend some time.
And midnight on the bay
Sure feels good to me.
And now it’s midnight on the bay
Lights are shinin’
On the sailboats that sway
In the cool ocean breeze
Blowin’ down through the keys
I think I’ll call it a day
Oh, midnight on the bay.
Sure feels good to me.
Black Coral
Have ever been down deep?
I mean way down
Under the ocean
Just inside though news reef
Better beware of his potion
And remember you don’t belong
It always seems so unfair
The fishes around
will always remind you
Got to move slow
Take it easy down there
You’ve only so much air
When you get a little deeper
If you slow down
You might keep her
The sea, unforgiving and she’s hard
But she’ll make love to you
Show you glimpses of the stars
At about two-hundred feet
You realize the peril
But seductive is the deep
That shark over there
Holds no terror
For a while you really belong
The ocean will always share
You become one like friends and lovers
So remember take care
She’ll try to keep you there
The deeper you go
Cause of the pressure of the air
Nitrogen comes and goes
Gets you high
It’s an alien atmosphere
They call it rapture of the deep
But you’re not afraid
You’re too far down now to be scared
Two hundred eighty seven feet
I saw Jesus
and it made sense that He was there
So belong or don’t belong
There’s plenty of ocean to share
Please take heed
There’s mouths to feed
The ocean should provide
Don’t take more than you need
Cause heaven just might be the sea
Ocean Girl
In the jungle land
With the sea and the sand
Can I meet you there?
We’ll be drinkin’ bananas
From long tall glasses
In the open air.
Ocean girl
Come ’round the world
From forgotten shores.
There’ll be music playin’
What no words could say
When you first get there.
We’ll be lost in a corner
That we find in each other
There’ so much to share.
Ocean girl
Come ’round the world
From forgotten shores.
Let It Shine
There’s a light on over my head, my Lord
There’s a light on over my head, my Lord
Let it shine, let it shine
Although it may not be the only one
Let it shine, shine, shine
Although it may not be the only one.
There’s a moon roof over my head, my Lord
And my Lincoln is still the best thing built by Ford
Let it roll, let it roll
Although it may not be the only one
Let me ride, ride, ride, ride,
Although I may not be the only one.
I got religion in the airport, my Lord
They caught me waiting on my baggage when I was bored
Let them chant, let them chant
Although they may not be the only one
Let them dance, dance, dance
Although they may not be the only one.
There’s a light on over my head, my Lord
There’s a light on over my head, let it shine
Let it shine, let it shine
Although it may not be the only one
Let me shine, shine, shine, shine
Although I may not be the only one.
12 / 8 Blues (All the Same)
Can you see me… cryin’?
Can you hear me… dyin’?
I wanna talk to you
Listen too
Do you know me like I know you?
Do you know me like I love you?
It’s all the same
We’ll be old friends… tryin’
‘Till the road ends… flyin’
Listen to me sing to you
I got the music
I need the space
I’d like to use it to get out of this place
‘Cause it’s all the same
I got the miserables… help me
Don’t seem sensible… tell me
I wanna talk to you
Listen too
Too many times I’ve swallowed my words
Is it a crime
To want to be heard?
If it’s all the same
Fontainebleau
Who put the palm
over my blonde?
Who put all the tar
on the morning sand?
Who took everything
from where it once was
And put it where
it was last seen?
Fontainebleau,
they painted it green
Fontainebleau,
for the well-to-do
At the Fontainebleau.
There’s a palace in the gravy
That’s holding on and on and on
Even after
all the blue-haired ladies
And the wheelchairs are gone.
I guess the reason
I’m so scared of it
Is I stayed there once
and I almost fit
I left before I got out of it
People were drownin’
in their own…
Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau,
was that me?
Fontainebleau,
well I guess I’ll see
Fontainebleau.
Fontainebleau,
where the surfer works
Fontainebleau,
’til the break of day
Fontainebleau,
’cause it takes a shark
Fontainebleau,
to catch a wave at the
Fontainebleau.
Guardian Angel
There’s a guardian angel
Watching over you, yes
Better mind your ways
Just might leave on you
In the darkness
Who else is really with you?
Only you alone
Got to live with you all the time
When there’s no more time
And nothing left to do
Who will hear you?
Who will hear your heart?
Your guardian angel, yeah.
Who are these kindred spirits?
Would you know them
if they stood in front of you?
They come below
The longing beseech at you
Trying to telephone
Someone might listen for a while
When there’s no more time
And nothing left to do
Who will hear you?
Who will hear your heart?
Your guardian angel, yeah.
When a passing stranger
Looks away from you
An uneasy feeling
Starts coming over you
Somebody watching somewhere
Maybe today it’s you
Comes a desperate urge to run
Guardian angel, where are you?
When there’s no more time
And nothing left to do
Who will hear you?
Who will hear your heart?
Your guardian angel, yeah.
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Credits
Jerry Aiello Keyboards, Organ, Piano
Tom Dowd Associate Producer
Don Gehman Engineer, Mixing, Producer
Steve Hart Assistant Engineer
Joe Lala Percussion, Vocals (Background)
Michael Laskow Assistant Engineer
George “Chocolate” Perry Bass, Vocals (Background)
Alex Sadkin Mixing
Stephen Stills Guitar, Mixing, Performer, Piano, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals
Stills-Young Band Primary Artist
Joe Vitale Drums, Flute, Vibraphone, Vocals (Background)
Tom Wilkes Design
Neil Young Composer, Guitar, Harmonica, Mixing, Piano, Primary Artist, Producer, Synthesizer Strings, Vocals