Neil Young

~~bluelight~~ · Mar 24, 2003, 02:07 PM

Wrote this....ten fifteen years ago.A song about someone who does not understand anything.

It is a tragic song.Most tragic is "The American" out acting without really knowing why and not understanding...how...

I used to watch "Highway Patrol"
Whittlin' with my knife
But the thought never struck me
I'd be black and white for life
I was raised on law and order
I a community of strive
Became a restless boarder
And I never took a wife

I went lookin' for Khadafy
Aboard Air Force One
But I never did find him
And the C.I.A. said "Son,
You'll never be a hero
Your flyin' days are done
It's time for you to go home now
Stop sniffin' that smokin' gun"

I was travellin' with my family
In the Mideast late one night
In the hotel all was quiet
The kids were out like little lights
Then the street was filled with jeeps
There was an explosion to the right
They chanted "Death to America"
I was feelin' like a fight

So I ran downstairs
And out into the street
Someone kicked me in the belly
Someone else kissed my feet
I was Rambo in the disco
I was shootin' to the beat
When they burned me in effigy
My vacation was complete

Bluelight

toddsmack2k · Mar 24, 2003, 02:24 PM

digitalwanderer · Mar 24, 2003, 02:42 PM

It was the last concert me and my wife went to, she was about 5 months pregnant but refused to miss one of her favorite artists.

merry · Mar 24, 2003, 02:46 PM

It has been in my mind for the past few weeks - a Bob Dylan song, With God on Our Side, from 1964:

But now we got weapons
Of the chemical dust
If fire them we're forced to
Then fire them we must
One push of the button
And a shot the world wide
And you never ask questions
When God's on your side.

(Full text)

I know this will annoy some of our American friends, but I admire Americans for the courage of saying things like this.

Smoothdrive · Mar 24, 2003, 03:05 PM

What courage ? It's America..not Iraq..Americans can say what they want.

Mar 24, 2003, 02:07 PM	#1
~~bluelight~~ Banned Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,328 Rep Power: 0	Neil Young Wrote this....ten fifteen years ago.A song about someone who does not understand anything. It is a tragic song.Most tragic is "The American" out acting without really knowing why and not understanding...how... I used to watch "Highway Patrol" Whittlin' with my knife But the thought never struck me I'd be black and white for life I was raised on law and order I a community of strive Became a restless boarder And I never took a wife I went lookin' for Khadafy Aboard Air Force One But I never did find him And the C.I.A. said "Son, You'll never be a hero Your flyin' days are done It's time for you to go home now Stop sniffin' that smokin' gun" I was travellin' with my family In the Mideast late one night In the hotel all was quiet The kids were out like little lights Then the street was filled with jeeps There was an explosion to the right They chanted "Death to America" I was feelin' like a fight So I ran downstairs And out into the street Someone kicked me in the belly Someone else kissed my feet I was Rambo in the disco I was shootin' to the beat When they burned me in effigy My vacation was complete Bluelight

Mar 24, 2003, 02:24 PM	#2
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Mar 24, 2003, 02:42 PM	#3
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	Neil Young rocks! It was the last concert me and my wife went to, she was about 5 months pregnant but refused to miss one of her favorite artists. __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Mar 24, 2003, 02:46 PM	#4
merry gargouille Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha Posts: 962 Rep Power: 0	It has been in my mind for the past few weeks - a Bob Dylan song, With God on Our Side, from 1964: But now we got weapons Of the chemical dust If fire them we're forced to Then fire them we must One push of the button And a shot the world wide And you never ask questions When God's on your side. (Full text) I know this will annoy some of our American friends, but I admire Americans for the courage of saying things like this. __________________ There is a war between the ones who say there is a war and the ones who say there isn't. ~~Leonard Cohen

Mar 24, 2003, 03:05 PM	#5
Smoothdrive Foolish Genius Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 455 Rep Power: 0	What courage ? It's America..not Iraq..Americans can say what they want. __________________ GA-7VRXP, AMD2000+, 256MB PC-2700 DDR, Radeon 8500LE, 2x Maxtor 740 (40GB) stripe set, AGNeovo X-150.