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What a great voice Sandy Denny had.
Fabulous song written by her – one of my favourites.
It was originally composed in 1967 and released a few years later. (It was covered by Judy Collins in 1968)
1967 has long gone but the times haven’t changed
A denunciation of this bleak Black Friday in 2018
The antique people are down in the dungeons
Run by machines and afraid of the tax
Their heads in the grave and their hands on their eyes
Hauling their hearts around circular tracks
Pretending forever their masquerade towers
Are not really riddled with widening cracks
And I wave goodbye to iron
And smile hello to the airO the new children dance — I am young
All around the balloons — I will live
Swaying by chance — I am strong
To the breeze from the moon — I can give
Painting the sky — You the strange
With the colors of sun — Seed of day
Freely they fly — Feel the change
As all become one — Know the WayThe velocity addicts explode on the highways
Ignoring the journey and moving so fast
Their nerves fall apart and they gasp but can’t breathe
They run from the cops of the skeleton past
Petrified by tradition in a nightmare they staggerInto nowhere at all and they look up aghast
And I wave goodbye to speed
And smile hello to a roseO the new children play — I am young
Under the juniper trees — I will live
Sky blue or gray — I am strong
They continue at ease — I can give
Moving so slow — You the strange
That serenely they can — Seed of day
Gracefully grow — Feel the change
And yes still understand — Know the WayThe king and the queen in their castle of billboards
Sleepwalk down the hallways dragging behind
All their possessions and transient treasures
As they go to worship the electronic shrine
On which is playing the late late commercial
In that hollowest house of the opulent blind
And I wave goodbye to Mammon
And smile hello to a streamO the new children buy — I am young
All the world for a song — I will live
Without a dime — I am strong
To which they belong — I can give
Nobody owns — You the strange
Anything anywhere — Seed of day
Everyone’s grown — Feel the change
Up so big they can share — Know the WayThe vaudeville generals cavort on the stage
And shatter their audience with submachine guns
And Freedom and Violence the acrobat clowns
Do a balancing act on the graves of our sons
While the tapdancing Emperor sings “War is peace”
And Love the Magician disappears in the fun
And I wave goodbye to murder
And smile hello to the rainO the new children can’t — I am young
Tell a foe from a friend — I will live
Quick to enchant — I am strong
And so glad to extend — I can give
Handfuls of dawn — You the strange
To kaleidoscope men — Seed of day
Come from beyond — Feel the change
The Great Wall of Skin — Know the WayThe bloodless husbands are jesters who listen
Like sheep to the shrieks and commands of their wives
And the men who aren’t men leave the women alone
See them all faking love on a bed made of knives
Afraid to discover or trust in their bodies
And in secret divorce they will never survive
And I wave goodbye to ashes
And smile hello to a girlO the new children kiss — I am young
They are so proud to learn — I will live
Womanwood bliss — I am strong
And the manfire that burns — I can give
Knowing no fear — You the strange
They take off their clothes — Seed of day
Honest and clear – Feel the change
As a river that flows – Know the WayThe antique people are fading out slowly
Like newspapers flaming in mind suicide
Godless and sexless directionless loons
Their sham sandcastles dissolve in the tide
They put on their deathmasks and compromise daily
The new children will live for the elders have died
And I wave goodbye to America
And smile hello to the world
I stumbled across Nick Drake in my late teens over 30 years ago. Northern Sky was on a compilation album which also included artists such as Fairport Convention, Mamas & Papas and Matthews Southern Comfort. I would have Nick Drake in my top 3 favourite artists.
Why do racing fans (on forums) like miserable introspective billynomates music?
Im not affected by weather or time of year much but this blasts away january and gives an enormous sensual surge. ******* brilliant Stevie.
Many would argue its from the greatest of all albums and it backs to backs with a
track of pure beautyNick Drake’s sister Gabrielle (of purple wig and silver suit fame on the Gerry Anderson 1970s TV series UFO, among other TV/film roles) has done much to promote him to the present day:
I remember her in Crossroads although by then the program had been on a downward spiral for some time. See some great British acting
I saw the Stones at Twickenham last year. I know for a fact (through the industry) that that will be their last ever UK gig (variety of reasons)
They were superb but that 1978 gig is not their peak for me. Their last really strong album yes but surely the early seventies
im very much a clascial jazz and soul person but Exile on mainstreet is the finest “rock” album for me
Top five stones tracks would be
1. Sympathy for devil
2. Gimme Shelter
3. Tumbling dice
4. Wild horses
5. Torn and frayedbut could change that any time
Top five stones tracks would be
1. Sympathy for devil
2. Gimme Shelter
3. Tumbling dice
4. Wild horses
5. Torn and frayedSurely Paint It Black.
My favourite Nick Drake song; a ditty of great beauty
Two other goodies from the Stones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2glT__Er7sSome jazzy bluesy soul for Clivexxxx
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