![]() ![]() I can put away the ragesĬome back, come back. I can peel away the cagesĬome back, come back. Oh my precious my soul says to my blue eyed sparrowĬome back, come back. Now when hearts be stilled that gentle voice is spring Oh yes and children how she made the mountains ring So I listened once again to my bluebird sing Was there something else that I could do? or was it over? The pain of losing you well it made me an angry man Graham Nash introduced the song as on their new album, but it was not there. Such a long, long, long, long time before the dawn Crosby Stills Nash Young Woodstock Bluebird RevisitedĪ follow-up to another well-known Stephen Stills song from the Buffalo Springfield canon and the single referenced above. It’s going to be (long) a long (time) time (gone) gone It’s been a (long) long (time) time (comin’) comin’ Such a long, long, long, long time before the dawn If you do you had better cut your hair, mm Speak out, you got to speak out against the madnessīut don’t-no, don’t no-try to get yourself elected That surely, surely, surely won’t stand the light of day, noĪnd it appears to be a long (yes it does) You know there’s something that’s goin’ on around here Yes, a long, long, long, long time before the dawn Then I’m gonna make my love to you, whoa-oh-oh!īe sure to hide the roaches Crosby Stills Nash Young Woodstock Long Time GoneĪ David Crosby song from their debut album. Me forever and we’ll make it work, whoa-oh-oh! Graham Nash introduced the two other band members at this point: Dallas Taylor and Greg Reeves.Īnd you have me ’cause you love me too, yeah I said cry my baby, you don’t have to cry Crosby Stills Nash Young Woodstock Electric set Pre-Road DownsĪ Graham Nash song, it closed side one of their debut album. I said cry my baby, you don’t have to cry You are living a reality I left years ago It had been on their Buffalo Springfield Again album.ĭo you think of me and how you left me cryin’?Īre you thinkin’ of telephones, and managers It was the A-side of a Springfield single that Atco Records had released on June 15, 1967. He refused to be filmed, thus there are no pictures of him at Woodstock. SoulĪ song well-known Neil Young song to Buffalo Springfield fans and Neil Young comes out on the stage. I grow weary of the torment, can there be no peace?Īnd I find myself just wishing that my life would simply cease. I see that it is empty and there’s devils in my head. Morning comes to sunrise and I’m driven to my bed. Where is my woman can I bring her home? Have I driven her away? Is she gone? Night after sleepless night, I walk the floor and I want to know- why am I so alone? He was tired of being poor and he wasn’t into selling door to doorĪ different kind of poverty now upsets me so. The song of a woman and a man who lived in strife. This performance is sung alone by Stills.įour and twenty years ago, I come into this life, Take the train from Casablanca going southīlowing smoke rings from the corners of my my, my, my, my mouthĭon’t you know we’re riding on the Marrakesh ExpressĪll on board that train Crosby Stills Nash Young Woodstock 4 + 20Ī Stephen Stills song that would appear on their next album, Déjà Vu which they’d already started to record, would finish recording in January 1970, and release on March 11, 1970. This was the opening track to their first album. Neil Young: guitar, vocals (from middle of acoustic set}Ĭrosby Stills Nash Young Woodstock Acoustic Set Suite: Judy Blue Eyesįrom that first album, Judy Collins inspired Stephen Stills to writer the song.In early 1969 they signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records, recorded an album in February and March, and Atlantic released the eponymous album on May 29, 1969.Īs they famously say at Woodstock, this was only the second time that they’d performed live and they were “ scared shitless.” They’d perform for about an hour and a quarter. They’d been together informally the year before and found they harmonized well. The initial band’s three members were familiar to most because of the well-known bands they’d recently left: David Crosby from the Byrds, Stephen Stills from Buffalo Springfield, and Graham Nash from the Hollies. Had I known that Neil Young would be there as well, I would have been more disappointed, but c’est la vie. Crosby, Stills and Nash was one of the bands I hated to miss. Those still there had heard reveille about 15 hours earlier! I was home in bed and would be at my summer job in NYC in 5 hours.
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