Decade es un álbum de Neil Young, publicado en 1977 por Reprise Records. El disco incluye 35 canciones, entre ellas «Down To The Wire», «Burned», «Mr. Soul» y «Broken Arrow».
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Decade es un álbum recopilatorio del músico canadiense Neil Young, lanzado originalmente en 1977 como un álbum triple, ahora disponible en dos discos compactos. Contiene 35 de las canciones de Young grabadas entre 1966 y 1976, entre ellas cinco temas inéditos hasta ese momento. Alcanzó el puesto 43 en la lista Billboard Top Pop Albums y fue certificado platino por la RIAA en 1986.Listado de Canciones
Disco 1
- Down To The Wire
Letra
Every time you touch her sets your hands on fire, And every thing you've got is all that she requires. And you hang on, hang on, hang on to the words of a liar. You can feel it getting down to the wire. All the hurt you thought was gone has now returned, And every thing she's laughing at is all you learned. And you let go, let go, let go, 'cause you know you're getting tired. Can you feel it getting down to the wire? Take the time to close your eyes and look around, 'Cause anyone who helped you out can let you down. And look out, look out, look out, the voice is now the choir. Can you feel it getting down to the wire? - Burned
Letra
Been burned and with both feet on the ground, I've learned that it's painful comin' down. No use runnin' away, and there's no time left to stay. Now I'm finding out that it's so confusin', No time left and I know I'm losin'. Flashed and I think I'm fallin' down, Crashed, and my ears can't hear a sound. No use runnin' away, and there's no time left to stay. Now I'm finding out that it's so confusin', No time left and I know I'm losin'. Now I'm finding out that it's so confusin', No time left and I know I'm losin'. Burned and with both feet on the ground. I've learned that it's painful comin' down. No use runnin' away, and there's no time left to stay. Now I'm finding out that it's so confusin', No time left and I know I'm losin'. - Mr. SoulOh, hello Mr. Soul, I dropped by to pick up a reason For the thought that I caught that my head is the event of the season Why in crowds just a trace of my face could seem so pleasin' I'll cop out to the change, but a stranger is putting the tease on. I was down on a frown when the messenger brought me a letter I was raised by the praise of a fan who said I upset her Any girl in the world could have easily known me better She said, You're strange, but don't change, and I let her. In a while will the smile on my face turn to plaster? Stick around while the clown who is sick does the trick of disaster For the race of my head and my face is moving much faster Is it strange I should change? I don't know, why don't you ask her?
- Broken Arrow
Letra
The lights turned on and the curtain fell down, And when it was over it felt like a dream, They stood at the stage door and begged for a scream, The agents had paid for the black limousine That waited outside in the rain. Did you see them, did you see them? Did you see them in the river? They were there to wave to you. Could you tell that the empty quivered, Brown skinned Indian on the banks That were crowded and narrow, Held a broken arrow? Eighteen years of American dream, He saw that his brother had sworn on the wall. He hung up his eyelids and ran down the hall, His mother had told him a trip was a fall, And don't mention babies at all. Did you see him, did you see him? Did you see him in the river? He were there to wave to you. Could you tell that the empty quivered, Brown skinned Indian on the banks That were crowded and narrow, Held a broken arrow? The streets were lined for the wedding parade, The Queen wore the white gloves, the county of song, The black covered caisson her horses had drawn Protected her King from the sun rays of dawn. They married for peace and were gone. Did you see them, did you see them? Did you see them in the river? They were there to wave to you. Could you tell that the empty quivered, Brown skinned Indian on the banks That were crowded and narrow, Held a broken arrow? - Expecting To Fly
Letra
There you stood on the edge of your feather, Expecting to fly. While I laughed, I wondered whether I could wave goodbye, Knowin' that you'd gone. By the summer it was healing, We had said goodbye. All the years we'd spent with feeling Ended with a cry, Babe, ended with a cry, Babe, ended with a cry. I tried so hard to stand As I stumbled and fell to the ground. So hard to laugh as I fumbled And reached for the love I found, Knowin' it was gone. If I never lived without you, Now you know I'd die. If I never said I loved you, Now you know I'd try, Babe, now you know I'd try. Babe, now you know I'd try, Babe. - Sugar Mountain
Letra
Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain With the barkers and the colored balloons, You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain Though you're thinking that you're leaving there too soon, You're leaving there too soon. It's so noisy at the fair But all your friends are there And the candy floss you had And your mother and your dad. Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain With the barkers and the colored balloons, You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain Though you're thinking that you're leaving there too soon, You're leaving there too soon. There's a girl just down the aisle, Oh, to turn and see her smile. You can hear the words she wrote As you read the hidden note. Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain With the barkers and the colored balloons, You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain Though you're thinking that you're leaving there too soon, You're leaving there too soon. Now you're underneath the stairs And you're givin' back some glares To the people who you met And it's your first cigarette. Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain With the barkers and the colored balloons, You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain Though you're thinking that you're leaving there too soon, You're leaving there too soon. Now you say you're leavin' home 'Cause you want to be alone. Ain't it funny how you feel When you're findin' out it's real? Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain With the barkers and the colored balloons, You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain Though you're thinking that you're leaving there too soon, You're leaving there too soon. Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain with the barkers and the colored balloons, You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain Though you're thinking that you're leaving there too soon, You're leaving there too soon. - I Am A Child
Letra
I am a child, I'll last a while You can't conceive of the pleasure in my smile You hold my hand, rough up my hair It's lots of fun to have you there I gave to you, now, you give to me I'd like to know what you learned The sky is blue and so is the sea What is the color, when black is burned? What is the color? You are a man, you understand You pick me up and you lay me down again You make the rules, you say what's fair It's lots of fun to have you there I gave to you, now, you give to me I'd like to know what you learned The sky is blue and so is the sea What is the color, when black is burned? What is the color? I am a child, I'll last a while You can't conceive of the pleasure in my smile - The Loner
- The Old Laughing Lady
- Cinnamon Girl
Letra
I wanna live With a cinnamon girl I could be happy The rest of my life With a cinnamon girl A dreamer of pictures I run in the night You see us together Chasing the moonlight My cinnamon girl Ten silver saxes A bass with a bow The drummer relaxes And waits between shows For his cinnamon girl A dreamer of pictures I run in the night You see us together Chasing the moonlight My cinnamon girl Pa send me money now I'm gonna make it somehow I need another chance You see your baby loves to dance Yeah...yeah...yeah - Down By The RiverBe on my side. I'll be on your side, baby. There is no reason for you to hide. It's so hard for me staying here all alone, When you could be taking me for a ride. She could drag me over the rainbow, Send me away. Down by the river, I shot my baby. Down by the river. Dead, ooh, ooh, shot her dead, ooh. You take my hand, I'll take your hand. Together we may get away. This much madness is too much sorrow. It's impossible to make it today. She could drag me over the rainbow, Send me away. Down by the river, I shot my baby. Down by the river. Dead, dead, ooh, ooh, shot her dead, shot her dead. Be on my side. I'll be on your side. There is no reason for you to hide. It's so hard for me staying here all alone, When you could be taking me for a ride. She could drag me over the rainbow, Send me away. Down by the river, I shot my baby. Down by the river. Down by the river, I shot my baby. Down by the river. Down by the river, I shot my baby. Down by the river.
- Cowgirl In The Sand
Letra
Hello cowgirl in the sand Is this place at your command Can I stay here for a while Can I see your sweet sweet smile Old enough now to change your name When so many love you is it the same? It's the woman in you that makes you want to play this game. Hello ruby in the dust Has your band begun to rust After all the sin we've had I was hopin' that we'd turn bad Old enough now to change your name When so many love you is it the same It's the woman in you that makes you want to play this game. Hello woman of my dreams This is not the way it seems Purple words on a grey background To be a woman and to be turned down Old enough now to change your name When so many love you is it the same It's the woman in you that makes you want to play this game. - I Believe In You
Letra
Now that you found yourself losing your mind Are you here again? Finding that what you once thought was real Is gone, and changing? Now that you made yourself love me Do you think I can change it in a day? How can I place you above me? Am I lying to you when I say That I believe in you I believe in you. Coming to you at night I see my questions I feel my doubts Wishing that maybe in a year or two We could laugh and let it all out Now that you made yourself love me Do you think I can change it in a day? How can I place you above me? Am I lying to you when I say That I believe in you I believe in you. - After The Gold Rush
- Southern Man
Letra
Southern man, better keep your head. Don't forget what your good book said. Southern change gonna come at last. Now your crosses are burning fast. Southern man. I saw cotton and I saw black. Tall white mansions and little shacks. Southern man, when will you pay them back? I heard screamin' and bullwhips cracking. How long? How long? Southern man, better keep your head. Don't forget what your good book said. Southern change gonna come at last. Now your crosses are burning fast. Southern man. Lily Belle, your hair is golden brown. I've seen your black man comin' round. Swear by God, I'm gonna cut him down! I heard screamin' and bullwhips cracking. How long? How long? - HelplessThere is a town in north Ontario, With dream comfort memory to spare, And in my mind I still need a place to go, All my changes were there. Blue, blue windows behind the stars, Yellow moon on the rise, Big birds flying across the sky, Throwing shadows on our eyes. Leave us Helpless, helpless, helpless Baby can you hear me now? The chains are locked and tied across the door, Baby, sing with me somehow. Blue, blue windows behind the stars, Yellow moon on the rise, Big birds flying across the sky, Throwing shadows on our eyes. Leave us Helpless, helpless, helpless.
Disco 2
- Ohio
Letra
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming, We're finally on our own. This summer I hear the drumming, Four dead in Ohio. Gotta get down to it Soldiers are cutting us down Should have been done long ago. What if you knew her And found her dead on the ground How can you run when you know? Gotta get down to it Soldiers are cutting us down Should have been done long ago. What if you knew her And found her dead on the ground How can you run when you know? Tin soldiers and Nixon coming, We're finally on our own. This summer I hear the drumming, Four dead in Ohio. Four dead in Ohio (Four dead) Four dead in Ohio (Four) Four dead in Ohio (How many?) Four dead in Ohio (How many more?) Four dead in Ohio (Why?) Four dead in Ohio (Oh!) Four dead in Ohio (Four) Four dead in Ohio (Why?) Four dead in Ohio (Why?) - Soldier
Letra
Soldier, your eyes, they shine like the sun I wonder why. Soldier, your eyes shine like the sun I wonder why. Jesus, I saw you walkin' on the river I don't believe you. You can't deliver right away I wonder why. Jesus, your eyes shine like the sun I wonder why. - Old Man
Letra
Old man look at my life, I'm a lot like you were. Old man look at my life, I'm a lot like you were. Old man look at my life, Twenty four and there's so much more Live alone in a paradise That makes me think of two. Love lost, such a cost, Give me things that don't get lost. Like a coin that won't get tossed Rolling home to you. Old man take a look at my life I'm a lot like you I need someone to love me the whole day through Ah, one look in my eyes and you can tell that's true. Lullabies, look in your eyes, Run around the same old town. Doesn't mean that much to me To mean that much to you. I've been first and last Look at how the time goes past. But I'm all alone at last. Rolling home to you. Old man take a look at my life I'm a lot like you I need someone to love me the whole day through Ah, one look in my eyes and you can tell that's true. Old man look at my life, I'm a lot like you were. Old man look at my life, I'm a lot like you were. - A Man Needs A Maid
Letra
My life is changing in so many ways I don't know who to trust anymore There's a shadow running through my days Like a beggar going from door to door. I was thinking that maybe I'd get a maid Find a place nearby for her to stay. Just someone to keep my house clean, Fix my meals and go away. A maid. A man needs a maid. A maid. It's hard to make that change When life and love turn strange And cold. To give a love, you gotta live a love. To live a love, you gotta be "part of". When will I see you again? A while ago somewhere, I don't know when I was watching a movie with a friend. I fell in love with the actress. She was playing a part that I could understand. A maid. A man needs a maid. A maid. A man needs a maid. When will I see you again? - HarvestDid I see you down in a young girl's town With your mother in so much pain? I was almost there at the top of the stairs With her screamin' in the rain. Did she wake you up to tell you that It was only a change of plan? Dream up, dream up, let me fill your cup With the promise of a man. Did I see you walking with the boys Though it was not hand in hand? And was some black face in a lonely place When you could understand? Did she wake you up to tell you that It was only a change of plan? Dream up, dream up, let me fill your cup With the promise of a man. Will I see you give more than I can take? Will I only harvest some? As the days fly past will we lose our grasp Or fuse it in the sun? Did she wake you up to tell you that It was only a change of plan? Dream up, dream up, let me fill your cup With the promise of a man.
- Heart Of GoldI want to live I want to give I've been a miner for a heart of gold It's these expressions I never give That keep me searching for a heart of gold And I'm getting old Keep me searching for a heart of gold And I'm getting old I've been to Hollywood I've been to Redwood I crossed the ocean for a heart of gold I've been in my mind It's such a fine line That keeps me searching for a heart of gold And I'm getting old Keeps me searching for a heart of gold And I'm getting old Keep me searching for a heart of gold You keep me searching and I'm growing old Keep me searching for a heart of gold I've been a miner for a heart of gold
- Star Of Bethlehem
Letra
Ain't it hard When you wake up In the morning And you find out That those other days Are gone? All you have Is memories of happiness Lingerin' on All your dreams And your lovers Won't protect you They're only passing Through you in the end They'll leave You stripped of all That they can get to And wait for you To come back again Yet still a light is shining From that lamp on down the hall Maybe the star of Bethlehem Wasn't a star at all - The Needle And The Damage Done
- Tonight's The Night (Part 1)
- Tired Eyes
Letra
Well he shot four men in a cocaine deal And he left them lyin' in an open field Full of old cars with bullet holes in the mirrors. He tried to do his best but he could not. Please take my advice, please take my advice Please take my advice. Open up the tired eyes, Open up the tired eyes. Well, it wasn't supposed to go down that way. But they burned his brother, you know, And they left him lying in the driveway. They let him down with nothin'. He tried to do his best but he could not. Please take my advice, please take my advice Please take my advice. Open up the tired eyes, Open up the tired eyes. Well tell me more, tell me more, tell me more I mean was he a heavy doper or was he just a loser? He was a friend of yours. What do you mean, he had bullet holes in his mirrors? He tried to do his best but he could not. Please take my advice, please take my advice Please take my advice. Open up the tired eyes, Open up the tired eyes. Please take my advice, please take my advice Please take my advice. Open up the tired eyes, Open up the tired eyes. - Walk On
Letra
I hear some people been talkin' me down, Bring up my name, pass it 'round. They don't mention happy times They do their thing, I'll do mine. Ooh baby, that's hard to change I can't tell them how to feel. Some get stoned, some get strange, But sooner or later it all gets real. Walk on, walk on, Walk on, walk on. I remember the good old days, Stayed up all night gettin' crazed. Then the money was not so good, But we still did the best we could. Ooh baby, that's hard to change I can't tell them how to feel. Some get stoned, some get strange, But sooner or later it all gets real. Walk on, walk on, Walk on, walk on. - For The Turnstiles
Letra
All the sailors with their seasick mamas Hear the sirens on the shore, Singin' songs for pimps with tailors Who charge ten dollars at the door. You can really learn a lot that way It will change you in the middle of the day. Though your confidence may be shattered, It doesn't matter. All the great explorers Are now in granite laid, Under white sheets for the great unveiling At the big parade. You can really learn a lot that way It will change you in the middle of the day. Though your confidence may be shattered, It doesn't matter. All the bushleague batters Are left to die on the diamond. In the stands the home crowd scatters For the turnstiles, For the turnstiles, For the turnstiles. - Winterlong
Letra
I waited for you, Winterlong You seem to be where I belong. It's all illusion anyway. If things should ever turn out wrong And all the love we have is gone, It won't be easy on that day. Waiting to follow Through the dreamlight of your way Is not so easy for me now. Half the time has passed away Things we thought of yesterday Come back now, come back now. Waiting to follow Through the dreamlight of your way Is not so easy for me now. Half the time has passed away Things we thought of yesterday Come back now, come back now. I waited for you Winterlong You seem to be where I belong. - Deep Forbidden Lake
Letra
On the lake, the deep forbidden lake, The old boats go gliding by, And the leaves are falling from the trees And landing on the logs and I See the turtles heading for the bog And falling off the log. They make the water splash, And feeling no backlash, They climb the happy banks. On the boats, the old and creaky boats, The shoreline goes gliding by, And the wind, there was a dying breeze, Is making the banners fly. See the colors, floating in the sky, The pride of the captain's eye, As he glides His slender craft inside And opens up the door. On the coast, the long and tempting coast, The cards on the table lie, And a speech, so eloquent in reach, Was made by a passerby, Passing by the way between Here and left behind. And it ripples through the crowds Who run and cast their doubts In the deep forbidden lake. Yes, it echoes through the crowds Who run and cast their doubts In the deep forbidden lake. - Like A Hurricane
Letra
Once I thought I saw you in a crowded hazy bar, Dancing on the light from star to star. Far across the moonbeam I know that's who you are, I saw your brown eyes turning once to fire. You are like a hurricane There's calm in your eye. And I'm gettin' blown away To somewhere safer where the feeling stays. I want to love you but I'm getting blown away. I am just a dreamer, but you are just a dream, You could have been anyone to me. Before that moment you touched my lips That perfect feeling when time just slips Away between us on our foggy trip. You are like a hurricane There's calm in your eye. And I'm gettin' blown away To somewhere safer where the feeling stays. I want to love you but I'm getting blown away. You are just a dreamer, and I am just a dream. You could have been anyone to me. Before that moment you touched my lips That perfect feeling when time just slips Away between us on our foggy trip. You are like a hurricane There's calm in your eye. And I'm gettin' blown away To somewhere safer where the feeling stays. I want to love you but I'm getting blown away. - Love Is A Rose
Letra
Love is a rose But you better not pick it It only grows when it's on the vine A handful of thorns and You know you've missed it You lose your love When you say the word "mine" I wanna see what's never been seen I wanna live that age-old dream Come on, lass, we can go together Let's take the best right now Take the best right now I wanna go to an old hoe-down Long ago in a western town Pick me up but my feet are draggin' Give me a lift and I'll hay your wagon Love is a rose But you better not pick it It only grows when it's on the vine A handful of thorns and You know you've missed it You lose your love When you say the word "mine", "mine", "mine" Love is a rose, love is a rose Love is a rose, love is a rose - Cortez The Killer
Letra
He came dancing across the water With his galleons and guns Looking for the new world In that palace in the sun On the shore lay Montezuma With his coca leaves and pearls In his halls he often wandered With the secrets of the worlds And his subjects Gathered 'round him Like the leaves around a tree In their clothes of many colors For the angry gods to see And the women all were beautiful And the men stood Straight and strong They offered life in sacrifice So that others could go on Hate was just a legend And war was never known The people worked together And they lifted many stones And they carried them To the flatlands But they died along the way And they built up With their bare hands What we still can't do today And I know she's living there And she loves me to this day I still can't remember when Or how I lost my way He came dancing across the water Cortez, Cortez What a killer - Campaigner
Letra
I am a lonely visitor. I came to late to cause a stir, Though I campaigned all my life towards that goal. I hardly slept the night you wept Our secret's safe and still well kept Where even Richard Nixon has got soul. Even Richard Nixon has got Soul. Traffic cops are all color blind. People steal from their own kind. Evening comes to early for a stroll. Down neon streets the streaker streaks. The speaker speaks, but the truth still leaks, Where even Richard Nixon has got soul. Even Richard Nixon has got it, Soul. The podium rocks in the crowded waves. The speaker talks of the beautiful saves That went down long before he played this role For the hotel queens and the magazines, Test tube genes and slot machines Where even Richard Nixon got soul. Even Richard Nixon has got it, Soul. Hospitals have made him cry, But there's always a free way in his eye, Though his beach just got too crowded for his stroll. Roads stretch out like healthy veins, And wild gift horses strain the reins, Where even Richard Nixon has got soul. Even Richard Nixon has got Soul. I am a lonely visitor. I came to late to cause a stir, Though I campaigned all my life towards that goal. - Long May You Run
Letra
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.