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ADD: Fred Neil songs

29 Aug 01 - 11:28 AM (#537493)
Subject: Fred Neil songs
From: GUEST,iamjohnne

if any of you are interested, the lyrics and chords to Fred Neils songs are now posted at his website, www.fredneil.com.I havent figures out how to so the blue clicky thing .

Johnne :goin where the weather suits my clothes'

29 Aug 01 - 01:07 PM (#537561)
Subject: RE: Fred Neil songs
From: Allan C.

Here is the clicky to the Fred Neil site. The lyrics are not readily apparent, though. If you click on the discography link, then on a specific album, a small "Lyrics" link appears for each album. Thanks for pointing this out, iamjohnne.

29 Aug 01 - 01:13 PM (#537564)
Subject: RE: Fred Neil songs
From: Jack the Sailor

I really like the song that plays when you open the site!

29 Aug 01 - 06:10 PM (#537746)
Subject: RE: Fred Neil songs
From: Stewie

iamjohnne, many thanks for the link.

--Stewie.

29 Aug 01 - 08:42 PM (#537822)
Subject: RE: Fred Neil songs
From: iamjohnne

the song that plays when you open the site is The Dolphins Fred recorded that back in sixty seven or sixty eight I am not sure which. He was a marvelous singer and songwriter. NOt enough people have heard his music.

30 Aug 01 - 06:24 AM (#538009)
Subject: RE: Fred Neil songs
From: Mark Cohen

There was a thread not too long ago when Fred died, but I can't find it in the Forum search. Maybe someone else will have better luck...there were some fine reminiscences from folks who knew him in Florida, as I recall. I remember Dave Herman used to play his songs a lot on WMMR in Philadelphia, 1969-70 or thereabouts. I always loved "The Dolphins". What a voice....

Wasn't there some kind of to-do with Fred and the "Midnight Cowboy" theme? I know that in the movie Harry Nilsson sings Fred's song, "Everybody's Talkin'", but I remember there was a story about why they didn't use Fred's recording of it.

Aloha,
Mark

30 Aug 01 - 09:16 PM (#538603)
Subject: RE: Fred Neil songs
From: iamjohnne

Mark, To find the thread here in the forum, on the main forum page, go to the search and filter Fred Neil then set the other thingy for 60 days back, then it will come up. You asked about why Nilson's recording of Everybody's Talkin" was used instead of Freddie's, it had soemthing to do with his commitment to Capitol Records. To find out lots more about him and the others who he influenced, go to the FredNeil.com and click "Everybody's Talking" It is a forum that was started the day after he died. You would be amazed at who all has posted there. He was certainly an amazing man, I feel privledged to have briefly known him and to have been able to hear him live. He was magical.

Johnne "goin where the weather suits my clothes"

01 Sep 01 - 02:18 PM (#539726)
Subject: RE: Fred Neil songs
From: Allan C.

Here is a post I made that relates to this discussion.

04 Apr 23 - 12:55 AM (#4169191)
Subject: ADD: Dolphins (Fred Neil)
From: Joe Offer

THE DOLPHINS
(Fred Neil)

This old world may never change
The way it’s been
And all the ways of war
Can’t change it back again

I’ve been searchin’
For the dolphins in the sea
And sometimes I wonder
Do you ever think of me

I’m not the one to tell this world
How to get along
I only know the peace will come
When all hate is gone

I’ve been searchin’
For the dolphins in the sea
And sometimes I wonder
Do you ever think of me

You know sometimes I think about
Saturday’s child
And all about the time
When we were running wild

I’ve been searchin’
For the dolphins in the sea
And sometimes I wonder
Do you ever think of me

This old world may never change
This world may never change
This world may never change


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrg5C9eUhZc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dolphins_(song)

04 Apr 23 - 05:29 PM (#4169255)
Subject: Lyrics: Tear Down the Walls (1964 Fred Neil Album)
From: Joe Offer

Tear Down The Walls (1964)

(album by Vince Martin & Fred Neil)

I Know You Rider

I say I know you, Rider
Miss me when I’m gone
I say I know you, Rider
Miss me when I’m gone
Won’t have nobody now, mama
Roll around
In your sweet lovin’ arms

Lovin’ you, baby
Easy as fallin’ off a log
Lovin’ you, baby
Easy as fallin’ off a log
I can’t make love to you, mama
Ain’t gonna hang around
And be your dirty dog

Early one mornin’
Rider, and it won’t be long
Early one mornin’
Rider, and it won’t be long
You’re gonna call my name now, baby
Sweet lovin’ daddy
Gonna be long gone

I say I know you, Rider

Red Flowers

Red were the flowers
Growing out of the ashes of war
Searching for the sun
That was there before
Searching for the sun
That was there
Now it’s gone

Red were the babes
Asleep in the fires made by man
Dreaming of the flowers
That were there before
Dreaming of the flowers
That were there before
Dreaming of the flowers
That were there
Now thery’re gone

How could mankind be so cruel
To do this thing they’ve done
The one thing God shall not forgive
Of the child that’s never
Seen a flower grow
And a flower that’s never
Seen the sun, my son

Our father
Who art in heaven above
Hallowed be a child’s love
For the flower that’s never
Seen the sun
For the flower and the child
Are one

Tear Down The Walls

Tear down the walls
Listen to freedom singin’ out
Tear down the walls
Can’t you hear
The churchbells ringin’ out
Give every man
The chance to take his brother’s hand
Tear down the walls
Tear down the walls

The muslc’s In the air
Where every man is free
The music’s everywhere
That lights the torch of liberty
Tear down the walis
Can’t you hear the melody
Tear down the walis
Hear every man
Singin’ over the land
Tear down the walls
Tear down the walls

Weary Blues

Weary blues from waitin’
Lord, I’ve been waitin’ too long
These blues have got me cryin’
Sweet mama, please come on home (now)

Through tears i watch young lovers
As they go strollin’ by
God knows the things
That might have been
God forgive me if, if I cry

Weary blues…

The snow falls round my window
It can’t chill my heart
It died the day you went away
And my dream world fell apart

Weary blues (Weary, weary blues)
Weary blues from waitin’
Lord, I’ve been waitin’ too long
These blues have got me cryin’
Sweet mama, please come on home (now)
Won’t you please come on home (now)
Won’t you please come on home

Toy Balloon

This is a song about a kid

The sun’s a ten cent toy balloon
Hanginig in the sky
Watchin’ all the people down below
Goin’ by

The moon’s a ten cent lollipop
Hey, make a stop
I’m gettin’ dizzy
I’m gettin’ dizzy

His mother and father answered

We’re too busy
We’re too busy

Well, now the kids goes up to his room
Sits by his window,
And he starts to think

Someday I’ll be a man
Maybe fifty three
Then everybody will listen to me

Even my mommy and my daddy will listen
To me when I’m fifty three

But I wonder
Will the sun watch
AlI the people goin’ by
Will the moon still hang in the sky
When I die
When I die

Baby

Baby
Do you hear, do you hear me now
Your baby’s gonna leave you
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Next pay day

I’ll be sailin’ up
That Saint John River
(I’ll be sailin’ up)
(The Saint John River)
Never more to be the giver
(Never more to be the giver)
Baby (Baby) Baby (Baby)

Baby (Baby)
Do you hear (Do you hear)
Do you hear me now
I say you’re baby’s gonna leave you now
(Your baby’s gonna leave you)
Next pay day (Next pay day)
Next pay day

I’ll be sailin’ up
That Saint John River
(I’ll be sailin’ on)
(The Saint John River)
Never more to be the giver now
(Never more to be the giver)
Baby (Baby)

Baby
Do you hear, do you hear
Baby Baby, Baby, Baby,
Baby Baby, Baby,
Do you hear (Do you hear)
Do you hear me now

Baby
Do you hear, do you hear me
Baby Baby, Baby, Baby,
Baby Baby, Baby,

Morning Dew

Walk me out
In the moming dew, my honey
Walk me out In the moming dew today
Can’t walk you out
In the momlng dew, my baby
Can’! walk you out
In the morning dew today

Thought I heard
A young man moanin’ Lord
Thought I heard
A young man moanin’ Lord
You didn’t hear
No young man moanin’ Lord
You didn’t hear
No young man moan today

Where have all the people gone
My honey
Where haye all the people gone
Today
Don’t you worry
‘Bout those people, baby
You’ll never see those people
Anymore

Thought I heard
My baby cryin’ mama
Thought I heard
My baby cryin’ mama
You didn’t hear
No baby cryin’ mama
You didn’t hear
No baby cry today

Walk me out
In the moming dew, my honey
Walk me out
In the morning dew today
Can’t walk you out
In the morning dew, my baby
I’ll never walk you out
In the moming dew again

I’m A Drifter

I’m a drifter, l’m a loner
And I’ve seen every city and town
I’ll pass by here and I’ll die here
And some stranger will lower me down

I’ve sat in the shade
Of an oId apple orchard
Watched the big trucks rollin’ by
Shared a grape soda
With a man from Dakota
And seen a June bug in July

I’m a drifter…

I’ve played basketball
Through the hoop of a barrel
Struggled to learn how to swim
Through I sometimes think maybe
I once was a baby
I only pretend I was him

I’m a drifter…

I’m made love in your city
Til the poor and the pretty
Thought I was clever and smart
I’ve ended up lonely
With nothin’ but only
A song and a half of a heart

I’m a drifter, l’m a loner
And I’ve seen every city and town
I’ll pass by here and I’ll die here
And some stranger will lower me down
Stranger will lower me down

Linin’ Track

Gonna line track today
And tomorrow we’re gonna play now
(Tomorrow)
and tomorrow we’re gonna play
(Tomorrow we’re gonna play)

Evalina, yeah, and her daughter, yeah
They run a sportin’ house
Down by the water
Evalina, yeah and her daughter, yeah
They run a sportin’ house
Down by the water

Gonna line track today…
I never been
To Georgia, Georgia, Georgia
(I never been to Georgia, but)
Georgia, I’ve been told now, buddy
I never been
To Georgie, Georgia, Georgia
(But) I’ve been told now, mame
Sweet Georgia woman
(Got that sweet sweet) Lordy, mama
Got a sweet sweet jelly roll now
Good Georgia woman
(Got that sweet) Lordy, mama
Got a sweet sweet jelly roll now
Got a sweet jelly roll

Gonna Iine track today
And tomorrow we’re gonna
Tomorrow we’re gonna
(Tomorrow, tomorrow)
Tomorrow we’re gonna

Wild Child In A World Of Trouble

Wild child’s in a world of trouble
Quiet child’s in a world of pain
Lost child’s in a world of sorrow
Searchin’ children in a world of shame
Searchin’ children in a world of shame

There’s been a world of trouble
Way before I came here
World of trouble way before then
There’ll be a world of trouble
After I’m gone
‘Cause it’s a world of frouble
They’ll bury me in

Wild child’s in a world of trouble…

Wild child’s in a world of trouble now
Wild child’s in a world of trouble now

Wild child’s in a world of trouble now

Dade County Jail

You know, Dade County Jail
Is nine stories tall
I say Dade County Jail
Is nine stories tall
Air conditioned from wall to wall
Still they can’t find a bed for
No they can’t find a bed
For juvenile Hall

Now the building was built
For just fifty two
To one hundred and twenty now
My how they grew
Governor Foss Bryant
Now, what you gonna do
When they can’t find a bed
For Juvenile Hall

I say Dade County Jail
Is nine stories tall now
Air conditioned from wall to wall
They’re not even usin’
Three floors at all
Still they can’t find a bed for
No they can’t find a bed
For Juvenile Hall

Now, I’ve seen your courthouse
With its big shiny doors
I’ve seen your church windows
Costin’ thousands or more
But I’ve never seen
Children sleepin’ on floors
Still they can’t flnd a bed for
No, they can’t find a bed
For Juvenlle Hall

Hey there, all you mothers
Your good City Fathers
Aren’t even good brothers
When they can’t find a bed for
No, they can’t find a bed
For Juvenile Hall
I’ve seen your Torch of Friendship
In Bay Front Park
How can you speak of friendship
With your chlldren in the dark
They got a park
For fhe senior citlzen’s ball
They can’t find a bed for.
No, they can’t find a bed
For Juvenile Hall

I say Dade County Jail…

Can’t find a bed for Juvenile Hall

I Got ‘Em

I say I got ‘em
If you want ‘em now
(If you want ‘em) I got ‘em
I got apples and peaches
And pears and plums
Real fine peaches this mornin’
This mornin’ (this mornin’)
I say I got ‘em
If you want ‘em
(If you want ‘em) I got ‘em

Uh uh
No man can’t come up your road now
Your road too bumpy
Make me dump my load
Dump my load
I say I (I got ‘em, I got ‘em)
Got ‘em now

Well, the sun ain’t shinin’
And it look like rain
Listen to the whistle
On that lonesome freight train
Just sigh in the rain
Sign in the rain
I got ‘em now
If you want ‘em (if you want ‘em)
I say I got ‘em

Boy, you get that dog
Away from this cart
If that dog lifts his leg
Just one more time
I’m gonna kick him
I say I got ‘em
If you want ‘em
(If you want ‘em, if you want ‘em)
I got ‘em
Well, the sun is a shinin’
And bless my soul
Goin’ home and get
My old cane pole
I’m goin’ fishin’ (I’m goin’ fishin’)
‘Stead of wishin’ I was fishin’
(I’m goin’ fishin’)
I say I got ‘em
If you want ‘em now (If you want ‘em)
I got ‘em (I got ‘em)

Lonesome Valley

You’ve gotta walk that lonesome valley
You’ve gotta walk it by yourself
Nobody else can walk it for you
You’ve gotta walk it by yourself

My mama walked that lonesome valley
She had to walk it by herself
Nobody else could walk it for her
She had to walk It by herself

Jesus walked that lonesome valley
(He had to walk)
He had to walk it by Himself
Nobody else (Nobody else)
Could walk it for Him
He had to walk It by Himself

You’ve gotta walk (You have gotta walk)
That lonesome valley
You’ve gotta walk It by yourself
Nobody else (Nobody else)
(Gonna) Can walk It for you
You’ve gotta walk all by yourself



https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mk33LAqHt8OQ-CUp6RIKdZZ7KjsGJuSDE

04 Apr 23 - 05:35 PM (#4169256)
Subject: Lyrics: Bleecker & MacDougal(1965 Fred Neil Album)
From: Joe Offer

Bleecker & MacDougal

I was standing on the corner
Of the Bleecker and MacDougal
Wondering which way to go
I’ve got a woman down in Coconut Grove
And you know she love me so

I wanna go home
I wanna go home
Now don’t you tell me your troubles
Troubles of my own
I wanna go home

Now love all you big city woman
Love the big city blues
I’ve got a woman down in Coconut Grove
And she knows what to do

I wanna go home…

I was standing on the corner
Of the Bleecker and MacDougal
Wondering what to do
I’ve got a woman down in Coconut Grove
And you know she love me too

I wanna go home…

Blues On The Ceiling

Blues on the ceiling
Over my head
Running down the walls
Across the floor
And over my bed
Blue lights across the street
Blinkin’ off and on
It’s so lonely now she’s gone

I’ll never get out of these blues alive
I’ll never get out of this crazy blues alive

Love had been a dirty
Five letter word to me
I was into the blues over my head
Blue was all that I could see
Up to my neck in misery

I’ll never get out of these blues alive
I’ll never get out of this crazy blues alive

Blues keep on fooling
With my weary head
Cocaine couldn’t numb the pain
I’d be better off dead
Blue lights gone out at last I sleep
The bitter the blues the bitter they keep

I’ll never get out of these blues alive
I’ll never get out of this crazy blues alive

Sweet Mama

Sweet mama
Don’t be mean to me
Well sweet baby
Don’t be mean to me

I’ve been waiting for such a dog
Gone lonesome time
For somebody just like you
To change these blues of mine

Sweet mama
Don’t you turn me down
Well sweet baby
Don’t you turn me down
Hey sweet mama
Now don’t you turn me down
You know I love you
That’s why I keep hanging around
Sweet mama
Don’t you treat me mean
Go on with it

I’ve been waiting for such a dog…

Sweet mama
Don’t you treat me mean
I said sweet mama
Sweet mama
Sweet mama

A Little Bit Of Rain

If I should leave you
Try to remember the good times
Warm days filled with sunshine
And just a little bit of rain
And just a little bit of rain

And if you look back
Try to forget the bad times
Lonely blue and sad times
And just a little bit of rain
And just a little bit of rain

And if I look back
I will remember the good times
Warm days filled with sunshine
And just a little bit of rain
And just a little bit of rain

Country boy

Now I’m just a country boy
I got sand all in my shoes
You know I got stuck in the big city
Got to sing the big city blues

Yeah yeah Miss Lindy
Say baby don’t you leave home
I don’t care about them
And I don’t like it
Well they best leave us alone

Hey Miss Lindy
I said baby don’t you go
If I got to jump in the muddy Mississippi
Gonna swim to the gulf of Mexico
Say swim to Mexico
Let’s swim

See I’m just a country boy
I got sand all in my shoes
You know I got stuck in the big city
Got to sing the big city blues
City blues

Yeah Miss Lindy
Yeah yeah Miss Lindy

Other Side Of This Life

Would you like to know a secret
It’s just between you and me
I don’t know where I’m going next
I don’t know where I’m gonna be

But that’s the other side of this life
I’ve been leading
But that’s the other side of this life

Well my whole world’s in an uproar
My own world’s upside down
I don’t know where I’m going
But I’m always bumming around
And that’s another side of this life
I’ve been leading
And that’s another side of this life

Well I don’t know what I’m doing
Half of the time
I don’t know where I’ll go
I think I’ll get me a sailing boat
And sail the gulf of Mexico

And that’s another side of this life
I’ve been leading
And that’s another side of this life

Well I think I’ll go to Nashville
Down to Tennessee
The ten cent life I’ve been leading here
Gonna the beat the dead of me

But that’s the other side of this life
I’ve been leading
But that’s the other side of this life
And that’s another side of this life
Would you like to know a secret
It’s just between you and me
I don’t know where I’m going next
I don’t know where I’m gonna be

But that’s another side of this life
I’ve been leading
But that’s another side of this life

Mississippi Train

Mississippi train
Take my baby now she’s gone
Mississippi train
Take my baby now she’s gone
I cried down the tracks
Saying baby come back
Wnt running down the railroad tracks
I cried babe come back
I cried babe come back

She’s going through the bayou
The bayou where the river flows
She’s going through the bayou
The bayou where the river flows
Come on baby oh baby
Well I need you so
Woh woh baby ah baby
I need you so

I’m writing her letter
I say a letter
Special mail
I’m writing her letter
I say a letter
Special mail
Saying come home baby
Come home I love you so
Saying come home baby
Come home I need you so
Saying babe come home
Saying babe come home
Saying babe come home
Saying babe come on home

Travelin’ Shoes

You know too many people
Too many times
Keep complainin’ too much about
Their troubled minds
You know so many people
Just itching to speak
You know a very few practicing
The things that they preach

Travelin’ shoes
Travelin’ shoes
Can’t seem to lose
These weary blues
I’m gonna go get ‘em
My travelin’ shoes

You know some people think
They know me quite well
While there are some folks who think
My soul’s going to hell
And they’re right
Well there’s them that do you know
There’s them that don’t
There’s a few left that will
You know there’s some that won’t now

Travelin’ shoes
Can’t seem to lose
These weary blues
I’m gonna go get ‘em
My ramblin’ shoes

You know too many people
Too many times
Keep complainin’ too much about
Their troubled minds
You know so many people
Just itching to speak
You know a very few practicing
The things that they preach

Travelin’ shoes
Travelin’ shoes
Can’t seem to lose
These weary blues
I’m gonna go get ‘em
My travelin’
Go get a
My ramblin’ shoes
Go get a
My travelin’ shoes

The Water Is Wide

The water is wide
And I can not cross over
Nor do I have wings to fly
Build me a boat
That could carry two
And both shall row
My love and I

There is a ship
And she sails the seas
She’s burdened deep
As deep can be
But not as deep
As the love I’m in
And I know not if
I sink or swim

But love is gentle
And love is kind
As to a jewel
When first it’s new
But love grows old
And it fades with time
And it fades away
Like morning dew

Build me a boat
That cuold carry two
And both shall row
My love and I
My love and I
My love and I

Yonder Comes The Blues

Raindrops falling on a roof of tin
Oh bad news
Roof keeps leaking the rain pours in
I guess I’m paying my dues

Look over yonder
Tell me what do you see
Yonder comes the blues
Running after me

It keeps on raining all the time
Sometimes out but mostly in
I’ve been waiting for that sun to shine
Oh since I can’t recall when

Look over yonder…

If your sweet mama treat you right
I think you better take my advise
Don’t go pussy footing late at night
I know you better think twice

You’re gonna look over your shoulder
You know I’m telling you to
Yonder comes the blues
Dressed in high heel shoes

Yonder comes the blues
Running after you

Candy Man

Come on baby
Let me take you by your hand
Ah come on sweet thing
Let me take you by the hand

Can’t you see I wanna be your candy candy
Your candy man

Comen on sweet thing
I love you honey
Lovin’ your honey lovin’ ways
Comen on sweet thing
I love you honey
Lovin’ your honey lovin’ ways

Can’t you see oh you’re for me
I wanna be your candy candy
Your candy man

Come on sweet thing
Gonna treat you right
Makin’ candy kisses now
Every single night
Candy man candy man
Candy man candy candy candy
Can’t you see

I wanna be talk about your candy candy
Your candy man
Candy man now
Candy man
Candy man
Candy man
Candy man

Handful Of Gimme

Your waltz in here
With a handful of gimme
A mouthful of multiplies
I go home feeling empty
From all your signifies

I’d spend the last of my last ten cents
On a nickel bag of candy
And if I had just ten more cents
I think I would take a ride
On the Staten Island ferry

You waltz in here with a handful of gimme
A mouthful of sweet lovin’ lies
I go limpin’ home feelin’ empty
Tears all in my eyes

I’d spend the last of my last ten cents
On a nickel bag of candy
And if I had just ten more cents
I think I would take a ride
On the Staten Island ferry

Your waltz in here
With a handful of gimme
A mouthful of multiplies
I go home feeling empty
From all your signifies

Gone Again

I woke up this morning
With an aching pain deep down
I say I woke this morning
With an aching pain deep down
Shiver and cold
About to go insane
Gone again
Gone again
I’d love to stick around
This old town
But you know I got to go again

I say I love you baby
But you gotta understand right now
I say I love you baby
But you gotta understand right now
When the lord made me
He made a ramblin’ man
Gone again
Gone again

Well I love you so
That’s why I want you to know
I’ll probably go again

Can’t you hear that whistle moaning
On that lonesome train right now
Can’t you hear that whistle moaning
On that lonesome train right now
Shiver and cold
About to go insane
Gone again
Gone again
Gone again
Oh gone again



https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ljwaoxtLVI7_0FuhkwslJhNsWs_1ebQt8

04 Apr 23 - 05:38 PM (#4169257)
Subject: Lyrics: Fred Neil (1966 Fred Neil album)
From: Joe Offer

The Dolphins

This old world may never change
The way it’s been
And all the ways of war
Can’t change it back again

I’ve been searchin’
For the dolphins in the sea
And sometimes I wonder
Do you ever think of me

I’m not the one to tell this world
How to get along
I only know the peace will come
When all hate is gone

I’ve been searchin’…

You know sometimes I think about
Saturday’s child
And all about the time
When we were running wild

I’ve been searchin’…

This old world may never change
This world may never change
This world may never change

I’ve Got a Secret (Didn’t We Shake Sugaree)

I’ve got a secret, I shouldn’t tell,
I’m gonna go to heaven in a split-pea shell.
Lordie me, didn’t we shake sugaree.
Everything I have, down in pawn.

You know I pawned my watch, I pawned my chain,
I’d of sold myself, but I felt ashamed.
Lordie me, didn’t we shake sugaree.
Everything I have, down in pawn.

I’ve got a song to sing, not very long,
I’m gonna sing it right if it takes me all night long
Lordie me, didn’t we shake sugaree.
Everything I have, down in pawn.

That’s The Bag I’m In

I burned my fingers on the coffee pot
Toast was cold and the orange juice was hot.
I should start over but you know I’d rather not.
Same thing gonna happen again
Cause that’s the bag I’m in.

Last night as I was walking down the street,
Whistling the blues to the tapping of my feet,
Some jive crank called the cops on the beat.
It’ll happen every single time.

Every morning when I get up,
I miss my connection and I’m late for work again
You know they’ll probably drop the atom bomb the day my ship comes in.
I dasn’t bet a nickle cause I’d get paid off in yen.
Sometimes you just can’t win cause that’s the bag I’m in.
Jukebox playing the same old melody,
Keep on bringing back those blue memories.
This evil feeling’s gonna be the death of me
I think I’m going out of my mind.

Every morning when I wake up,
I burn my fingers on the pot,
Toast is cold and the orange juice is hot,
I should start over but you know I’d rather not
Same thing gonna happen again,
Cause that’s the bag I’m in.

Ba-De-Da

I get so tired
Hangin’ around this town
All this old city life
Should bring us fellow down

Badada dada
Dadada dada
Dadada dada
Ba-de-da

I get so tired
Trying to sleep at night
All this old city life
They keep on burning bright

Badada dada…

I get so tired
Hangin’ around this town
All this old city life
Should bring us fellow down

Badada dada…

Faretheewell (Fred’s Tune)

Well if I’d have wings
Like Noah’s dove
Will I fly this river
To the one I love

Faretheewell
Oh my honey
Faretheewell
Faretheewell

Woke up this morning
It was drizzlin’ rain
All around my heart
Was an aching pain

Faretheewell…

Well if I’d have wings
Like Noah’s dove
You know I fly up this river
To the one I love

Faretheewell…

Everybody’s Talkin’

Everybody’s talkin’ at me
I don’t hear a word they’re sayin’
Only the echoes of my mind

People stop and stare
I can’t see the faces
Only the shadows of their eyes

I’m goin’ where the sun keep shinin’
Through the pouring rain
Goin’ where the weather suits my clothes
Bankin’ off on the northest wind
Sailing on a summer breeze
Skippin’ over the ocean like a stone

Everybody’s talkin’ at me
Can’t hear a word they’re saying
Only the echoes of my mind

I won’t let you leave my love behind

Everything Happens

It happens every time
There’s really nothing I can do
It happens every time
I guess I’m just a fool for you
Everything that I could beg
borrow or steal I gave to you
Well I guess that the fault was mine
Really nothing I can do

It happens every time
Somebody somewhere mentions your name
It happens every time
I’m just about to go insane
Everything that I could beg
borrow or steal I gave to you
Well I know that the fault was mine
What else could I do?

It happens every time
I guess there’s nothing left to say
It happens every time
I guess it’s just a game we play

Sweet Cocaine

I say cocaine
Cocaine
Runnin’ round your heart
Runnin’ round your brain
Yeah bittersweet

I say come on mama
Come on quick
Cocaine make him poor boy
So sick

Oh sweet mama
When I thought you understood
You got no connections
It’s just no good for me
Hey sweet cocaine

I say cocaine
Cocaine
Runnin’ round your heart
Runnin’ round your brain
Yeah bittersweet

Green Rocky Road

Keep on talkin’ ’bout
Green rocky road
Promenade in green
Who do you love
Who do you love
Who do you love

Mary runnin’ to the one
Don’t you stumble don’t you fall
Don´t you hollow don’t you shallow
When you hear me singin’ come runnin’ out

Green rocky road
Promenade in green
Who do you love
Who do you love
Who do you love

When I go to Baltimore
I got no cap on my floor
I said I got no cap on my floor
When I go to Baltimore

Sing Green rocky road
Promenade in green
Tell me who do you love
Who do you love
Who do you love

See the bluebird in the sky
He don´t walk but he just fly
If you ever touch the ground
Well I know he’ll die
You see the bluebird fly me in the sky

Green rocky road
Promenade in green
Tell me who do you love
Who do you love
Who do you love

Who do you love

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL-NbN8uTOii8yT72mGPBUBjzoGMV8B5Q

04 Apr 23 - 05:40 PM (#4169258)
Subject: Lyrics: Sessions (1967 Fred Neil album)
From: Joe Offer

Felicity

Even though I know the rain may fall
Somewhere the sun will shine

And the melody returns again
Right in the tabs of time

If you don’t believe me
Nothing I can do to change your mind
You’ve got to ride that road
Your own way and your own guitar

Even though I know the tabs keep changin’
They must be turn once more

And the melodies
Shadows of memories
Have all been played before

Please Send Me Somebody To Love

Show the world how to get along
Peace will enter when all hate is gone
And if it’s not asking too much
Please send me somebody to love

I lie awake nights, count the world and its troubles
And my answer’s always the same
‘Less man puts an end to this damnable sin
He’s gonna set this world aflame

Show the world how to get along
Peace will enter when all hate is gone
And if it’s not asking too much
Please send me somebody to love

Merry Go Round

Where’s the Jim Crow section
On this merry go round
I just can’t find the back
Where’s the Jim Crow section
On this merry go round
For a boy who’s black

Like a blackbird
Don’t you love
Tell me

Tell me where
Did you spin last night

In the pines
Where the sun never shines
And she shiver the whole night long

My daddy was good engineer
Killed a mile
And a half
From this town

His body was found
Underneath the driving wheel
His head
Ain’t never been found

Blackbird blackbird
Don’t you love me
Tell me where did you spin last night

Where’s the Jim Crow section
On this merry go round
I just can’t find the back
Where’s the Jim Crow section
Of your merry go round
For a boy who’s black

Look Over Yonder

Look over yonder
Hot sun turnin’ over
Look over yonder
Hot sun turnin’ over
And it won’t go down
No, don’t go down

Can’t you hear
Whippoorwills wailin’
Can’t you hear
Whippoorwills wailin’
Sure sign of rain
Sure sign of rain

Mama mama
Now ain’t you sorry
I’m your son
I’m your son
Ain’t you sorry that you born me
When you see what I’ve become

Did you ever wonder?
Anybody ever wonder
Did you ever wonder?
Anybody ever wonder
Well about poor me?
If I’ll ever be free
If I’ll ever be free

Go down Hannah
Don’t you rise no more
Go down Hannah
Don’t you rise no more
If you rise in the morning
Rise in the morning
In the judgement showing
In the judgement showing


https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nLUfh5jP0xWLy6_wfKVUjN-5HgE-JMFSY

04 Apr 23 - 05:48 PM (#4169260)
Subject: RE: ADD: Fred Neil songs
From: Joe Offer

Lyrics above were copied from the archive.org copy of the Fred Neil Website, http://www.fredneil.com/.

Most of the songs on the 1973 album were on previous recordings. I didn't find lyrics for this albums or later reissues.

Other Side Of This Life (1971)

1. The Other Side Of This Life
2. Roll On Rosie
3. The Dolphins
4. That’s The Bag I’m In
5. Sweet Cocaine
6. Everybody’s Talkin’
7. Come Back Baby
8. Ba-De-Da
9. Prettiest Train
10. Ya Don’t Miss Your Water
11. Felicity


https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mKd0F6aUuWih9GjAd7j4RyGS07inT4rCA

Reissues & Compilations

1969: Everybody’s Talkin’ (Capitol)
1970: Little Bit of Rain (Elektra)
1986: The Very Best of Fred Neil ( See for Miles)
1998: The Many Sides of Fred Neil (Collectors’ Choice Music)

1999: Everybody’s Talkin’/Other Side of This Life (Vivid Sound)
2001: Tear Down the Walls/Bleecker & MacDougal (Elektra)
2003: Do You Ever Think of Me? (Rev-Ola)
2004: The Sky Is Falling: The Complete Live Recordings 1963-1971 (Rev-Ola)
2005: Echoes of My Mind: The Best of 1963-1971 (Raven)
2008: Trav’lin Man: The Early Singles (Fallout)

04 Apr 23 - 06:11 PM (#4169265)
Subject: RE: ADD: Fred Neil songs
From: gillymor

One of my favorite recordings by anyone, "I've Got a Secret" with some stellar guitar work by Pete Childs, Neil's version of Elizabeth Cotten's "Shake Sugaree". If I'm not mistaken Fred put his name on it.