Young, Neil - Country Girl (Medley) Lyrics

love that harmonica. John Sebastian yes?

Fucking tears in my eyes
This song is epic. 28 years old and I’ve know this album my whole life thanks to my cool as Dad. rip dad

Croz may have turned into a major (bleep) hole over the years, but his low harmony during the last verse is one of the highlights of the song.

He's my favourite vocalist in CSNY. Always has been. And I wrestle with the bleep as well.

apocalyptic

"While stars sit at bars and decide what they're drinking
They drop by to die because it's faster than sinking"  Great imagery there...

Just watched the awesome documentary on CSN&Y on Amazon. Wow can’t get this song out of my head. Wish I was “back there” again. They were what music really is!

Amazingly haunting...50 years on. Brilliant.

Harmonizing “....will she join you there?” slays me every time. Oh the layered harmony in this gem.

These guys will never be big

This song was my first crush

Its the organ and harmonica combo at the finale that does it for me...

Growing up, My mom and dad listened to CSN, CSNY, Neil Young my whole life. Now I do. The harmony, the key change. Just love this.

best song on "deja vu" by miles!! and "four and twenty" is second but several furlongs behind the leader!!!

canzone meravigliosa

NO PASS OUT

Remastered with added noise? Why? GO AWAY!!!!!!!

Kind of reminds me of Pink Floyd

what is Neil playing? Harmonica. guitar. piano. harmonium.

To late to keep the change
To late to pay
No time to stay the same


YUP

they drop by to die cause its faster than what?

Sinking

50K views? Shameful. I guess it needs to be shite to get views.

Their most underrated track in my opinion. Could have adorned Buffalo Springfield Again easily.

this song is apocalyptic,somehow creepy sad melancholy and then just blows you away,one of my fave songs involving Young

Neil always rips my heart out and stomps on it. He's that good!

A foreshadowing of great things to come from Neil (Gold Rush, then Harvest).

there are some musicians who play good, and theres some musicians that write well.
then theres Neil. Ive read these lyrics and listened to this a 100 times, and still get chills. unbelievable imagery, great arrangement, you name it. ...how does he do it ?

Amazing piece. Never heard anything like it. 3/4 time for goodness sake. All kinds of themes and movements. Brilliant.

When the 3 part harmonies come in they send a shiver down my spine. Glad to know I can still feel this way 49 years after the album was released. There's life in this old fella yet!

A song never breaks your heart. A song never lies to you. A song is there for you when you're down, or happy, it's there for you and remains what it was when you first found it. The meaning of it can change for you a thousand times over your life, but as that band said, the song remains the same. (my god, I quoted Led Zeppelin. Not a thing I'd usually do. I don't dislike them. I've just figured out what they meant by it. It now rings true.)


Your heart is yours, the song remains the same. Once a song gets into your heart, no matter what you go through in those 49 years, that song is going to mean to you what it meant to you the first time you heard it. The hundredth time you heard it. And it will remain that song until you listen no more.


Let's hope we bring those good feelings with us into the next world, or wherever we go. Better to bring the good, and just leave all that bad behind. Because a song helps you get through that bad. The feeling should survive, if it can defeat something that's trying to end you.


The song remains the same.
(unless you find out the song was actually meant about doing underage kids, or racist, or .... you get me. You want the intent to be pure and not tainted by some nastiness underneath, or finding out how much of an asshole the writer was. ) ;)

This tune BLEW MY MIND IN THE EARLY 1970S! To quote from The Monkees: "I'm a believer!" * CAV *

Brilliant songwriting, performance and recording. A masterpiece.

Winding paths
through tables and glass
First fall was new
Now watch the summer pass
So close to you.

Too late to keep the change,
Too late to pay,
No time to stay the same
Too young to leave.

No pass out sign on the door
set me thinking
Are waitresses paying the price
of their winking?
While stars sit in bars and decide
what their drinking,
They drop by to die 'cause it's
faster than sinking.

Too late to keep the change,
Too late to pay,
No time to stay the same
Too late to keep the change,
Too late to pay,
No time to stay the same
Too young to leave.

Find out that now was the answer
To answers that you gave later
She did the things
that we both did before, now,
But who forgave her.

If I could stand to see her crying
I would tell her not to care.
When she learns of all your lyin'
Will she join you there?

Country girl I think you're pretty,
Got to make you understand,
Have no lovers in the city,
Let me be your country man.
Got to make you understand.




No copy write infringement intended.

Thank you x

Smoked my first doobie to this album.

so you were the guy in the corner that nobody knew....next time, come up and sit with us (and it's puff, puff, pass) always to the left

These guys were UNBELIEVABLE. So glad I grew up with incredible music like this to listen to.

Nice to hear those harmonies!

Good to the hear the crackles in the background. Like listening to music used to be.

The best CNS&Y stuff sounds like Buffalo Springfield partII

Is it just me or does
Listening to this
Actually hurt
To think that I
Lived in the greatest
Time to be a teenager.
Was it a dream or was
I sleeping?
I awaken and realize
It will never come again
I close my eyes and begin weeping

I can definitely relate. I'm 61 and too often reflect about how "cool" it was growing up in the 70's. It DOES seem like a good dream that passed far too fast.

@Gary Zajdel mid 60s early 70s were music's best era.

Pigurine, I feel you, brother, I feel you.

I had the same thoughts but I am REJOICING!

@Jeff Cory a lot about which to be joyful from that era of the greatest music and musicians

Neil Young an accomplished person for sure... this guy's done alot of livin. I always loved this one and it really fit in with the 1970 scene.

"will she join you there" is the perfect harmony in any song in music history in telling a story. you can't change my mind

Cinematic

This came out fine.

Well done. Good video and sound. Thanks for posting. I like the fade out at the end where the album cover fades away and Country Girl is left.

Thanks, I have a better version of it now, but I leave this up as it stands

Winding paths
through tables and glass
First fall was new
Now watch the summer pass
So close to you.

Too late to keep the change,
Too late to pay,
No time to stay the same
Too young to leave.

No pass out sign on the door
set me thinking
Are waitresses paying the price
of their winking?
While stars sit in bars and decide
what their drinking,
They drop by to die 'cause it's
faster than sinking.

Too late to keep the change,
Too late to pay,
No time to stay the same
Too late to keep the change,
Too late to pay,
No time to stay the same
Too young to leave.

Find out that now was the answer
To answers that you gave later
She did the things
that we both did before, now,
But who forgave her.

If I could stand to see her crying
I would tell her not to care.
When she learns of all your lyin'
Will she join you there?

Country girl I think you're pretty,
Got to make you understand,
Have no lovers in the city,
Let me be your country man.
Got to make you understand.

It's 'what they're drinking'.

Winding paths through tables and glass
First fall was new
Now watch the summer pass
So close to you.

Too late to keep the change,
Too late to pay,
No time to stay the same
Too young to leave.

No pass out sign on the door set me thinking
Are waitresses paying the price of their winking?
While stars sit in bars and decide what their drinking,
They drop by to die 'cause it's faster than sinking.

Too late to keep the change,
Too late to pay,
No time to stay the same
Too late to keep the change,
Too late to pay,
No time to stay the same
Too young to leave.

Find out that now was the answer To answers that you gave later
She did the things that we both did before, now,
But who forgave her.

If I could stand to see her crying I would tell her not to care.
When she learns of all your lyin'
Will she join you there?

Country girl I think you're pretty,
Got to make you understand,
Have no lovers in the city,
Let me be your country man.


Got to make you understand..... Got to make you understand.... Country girl

Because there were no radio there at the time only coconuts

This is certainly one of the best albums ever made, each track perfect in its own unique way. This song moves me like no other on the album.

I think part of that is that each artist got to showcase his unique talents in at least one song. Yes, they collaborated, but first in one direction, then the other, then the other. (The Beatles sort of did the same to an extent, but Ringo would get his 1 and George his 2). I think this one is really like 4 equally-divided mini-albums in one, with each one having their own name on each album. Just my take on it. And, yes, when put together, it's one really great album. (Oh, ignore me man, I just make this stuff up as I go along).

I always sing the chorus when I meet a country girl and I think she's pretty...it's a pretty good icebreaker actually...

My all time favorite song

Stellar track -- appreciate hearing the pops & clicks in the vinyl at the end

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Shut up nobody cares about your stupid american politics were here for the music

while stars sit in bars and decide what they're drinking. They drop by to die, cause it's faster than sinking.

the bankers and monopolists who did this to us.

Like a shy lover, the song builds through several passages before finally arriving at what sounds more like its true chorus. Brilliant, surprising, and ultimately satisfying and successful songwriting.

this is the best cut on album that was perfect start to finish
always liked listening to the distinctive vocals of the composer/lead vocal
when music had these harmonies and melodies it was given the power to transcend time and place a rare feat in the disco era and the schlock that has passed for music, with rare exception, from the 80s until present day
80s music is an oxymoron and black eyed peas are evidence of what good audio engineers can do with 3rd hack jobs posing as artists

Brilliant

Neil Young's lyrics turn life 'inside out' and expose the true beauty within.
This is a masterpiece!

Well said

are waitresses paying the price of their winking ? hmm

@David Pancerev Unfortunately and apparently, "Yes". Feminism has deteriorated romance the same way opinions have replaced objectivity and destroyed journalism and humor has been ruined by political correctness. Please forgive my negative but honest assessment of the status quo of the social human condition. I do wish I was joking and pity the millennials.

@Richard Picone sad but true Richard

When she learns of all your lying, will she join you there? Amazing!

yeah, apocalyptic

Neil's on a different plane.

completely, dude. I hear what you mean.

Epic Neil.

No time to stay the same . . .

45 years old...i'm younger!!!
In my opinion is the most psicadellic track in the album.

Transcendent, and transcendental!

Brian Wilson like

Always has been my favorite track from this album. The transition into the final section is so brilliant. Just stunning, even after all these years. One of Neil Young's best!

@Timothy Abbott Oh, yeah for sure! I also love the organ work on this album. Which is why it's so cool that these guys were given the special recognition they received. Really a very nice gesture, acknowledging the importance of their contributions.

I wholeheartedly agree Conrad Sabatier!! It's a real gem!!

Just past midnight, pissed, bliss.

@Conrad Sabatier - I'm thinking this generation would hear this and it would sound to them like their 'music' sounds to us.

This song plays almost as a reprise, or a continuation, of Young's incredible Buffalo Springfield opus, Broken Arrow. Masterful!

Remembering a night in north Italy mani years ago, and other night in Croazia, alwais the Song in my soul

Wonderful what can you say

A song that sings to our soul!

The Undisputed Truth !

Great description, and the name of an old Motown Band you would like as well! Happy Holidays!

Paws & tail Up !

Q. who played what instruments ?

Evolution of Broken Arrow and Down down down

q. who played what instruments ?

Have no lovers in the city, let me be your country man....... (I hope she understood finally!) :)

Yep. Farmeersonly.com

john mayer California queen

sounds so much better on my turntable and 1978 speakers

EARBUDS.

True. I've just been spinning an early pressing that belong(ed) to me ma.
Beautiful rich sound. Atlantic Plum Label.

Me, I played the shit out of this album on my 8-track stereo back when I was about 13. "Ultra-cool" practically bled out of the speakers. As Chris Farley would say, "That was awesome!" 😊

absolutely, somegirls, im before earbuds myself . class of 1973 here.when one song could take up awhole album side. like GET READY by RARE EARTH or INAGADDADAVIDA by iron butterfly.

Ears just don't sound as good anymore, JETS

excellent post....thank you !!!

I think I could do this a bit better now, but I'd like a better vinyl copy if possible. Thanks for listening ;)