Young, Neil - Don't Let It Bring You Down Lyrics






Old man lying
By the side of the road
With the lorries rolling by
Blue moon sinking
From the weight of the load
And the buildings scrape the sky

Cold wind ripping
Down the alley at dawn
And the morning paper flies
Dead man lying
By the side of the road
With the daylight in his eyes

Don't let it bring you down
It's only castles burning
Find someone who's turning
And you will come around

Blind man running
Through the light
Of the night
With an answer in his hand
Come on down
To the river of sight
And you can really understand

Red lights flashing
Through the window
In the rain
Can you hear the sirens moan?
White cane lying
In a gutter in the lane
If you're walking home alone

Don't let it bring you down
It's only castles burning
Just find someone who's turning
And you will come around

Don't let it bring you down
It's only castles burning
Just find someone who's turning
And you will come around





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  1. L.... T....

    profound

  2. P.... D....

    The joke was on Neil. The 'castles burning' was the hippie culture that ate itself alive.

  3. T.... C....

    The original grunge musician.

  4. m.... ....

    Don't let it bring you down...It's only castles burning = fiddling while Rome burns

  5. E.... T....

    My only issue with this song is that it’s too short and it leaves us wanting more or leaving it on repeat because it’s so good. I call it a cliffhanger song.

  6. C.... Y....

    Every one of his songs brings me down. Neil Young sucks!

  7. T.... E....

    Wise words for these horrible times: "Don't let it bring you down/It's only castles burning/Just find someone who's turning/And you will come around."
    Turning to what? Turning away from the madness of global corporate industrial consumerism that is destroying the planet. Turning toward Permaculture: growing gardens, growing community, growing awareness. At least, that is how I take it.

  8. J.... T....

    His voice is electrifying here.

  9. D.... M....

    Pure angelic voice , simple words every human being can understand. He will never be replaced🙁

  10. D.... R....

    Don't Let It Bring You Down -- Lyrics

    Old man sitting
    by the side of the road
    With the lorries rolling by,
    Blue moon sinking
    from the weight of the load
    And the buildings scrape the sky,
    Cold wind ripping
    down the alley at dawn
    And the morning paper flies,
    Dead man lying
    by the side of the road
    With the daylight in his eyes.

    Don't let it bring you down
    It's only castles burning,
    Find someone who's turning
    And you will come around.

    Blind man running
    through the light
    of the night
    With an answer in his hand,
    Come on down
    to the river of sight
    And you can really understand,
    Red lights flashing
    through the window
    in the rain,
    Can you hear the sirens moan?
    White cane lying
    in a gutter in the lane,
    If you're walking home alone.

    Don't let it bring you down
    It's only castles burning,
    Just find someone who's turning
    And you will come around.

    Don't let it bring you down
    It's only castles burning,
    Just find someone who's turning
    And you will come around.

  11. J.... V....

    BRASIL 🎅

  12. R.... J....

    Uncle Neil!!!

  13. M.... M....

    Don't let Christmas bring you down..

  14. D.... D....

    Free donuts for you!

  15. F.... 3....

    He wrote some amazing songs - but he can't sing. Love the Anny Lennox version. Now a need to feed the cat..

  16. L.... H....

    I really dont know what to say. I love you Neil young

  17. M.... ....

    I personally thing the everything everything cover is better, just my opinion.

  18. D.... ....

    Killer vocals

  19. N.... O....

    Passion

  20. a.... s....

    Que maravilla

  21. P.... F....

    817 people must be dead inside

  22. A.... L....

    Thank you Neil.

  23. r.... c....

    Every now and again I have a few minutes in which I live this song and have this sense of life.
    And then suddenly I return to the delusional world in which I mostly live.

  24. M.... L....

    There will never be another Neil Young. He will always be in a class of his own.

  25. R.... A....

    Definitly love playing this with my guitar, not singing at all, of course.

  26. P.... S....

    Sounds like America living poetic death

  27. P.... P....

    ThE BEST song ever to Sing ALONG...It releases you...

  28. B.... M....

    I found this song originally on a Krookfoot vynil album

  29. t.... ....

    this song shattered me wtf

  30. s.... ....

    Somewhere there's a live version of this song where Neil introduces this song by saying, "Here's a song guaranteed to bring you down, called Don't Let it Bring You down" Gotta love a sense of humor.

  31. c.... ....

    Really is a beautiful thing when an artist can make something with lyrics that make millions feel like someone is there for them

  32. N.... M....

    this guy has the rockiest voice among rock n rollers

  33. J.... j....

    Timothy B. Schmidt from eagles...

  34. B.... G....

    Me gusta mas como la canta Annie Lennox

  35. G.... C....

    He has the power to change my mood.

  36. M.... ....

    Deepness

  37. B.... ....

    809 people didnt like this?? I don't get it

  38. D.... L....

    Lip sync

  39. D.... H....

    Those lyrics are ridiculous.

  40. S.... ....

    Happy Birthday Neil🎂

  41. L.... B....

    Let him get his citizenship, look all we've enjoyed since we were young from this man, and still do enjoy.... real feelings💔💙🔥💯

  42. P.... P....

    How Can he be so good???

  43. T.... B....

    There is always a Neil Young song that reminds me of someone or something. As I get older ! My favourite song is heart of gold! Xx 💖 tina.

  44. A.... H....

    Good Darling

  45. A.... H....

    Hi Darling

  46. P.... L....

    One of the greatest songs ever written. Period.

  47. T.... J....

    I will try not to let me get me down Neil but you know the state of the world and mans possible fate and then there is disease old age and death and loneliness oh man that loneliness

  48. j.... k....

    old man...... take a look at your life.......when i get there i will do the same....

  49. E.... G....

    Excellent !! Don't let it bring you down (2cd album?) come on down to the river of sight (insight) and u will understand!!!!

  50. I.... G....

    Don't let it bring you down, it's only castles burning. Fuck

  51. K.... O....

    There really is and never has been anybody like him. He defines what I call a visionary genius. Just love this guy

  52. Z.... ....

    An unbelievable Performance.

  53. J.... H....

    exellent

  54. S.... M....

    What's the tuning for this

  55. c.... ....

    I'm going to really go out on a limb here and say that I think that one of our cocky know it all millenials that's in the music biz might be a bit hard pressed when it comes to writing a song with the kind of lyrics that this one has that old Neil wrote AT AGE 24. Also, Rest In Peace Mr Ginger Baker, (1939-2019)

  56. T.... L....

    One of the greats. Utterly uncompromising artist. The entire show is just a incredible performance. One man his guitar and his songs. The power, passion and intensity can still be felt 48 years later. Brilliance.

  57. j.... w....

    "Dead man lying by the side of the road, with the daylight in his eyes."
    "And nobody would give a F**k, gotta be at that 9 to 5."

  58. s.... ....

    On one of his live performance recordings Neil introduces this song by saying, "Here's a song guaranteed to bring you right down...it's called "Don't Let it Bring You down."

    s.... ....

    skooter72 ..."it kinda starts out real slow, and then fizzles out altogether". The album was "Four Way Street".

  59. t.... ....

    Neil Young IS poetry.....

  60. J.... P....

    Genius. That's all folks.

    J.... P....

    ....LMAO!!! Yeah....okay buddy...SMH

  61. M.... S....

    Don't let it down, it's only castles burning, just find someone who's turning and you will come around WOW! HIS BEST ACOUSTIC FOR ME! ONE OF THE BEST LYRICISTS EVER! PEACE AND LOVE

  62. P.... J....

    oh man these guitars old Martin ...and neil Young ...

  63. V.... L....

    Young FEELS the song and the music in his soul !!

  64. A.... C....

    he is on Mount Olympus with a few others

  65. r.... ....

    Neil Young is an angel sent to Earth to elevate humankind to a higher level of spirituality. his wisdom expressed through his songs is a higher soul connecting to our souls and showing us the hidden treasures, their beauty and their awe appear right before our mind's eye as he shines white light that lets us see from one end of the Universe to the other, for he is God's prophet.

  66. I.... J....

    "Find someone who's turning
    And you will come around."

  67. W.... N....

    Freakin Genius.

  68. f.... ....

    Greater Than At Any Drive In Movie Theater! The Sun on a Dark Moon Night! >the hitcher. aka. Fox! Rock's Czar Phil Collins! (w/Coming In The Air tonight!)

  69. M.... L....

    Isn't it true? He helped me through some tough times as a teenager. Such a pure,feeling singing voice.

  70. j.... d....

    Que voz. ..beleza!

  71. T.... ....

    man,,i needed this atm ,lol,not jk btw

  72. l.... s....

    I can't believe that there are 775 people who would give this a thumbs down. These are the people who are stuck somewhere unretrievable.

  73. R.... H....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KH9w8DLMko Promised Land - MANDOLIN GUITAR

  74. 4.... ....

    Great Double drop D song

  75. T.... J....

    My life is changing. I’m a traveling to Oklahoma and going north to the Dakotas. This music is going with me and my 44. Selling my house tomorrow and am going to go off the screen.

  76. B.... D....

    So fluid and natural. The sound is harsh of course but thats the point. I always come back to Young and these stories.

  77. d.... b....

    Thank you. Needed that.

  78. M.... R....

    Dead man liein by the side of the road with day light in his👀 who come up with but the best song writter ever.Ya and Bob.

  79. N.... R....

    I miss music.

  80. G.... N....

    Old Neil Young turning in an absolutely sublime performance...this man's genuis is a gift to the world

  81. R.... A....

    This is an American Beauty :)

    R.... A....

    He's Canadian

  82. D.... A....

    You cant find guitar work like that anywhere today   He stands the test of time  sounds as good today as it did 48 years ago

  83. M.... M....

    Imagine disliking this stunning live performance, what bunch of ignorant sods!

  84. C.... M....

    This LSD I'm on has me tripping balls I dont even know where to go

  85. F.... V....

    Love ya' Neil - you are beautiful inside and out -

  86. A.... ....

    Neil Young song "Philadelphia" always gets me, I wanted that song to win, and that song to summarise film of Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, "Philadelphia" instead of Springsteen and this also another beautiful masterpiece, I always thought Joni Mitchell sang this too.....~to love of~brother~

  87. D.... ....

    love you old friend you are a legend

  88. N.... D....

    I remember in the past (70's, 80's & 90's) when people used to say, like complainingly, that Neil Young's music was too dark, depressing, that kinda thing, but this song corrects it all. We've found someone who's turning & we all must come around and turn with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=damod85m2u4

  89. R.... K....

    Neil Young, please fix all of my problems.

  90. m.... m....

    Every time I listen to Neil' songs , I feel like I'm transcending...

  91. E.... C....

    Damn Aussie, mind.

  92. J.... S....

    My stars, why are there no artists like this coming along now?

  93. y.... y....

    What a depressed life style brought up on western civilization and they have to appreciate psychopaths performance is loudly popular! What a pity for out spring of colonizers.

    y.... y....

    You sound like an idiot.

  94. G.... K....

    Neil Young is a God

  95. L.... P....

    Boom 💖💥💖💥

    L.... P....

    His voice pierces my soul. In a good way 💖⚡️

  96. m.... b....

    Quando gli angeli ascoltano Neil Young provano invidia

  97. L.... M....

    Please open their eyes .... we are running out of time. God help us all

  98. P.... K....

    739 people who thumbed this genius songwriter down clearly do not know a thing about music, musicianship, songwriting, arrangement, heart, soul, or really anything of clear importance in this world. How to be true to yourself, and let it out. It's not an easy feat in this society. A man who bares this kind of soul for the general public, is a sage to be respected, and revered.

  99. K.... S....

    BRILLIANT SONGWRITER

  100. B.... L....

    Blue moon sinking from the weight of the load......


    Isn't this every one of us?