Radio Paradise (mobile)

Aurora borealis
The icy sky at night
Paddles cut the water
In a long and hurried flight
From the white man to the fields of green
And the homeland we've never seen.
They killed us in our tepee
And they cut our women down
They might have left some babies
Cryin' on the ground
But the firesticks and the wagons come
And the night falls on the setting sun.
They massacred the buffalo
Kitty corner from the bank
The taxis run across my feet
And my eyes have turned to blanks
In my little box at the top of the stairs
With my Indian rug and a pipe to share.
I wish I was a trapper
I would give thousand pelts
To sleep with Pocahontas
And find out how she felt
In the mornin' on the fields of green
In the homeland we've never seen.
And maybe Marlon Brando
Will be there by the fire
We'll sit and talk of Hollywood
And the good things there for hire
And the Astrodome and the first tepee
Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me
Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me
Pocahontas.

LongGoneDaddy Jun 27, 2012 - 05:50	[ Reply ]
vanmas Jun 27, 2012 - 05:49	Is this man drunk? [ Reply ]
drfeeleygood Apr 24, 2012 - 15:40	Love you Uncle Shakey!!! [ Reply ]
oldsaxon Jan 20, 2012 - 11:47	CyberCoyote wrote: A lot more melancholy & hopelessness in feeling and than version on Rust Never Sleeps Hopelessness and yet hope? I feel hope back there somewhere. It's also nice to hear Neil play more than one note. I saw him live once in a solo gig. He was magical. At one point the stage caught on fire, something to do with sage burning, I don't know, but he kept playing as the roadies deleted the flames with fire extinguishers, he never missed a chord :) magic. [ Reply ]
MiracleDrug Jan 20, 2012 - 11:42	ortega1 wrote: "The Pineapple Thief" played before, was, (as Steve Jobs says), amazing. And now again this crying man... Awful! "crying man" PERFECT!!! [ Reply ]
jersey_birdman Jan 20, 2012 - 11:41	[ Reply ]
jmsmy Dec 19, 2011 - 18:34	I've loved this song since Rust Never Sleeps. However living in Houston - I don't know what the Astrodome has to do with the song. [ Reply ]
d-don Oct 17, 2011 - 10:42	"...with my Indian rug, and a pipe to share." ${#Devil_pimp}$ More gold from Neil. [ Reply ]
fredriley Oct 17, 2011 - 10:40	SinisterDexter wrote: On second thought, let's not go to the New World. It is a silly place. I eat ham and jam and spam alot :o) [ Reply ]
SinisterDexter Aug 15, 2011 - 12:14	DaveInVA wrote: Silly lyrics but I like it On second thought, let's not go to the New World. It is a silly place. [ Reply ]
bluecshells Jun 13, 2011 - 11:13	Neil Young is a true native at heart. [ Reply ]
tutakea Apr 11, 2011 - 06:17	hmm... quite crazy. i DO like some songs from neil young, but sometimes his voice/singing is really not my cup of tea. this should normally apply here: he gets to extremes with his whining vocal-sound, here. but strangely enough it doesn´t bother me at all, here. on the contrary: when he comes to the phrase "marlon brando, pocahontas and me" it gives me goosebumps, the intensity is really painful. but maybe it´s just the guitar-work which is so absolutely brilliant in this song/version who does the trick? [ Reply ]
contractor07 Feb 07, 2011 - 09:44	THIS [ Reply ]
h8rhater Feb 07, 2011 - 09:41	j2e1n9 wrote: Wow. Bad. Wow.... and so many of your fave bands owe such a debt to Mr. Young. Head-scratcher. [ Reply ]
ortega1 Dec 06, 2010 - 11:42	"The Pineapple Thief" played before, was, (as Steve Jobs says), amazing. And now again this crying man... Awful! [ Reply ]
helgigermany Dec 06, 2010 - 11:42	The spirit of the 70s is still here! He was my hero back in the day, and now i am thankful to know him and his music! [ Reply ]
LongGoneDaddy Dec 06, 2010 - 11:41	[ Reply ]
crockydile Dec 06, 2010 - 11:41	Such as sweet sounding song for such a tragic subject...meh. [ Reply ]
j2e1n9 Jun 30, 2010 - 07:40	Wow. Bad. [ Reply ]
Cynaera May 29, 2010 - 11:54	Zocket wrote: Terrific transition from Elliott Smith's Waltz #2. Another reason Radio Paradise is always on a system wherever I go (and I build computers for a living). Bill is an artist... Ohhh - please come here and build my place of employment a system so we can listen to RP while we water the plants, stand the trees, help customers, haul bark-dust, etc..... (I call it my Zen-job, but it'd be even more "Zen" with RP...) I've read the rules regarding copyrights and royalties, and I think our nursery/greenhouse qualifies for the exemption... [ Reply ]