 Five Leaves Left (1969) [ larger cover art ] |
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When the day is done
Down to earth then sinks the sun
Along with everything that was lost and won
When the day is done.
When the day is done
Hope so much your race will be all run
Then you find you jumped the gun
Have to go back where you began
When the day is done.
When the night is cold
Some get by but some get old
Just to show life's not made of gold
When the night is cold.
When the bird has flown
Got no-one to call your own
Got no place to call your home
When the bird has flown.
When the game's been fought
You speed the ball across the court
Lost much sooner than you would have thought
Now the game's been fought.
When the party's through
Seems so very sad for you
Didn't do the things you meant to do
Now there's no time to start anew
Now the party's through.
When the day is done
Down to earth then sinks the sun
Along with everything that was lost and won
When the day is done.
| Aud (lost in lakecity) | Posted: May 18, 2013 - 22:22 LizK wrote: violin? cello? A not-60's arrangement to be sure. Really? Tell that to the Beatles-Eleanor Rigby |
| LizK (Houston, Texas) | Posted: Jan 13, 2013 - 11:07 violin? cello? A not-60's arrangement to be sure. |
| ambrebalte (Beijing most of the time - Wolxheim in France now) | Posted: Jan 13, 2013 - 11:06 A documentary "A Skin Too Few; The Days of Nick Drake" - A poetic man |
| apd (Toronto, On) | Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 19:55 wow - a Nick Drake song that isn't on Way to Blue! Wonder why this was left off, it's lovely. |
| govna (beantown) | Posted: Sep 27, 2011 - 12:17 stevendejong wrote: "And she's buuu-ying a stairway..." ...in a bo-ot-tle. |
| Dave_Mack (5.7 miles from a better place) | Posted: Mar 22, 2011 - 12:11 Very beautiful. |
| Bleyfusz | Posted: Dec 18, 2010 - 10:30 stevendejong wrote: "And she's buuu-ying a stairway..." Excuse me??  |
| anabel | Posted: Jun 10, 2010 - 11:21 only gorgeous. |
| S-curvy (Lovely Alameda, the Isle of Style) | Posted: May 27, 2009 - 12:53 2 Pangs. One when I listen to this very evocative song. The other when I lament our collective loss of Nick. A cruel beauty. Thanks Bill for not letting this music slip into obscurity. |
| inindian (Sea of joy) | Posted: May 11, 2009 - 08:14 Skorokoro wrote: is anyone else making music like this? ROSSinDETROIT wrote: Sufjan Stevens, Jose Gonzales, Great Lakes Swimmers. Others. inindian wrote: Well they're good but actually no they're not making music like this. |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: May 11, 2009 - 08:09 stevendejong wrote: "And she's buuu-ying a stairway..." This song pre-dates that one by over a year. "Taurus" by Spirit is even earlier. |
| peyotecoyote (Home of Sir Frederick Banting) | Posted: Mar 25, 2009 - 08:02 oscar_driver wrote: 8! 9! |
| stevendejong | Posted: Mar 25, 2009 - 08:02 "And she's buuu-ying a stairway..." |
| ROSSinDETROIT (Detroit, more or less. By the Zoo.) | Posted: Dec 04, 2008 - 10:39 Skorokoro wrote: is anyone else making music like this? Sufjan Stevens, Jose Gonzales, Great Lakes Swimmers. Others. |
| Frater_Kork (Uppsala, Sweden) | Posted: Oct 02, 2008 - 08:11 nigelr wrote: Ahhhh, the perfect antidote to REM............ Very much so. |
| Krispian (Vancouver, BC) | Posted: Sep 16, 2008 - 17:44 Ditto! nigelr wrote: Ahhhh, the perfect antidote to REM............ |
| oscar_driver (Planet Earth) | Posted: May 13, 2008 - 13:39 nigelr wrote: Ahhhh, the perfect antidote to REM............
HAHAHAH ditto! |
| oscar_driver (Planet Earth) | Posted: May 13, 2008 - 13:39 8! |
| Skorokoro (Riga) | Posted: May 13, 2008 - 13:39 is anyone else making music like this? |
| nigelr (Coffs Harbour, Australia) | Posted: Apr 12, 2008 - 01:22 Ahhhh, the perfect antidote to REM............ |
| duggerd (Old South Wales) | Posted: Mar 27, 2008 - 03:45 kerr wrote: Bill - The segue from Wim Mertens into this was just perfect... sent a shiver down this listeners spine.
Same seque, same effect a couple months later. Anyone got any stats on the content and frequency of Bill's inspired little (or large?) streams of joy? |
| fiddlechick (San Antonio, Tejas) | Posted: Feb 24, 2008 - 15:36 Nick Drake is on my short-list (with Gram Parsons) of died-too-young wish-I-could-hear-what-they-woulda-come-up-with-later-in-life musicians. |
| sub-arctic (63°50' N) | Posted: Jan 24, 2008 - 05:40 kerr wrote: Bill - The segue from Wim Mertens into this was just perfect... sent a shiver down this listeners spine.
Yes, Bill's the King.  |
| kerr (Up a bit) | Posted: Jan 24, 2008 - 05:38 Bill - The segue from Wim Mertens into this was just perfect... sent a shiver down this listeners spine. |
| Bleyfusz | Posted: Dec 08, 2007 - 05:51 babygirl614 wrote: I decided this morning that life is much better with a little Nick Drake, and a little early Van Morrison, every day. Could not agree more. |
| EssexTex (Monkey House) | Posted: Nov 22, 2007 - 08:48 Rules of engagement...it doesn't make sense |
| drtjdel | Posted: Sep 20, 2007 - 13:59 drtjdel wrote: Suicide by anti depressant? It just doesn't make sense.
Crash helmets on Kamikaze pilots? It doesn't make sense. |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: Sep 20, 2007 - 13:58 ...and from me as well.a_genuine_find wrote: This is inspired musical genius.
Thanks RP for opening my ears to another gem. |
| a_genuine_find (3rd stone from the sun) | Posted: Aug 20, 2007 - 04:20 This is inspired musical genius. Thanks RP for opening my ears to another gem. |
| drtjdel (Saratoga, CA) | Posted: Feb 28, 2007 - 11:39 Suicide by anti depressant? It just doesn't make sense. |
| slowhand (South!!!!!!!!!!) | Posted: Dec 16, 2006 - 13:13 Nick was a supernova. |
| Daniel_Pittenger | Posted: Nov 17, 2006 - 08:20 Nick Drake is, well, pretty good. These last four songs have been great, what a great layout |
| NoEnzLefttoSplit | Posted: Oct 19, 2006 - 02:18 dkwalika wrote: Is this where we slit our wrists?
Is that the theme here? um, On November 26, 1974, Drake died in his parents' home from an overdose of antidepressant medication; suicide has been speculated, although some of his family and friends dispute this. |
| Art_Carnage (DeepintheheartofTexas) | Posted: Aug 21, 2006 - 13:32  |
| witchchild (Dancing in a Temple) | Posted: Aug 21, 2006 - 13:31  |
| dkwalika (Upper Midwest) | Posted: Aug 21, 2006 - 13:30 Is this where we slit our wrists? Is that the theme here? |
| whafrog | Posted: Aug 06, 2006 - 21:30 hardly the best song on this album, but still good. |
| rluking (Underground) | Posted: Mar 28, 2006 - 08:02 pdhski wrote: 
Um, Day Is Done - recorded in 1969. Time in A Bottle - recorded in 1972. |
| babygirl614 (Green Bay, WI) | Posted: Mar 28, 2006 - 08:00 I decided this morning that life is much better with a little Nick Drake, and a little early Van Morrison, every day. |
| RichardPrins (Oceania) | Posted: Mar 13, 2006 - 14:06 |
| pdhski (here) | Posted: Jan 13, 2006 - 21:33 Bodhisattva wrote: I made that comparison immediately as well. (Except Croce is welcome in my book. It's not his fault what commercial radio did to his songs after he died.) Perhaps Drake was influenced by Croce a bit. We'll never know I guess.
Um, Day Is Done - recorded in 1969. Time in A Bottle - recorded in 1972. |
| Bodhisattva (Richmond, VA) | Posted: Dec 30, 2005 - 09:00 54-40 wrote: "Time in a Bottle!?" *Whew!~ That was close.
I made that comparison immediately as well. (Except Croce is welcome in my book. It's not his fault what commercial radio did to his songs after he died.) Perhaps Drake was influenced by Croce a bit. We'll never know I guess. |
| am (The Ozark Mountains) | Posted: Aug 05, 2005 - 09:22 I think it's safe to say that I adore every song Nick created in his (far too brief) life. This one is heartbreaking and beautiful. |
| soulspin (Melbourne, FL) | Posted: Aug 05, 2005 - 09:15 |
| tony99 | Posted: Jul 21, 2005 - 14:30 Art_Carnage wrote: This would be nice... if only someone could strip out those annoying vocals.
Good man, Art, you reflect your surroundings ... :-s |
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet) | Posted: Apr 24, 2005 - 11:58 Really nice! |
| 54-40 (Page C-18) | Posted: Mar 11, 2005 - 09:54 "Time in a Bottle!?" *Whew!~ That was close. |
| Art_Carnage (DeepintheheartofTexas) | Posted: Feb 24, 2005 - 14:55 This would be nice... if only someone could strip out those annoying vocals. |
| rah | Posted: Jan 11, 2005 - 09:35 i know he never appeared in any volkswagon ads, but it would be lovely to hear a little sandy bull sometime. anyone got anything they can upload? all i have are LPs... |
| Dais (Chicago) | Posted: Oct 14, 2004 - 19:32 Bravo :-({|= |