@ALBUM: Allies CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH - THE LYRICS COLLECTION Transcribed by Paul Hellander - phelland@adam.adelaide.edu.au Please contact me for discussion regarding CSN (&Y), comments, assistance with lyrics transcription etc. August 23, 1993. Adelaide, South Australia ============================================================ Crosby, Stills & Nash - Allies Released 6 June 1983 @SONG: WAR GAMES Words and music by Stephen Stills Can you stop your instincts Can you man your thought control, sir? Will you give the last command Or lie to a good soldier I'm a doubter I'm a fool Let me be - All that I am Chorus: I am not so sure What you want me for Either your machine Is a fool, or me ... Now there is no time to wait No time to think it over Take the path, believe the math You'll tell me when it's over I'm a fighter I've a question Won't you answer me? I have earned the right to know And tell you what I see Chorus: I am not so sure What you want me for Either your machine Is a fool, or me ... @SONG: RAISE A VOICE Words and music by Graham Nash and Stephen Stills We're all on our own Look at us all How can we not raise A voice Against the madness There isn't the time To worry or wait 'Cause only the young Can carry the weight And face the silence Chorus: Do we run Do we stop Do we lie down? I think not There is an answer That we've got We are not helpless The vision will stand As blindness will fall Now we must look For the light In the darkness Chorus: Do we run Do we stop Do we lie down? I think not There is an answer That we've got We are not helpless @SONG: TURN YOUR BACK ON LOVE Words and music by Stephen Stills, Graham Nash & Michael Stergis Is this a prison Or do you call it love? You will know for certain some day It'll never be tough enough When love is hidden It is below/above And you know when you run away You turn your back on love Chorus: Lonely days and lonely nights Will we ever get it right Don't be blinded by the light Turn your back on love No, no You're dying to prove That you are never wrong You're so right, you'd rather be sad But you won't go along You built a wall didn't ya 'Round what you're thinking of Never mind what anyone says You're turning your back on love Chorus: Lonely days and lonely nights Will we ever get it right Don't be blinded by the light Turn turn turn Would you turn your back on love Isn't it my life Tell me what else it is You can do whatever you want If you will take a risk When is it my love How will you handle it To wit: There are two whenever we are If you can hear the kiss If you believe it Love is quite strong enough Be together, honest and free No turning back on love Chorus: Lonely days and lonely nights Will we ever get it right Don't be blinded by the light Turn your back on love Turn your back Turn your back on love (Don't turn your back)... @SONG: BARREL OF PAIN Words and music by Graham Nash I can see the writing on the wall I can hear the axe before it falls I can really feel it through me I can see the sea begin to glow I can feel it leaking down below I can barely stand it What you're doing to me Chorus: And in the morning will Still feel the same? How you going to stop yourself From going insane With glowing children And a barrel of pain I don't want to hear it I can feel the heat begin to rise I can see the vapors in my eyes Anyway you look at this It's hard to take I can feel my skin begin to peel I can see the dollar and the deal I can see the companies That are on the make Chorus: And in the morning will Still feel the same? How you going to stop yourself From going insane With glowing children And a barrel of pain I don't want to hear it! No, no, no, no ...! @SONG: SHADOW CAPTAIN Words David Crosby; Lyrics Craig Doerge Oh, captain, what are we hiding from? You've been hiding from the start. Did some lover steal your heart, Or did the full moon make you mad? Oh, captain, why these speechless seas That never seem to land? Oh I need to understand. Could a little light be that bad? I can see your hands are roughened By the wheel and the rope. I'd like to look to you for hope, I think it's hiding there. This boat is blacked out like a city Awaiting bombers in the night. Oh you hold your helm so tight, And yet the sky seems so fair. Who guides this ship Dreaming through the seas Turning and searching, Whichever way you please? Speak to me, I need to see your face, Shadowy captain, in a darkened space. If I were to spy a city Floating just above the sea, Could we stop And look for me Among those playing on the pier? Or would you turn away knowing, It was still a ways away, And if I was there today you could not see me all that clear. Shadowy captain of a charcoal ship, Trying to give the light the slip. @SONG: DARK STAR Words & Music - Stephen Stills Forgive me if my fantasies might seem a little shopworn I'm sure you've heard it all before. I wonder what's the right form Love songs written for you, it's been going down for years But to sing what's in my heart seems more honest than the tears. I am curious, don't want to hurry us. I'm intrigued with us. Ain't this song a bust. I don't care, dark star. I met you several years ago, The times they were so strange, but I had a feeling. You looked into my eyes just once, An instant flashing by that we were stealing. Another time you felt so bad, And I wasn't any help at all as I recall. We didn't quite know what to do so we left the wanting be Still there for me and you. Dark star, I see you in the morning, Dark star, a' sleeping next to me. Dark star, let the memory of the evening Be the first thing that you think of When you open up your smile and see me, dark star. It's easy to be with you Even with the storms that rage beneath your search for peace. We must make some time together Take the kids and find a world that's ours to keep. Now you've got me dreaming girl. It's been so long that I thought that I'd forgotten how. My heart is once again my soul. We touched, we did, you know we did, no more teasing now. Dark star, I see you in the morning, Dark star, a' sleeping next to me. Dark star, let the memory of the evening Be the first thing that you think of When you open up your smile and see me, dark star. @SONG: BLACKBIRD Words and music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these broken wings and learn to fly All your life You were only waiting for this moment to arise Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these sunken eyes and learn to see All your life You were only waiting for this moment to be free Blackbird fly, Blackbird fly Into the light of the dark black night Chorus: Blackbird fly, Blackbird fly Into the light Of the dark black night Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these broken wings and learn to fly All your life You were only waiting for this moment to arise You were only waiting for this moment to arise You were only waiting for this moment to arise @SONG: HE PLAYED REAL GOOD FOR FREE Words and Music by Joni Mitchell I slept last night in a good hotel I went shopping today for jewels The wind rushed around the lonely town And the children let out From their schools I was standing on a lonely corner Waiting for the walking green Across the street he stood Y'know he played real good On his clarinet For free Now me I play for fortunes And for those velvet Curtain calls I got a black limousine And about forty criminal Escorting me to The halls And I'll play if you have some money Or if you're a friend to me But that one-man band By the quick lunch stand He was just playin' real good For free Nobody stopped to hear him Though he played so sweet And high They knew he had never been On their TV screen So they passed his music by Me, I meant to go over And ask for a song Maybe put on a harmony I heard his refrain As the signals changed And he was still playin' real good For free. @SONG: WASTED ON THE WAY Words & music by Graham Nash Look around me I can see my life before me Running rings around the way It used to be I am older now I have more than what I wanted But I wish that I had started Long before I did Chorus: And there's so much time to make up Everywhere you turn Time we have wasted on the way So much water moving Underneath the bridge Let the water come and carry us away Oh when you were young Did you question all the answers Did you envy all the dancers Who had all the nerve Look round you know You must go for what you wanted Look at all my friends who did and got what they deserved Chorus: And there's so much time to make up Everywhere you turn Time we have wasted on the way So much water moving Underneath the bridge Let the water come and carry us away And there's so much love to make up Everywhere you turn Love we have wasted on the way So much water moving Underneath the bridge Let the water come and carry us away Let the water come and carry us away @SONG: FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH Words and music by Stephen Stills There's something happening here What it is ain't exactly clear There's a man with a gun over there Telling me I've got to beware Chorus: Think it's time we STOP! Hey What's that sound Everybody look what's going down ... There's battle lines being drawn Nobody's right, if everybody's wrong People speaking their minds Getting so much resistance From behind Chorus: Think it's time we STOP! Hey What's that sound Everybody look what's going down ... Singing songs and carrying signs Getting so much resistance From behind Chorus: Think it's time we STOP! Hey What's that sound Everybody look what's going down ... Paranoia strikes deep Into your life it will creep It starts when you're always afraid Step out of line The Men come and shoot you down Chorus: Think it's time we STOP! Hey What's that sound Stop and take a look around Hey! What's that sound Look what's going down.