Neil Young - Hippie Dream

From Landing On Water (1986)
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HIPPIE DREAM

Take my advice
Don't listen to me
It ain't paradise
But it used to be
There was a time
When the river was wide
And the water came running down
To the rising tide
But the wooden ships
Were just a hippie dream
Just a hippie dream.

Don't bat an eye
Don't waste a word
Don't mention nothin'
That could go unheard
'Cause the tie-dye sails
Are the screamin' sheets
And the dusty trail
Leads to blood in the streets
And the wooden ships
Are a hippie dream
Capsized in excess
If you know what I mean.

Just because it's over for you
Don't mean it's over for me
It's a victory for the heart
Every time the music starts
So please don't kill the machine
Don't kill the machine
Don't kill the machine.

Another flower child goes to seed
In an ether-filled room of meat-hooks
It's so ugly
So ugly.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Neil
• Young
• Hippie
• Dream
• Landing
• On
• Water
• 1986
• Folk
• Rock
• Classic

[ledrotten]

This album was considered up to par for sure at the time of its release.It received substantial airplay,at least in Ny,and l personaly caught a show at The World ,a somwhat underground club on the lower east side (alphabet city) Lets just say ,to put it politely,Neil may have been a bit under the weather that particular performance,it was known to happen on occassion at his shows at hat time in history,but the greatness of the music was most definatly recognized,so Neil's music never sucked,,,

[Extollager1]

Wanted to hear this again for about 25 years...

[pnypwr66]

Feeling a little Pink Floyd inspiration here.

[svenwittmann]

Great Drumsound, quite unusual in the 80s!

[julyarchives]

What a great tune.

[GrantBeardsley]

Hippy Dream ! Yeah,what an album,way ahead of its time and my fave N.Y. thanx for this ........... ( :

[gretchenblitz]

@kristianborrud  not everyone =)

[kristianborrud]

thank you so much RockkkV2 for uploading this classic album! I lost it years ago and i am so grateful to find it here. Everyone thinks Neil's 80's albums suck but you just gotta be open minded and rock out to this and Trans and all the other greats!!