Neil Young - Campaigner - Boston, MA - 11-22-1976

"Campaigner"

I am a lonely visitor.
I came to late to cause a stir,
Though I campaigned all my life
towards that goal.
I hardly slept the night you wept
Our secret's safe and still well kept
Where even Richard Nixon has got soul.
Even Richard Nixon has got
Soul.

Traffic cops are all color blind.
People steal from their own kind.
Evening comes to early for a stroll.
Down neon streets the streaker streaks.
The speaker speaks,
but the truth still leaks,
Where even Richard Nixon has got soul.
Even Richard Nixon has got it,
Soul.

The podium rocks in the crowded waves.
The speaker talks of the beautiful saves
That went down long before
he played this role
For the hotel queens and the magazines,
Test tube genes and slot machines
Where even Richard Nixon got soul.
Even Richard Nixon has got it,
Soul.

Hospitals have made him cry,
But there's always a free way in his eye,
Though his beach just got
too crowded for his stroll.
Roads stretch out like healthy veins,
And wild gift horses strain the reins,
Where even Richard Nixon has got soul.
Even Richard Nixon has got
Soul.

I am a lonely visitor.
I came to late to cause a stir,
Though I campaigned all my life
towards that goal.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• tricky dick nixon
• deceit
• watergate
• corruption
• rosemary woods
• deep throat

[MrFartboy79]

Look at that! I assume that the inside of Neil's bus?

Campaigner is one of my all-time Neil favorites- just so beautifully written and executed. Thanks!

[RustedTelevisione]

@MrFartboy79 - Hmmmm, maybe that is the inside of his bus. Wonder who the person standing next to Neil is in the photo?

[MrFartboy79]

@RustedTelevisione yeah, from what I understand, Neil's bus in the 70's "Pocahontas" had really out-there woodwork inside to look like the inside of a bird. My guess is that is a rib that Neil is hanging on to.

Not sure who the dude is next to Neil...

[RustedTelevisione]

@MrFartboy79 Very interesting stuff, as always Mr Fartboy! I love your Neil Young album videos on YouTube!!! Impressive!

[MrFartboy79]

@RustedTelevisione thanks! I appreciate it! Check out my next video (once I make and post it) Someone who watches sent me three rare (for me anyway) Neil singles! They are really cool. Thanks again! Keep up the good work!

[reliablebow]

classic....