I won't apologize
The light shone from in your eyes
It isn't gone
And it will soon come back again
Though we go our separate ways
Lookin' for better days
Sharin' our little boy
Who grew from joy back then
And it's all because
Of that love we knew, baby
That makes the world go round
Yes, I do, yes, I do, oh
Well it's all because
Of that love we knew, baby
That makes the world go round
Separate ways
Me for me, you for you
Happiness is never through
It's only a change of ways
And that is nothing new
I'm feeling better now
A bit more alive somehow
My eyes are open
And my heart is pouring through
And it's all because
Of that love we knew, baby
That makes the world go round
Yes, I do, yes, I do, oh
Yes I do
It's all because
Of that love for you, baby
It made the world go our
Separate ways, separate ways
Means that we'll go separate ways
Neil Young - Homegrown Album Lyrics
Neil Young - Homegrown Lyrics
Writer: Neil Young
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
Try
Darlin', the door is open
To my heart and I've been hopin'
That you won't be the one
To struggle with the key
We got lots of time
To get together if we try
The waitin' time is over
No man sees around the corner
Walkin' in the rain and comin' home dry
There's something missin' there
It's easier to care and try
And I try to wash my hands (ooh)
And I try to make amends (ooh)
And I try to count my friends (ooh)
Ooh, ooh (ooh, ooh)
Ooh, ooh (ooh, ooh)
Ooh, ooh (ooh, ooh)
I'd like to take a chance
But shit, mary, I can't dance
So here's to lookin' up your old address
Golly, what a mess
We gotta take the rest and try
We got lots of time
To get together if we try
We got lots of time
To get together if we try
(Ooh, ooh)
To my heart and I've been hopin'
That you won't be the one
To struggle with the key
We got lots of time
To get together if we try
The waitin' time is over
No man sees around the corner
Walkin' in the rain and comin' home dry
There's something missin' there
It's easier to care and try
And I try to wash my hands (ooh)
And I try to make amends (ooh)
And I try to count my friends (ooh)
Ooh, ooh (ooh, ooh)
Ooh, ooh (ooh, ooh)
Ooh, ooh (ooh, ooh)
I'd like to take a chance
But shit, mary, I can't dance
So here's to lookin' up your old address
Golly, what a mess
We gotta take the rest and try
We got lots of time
To get together if we try
We got lots of time
To get together if we try
(Ooh, ooh)
Writer: Neil Young
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
Mexico
Oh, the feeling's gone
Why is it so hard to hang on
To your love
Oh, the things we do
To live beyond the fears
And move on through the years
Think I'll go to Mexico
Gonna take my time, go down slow
Making love in Mexico
Think I'll go to Mexico
Oh, those sandy beaches
Daddy is a travelin' man
Why is it so hard to hang on
To your love
Oh, the things we do
To live beyond the fears
And move on through the years
Think I'll go to Mexico
Gonna take my time, go down slow
Making love in Mexico
Think I'll go to Mexico
Oh, those sandy beaches
Daddy is a travelin' man
Writer: Neil Young
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
Love is a Rose
Love is a rose
But you better not pick it
It only grows when it's on the vine
A handful of thorns and
You'll know you've missed it
You lose your love
When you say the word "Mine"
I wanna see what's never been seen
I wanna live that age old dream
Come on, lass, we can go together
Let's take the best right now
Take the best right now
I wanna go to an old hoe-down
Long ago in a western town
Pick me up if my feet are draggin'
Give me a lift and I'll hay your wagon
Love is a rose
But you better not pick it
It only grows when it's on the vine
A handful of thorns and
You'll know you've missed it
You lose your love
When you say the word "Mine"
Mine, mine
Love is a rose, love is a rose
Love is a rose, love is a rose
But you better not pick it
It only grows when it's on the vine
A handful of thorns and
You'll know you've missed it
You lose your love
When you say the word "Mine"
I wanna see what's never been seen
I wanna live that age old dream
Come on, lass, we can go together
Let's take the best right now
Take the best right now
I wanna go to an old hoe-down
Long ago in a western town
Pick me up if my feet are draggin'
Give me a lift and I'll hay your wagon
Love is a rose
But you better not pick it
It only grows when it's on the vine
A handful of thorns and
You'll know you've missed it
You lose your love
When you say the word "Mine"
Mine, mine
Love is a rose, love is a rose
Love is a rose, love is a rose
Writer: Neil Young
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
Homegrown
"You sound like you've been playing together for ten years"
"Yeah, yeah, that was a nice jam"
Homegrown's all right with me
Homegrown is the way it should be
Homegrown is a good thing
Plant that bell and let it ring
The sun comes up in the morning
And it shines that light around
One day, without no warning
Things start jumping up from the ground
Homegrown's all right with me
Homegrown is the way it should be
Homegrown is a good thing
Plant that bell and let it ring
Homegrown's all right with me
Homegrown is the way it should be
Homegrown is a good thing
Plant that bell and let it ring
Plant that bulb and let it blow
"Yeah, yeah, that was a nice jam"
Homegrown's all right with me
Homegrown is the way it should be
Homegrown is a good thing
Plant that bell and let it ring
The sun comes up in the morning
And it shines that light around
One day, without no warning
Things start jumping up from the ground
Homegrown's all right with me
Homegrown is the way it should be
Homegrown is a good thing
Plant that bell and let it ring
Homegrown's all right with me
Homegrown is the way it should be
Homegrown is a good thing
Plant that bell and let it ring
Plant that bulb and let it blow
Writer: Neil Young
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
Florida
Let's go to Florida
Palm trees and shit man
Palm trees, here we go
It was like a town in Florida in the fifties you know
I don't know, there's a lot of white buildings
They were really white
I could see them
They were about seven or eight stories tall
All the people were walking around
And it just looks so good, you know
They all had, uh, blue dresses and nice pants on
You know they're all of them are drinking pop
From you know with straws in the bottles
Things were lookin' you know, sun was shining so bright
The downtown looked incredible, I couldn't believe it
There was gliders flyin' around in the sky
These guys flying around in gliders, you know
And they'd swoop between the buildings and they
They'd go down the alley ways, you know
And they make a sharp left and a sharp right
And uh, it's like they, I couldn't believe
That it was really happening you know
So I said, you know, "I don't believe this, this isn't real"
And just as I said that, this guy in the glider
Was coming right through the center of town
And he ran into the building in the middle of town
Fifteen story high building, right in the center of town
He started tumbling through the air, you know
And his glider crashed in the alley and, uh
I noticed this couple on the, uh, on the parking lot
And, uh, they, they were just walking together
In conversation you know like nothing
Else was happening and, uh, looking up
They noticed a tumbling man coming through the air
And uh, he, he came right down and landed
Right on them and made and awful sound and, uh
I ran over there, I could see that they
Were really gone, you know
But on the ground beside them
Was this little baby, dressed in
It just had a red blanket
Wrapped around it, so I picked it up and took it
To my car over on the corner which wasn't too far away
And I put it in the back seat
I don't know whether it was
A boy or a girl, I didn't look, I just put it down
It was sleeping and I looked and a crowd had gathered
On the parking lot, this beautiful lady was coming
Down the street and I looked at her
And she looked right at me and she said
"That's my baby in the back of your car there"
I said "Oh no, that baby belongs to that, to that
Dead couple on the parking lot"
And she said "No, no you're wrong, you're wrong
What happened to them?"
Palm trees and shit man
Palm trees, here we go
It was like a town in Florida in the fifties you know
I don't know, there's a lot of white buildings
They were really white
I could see them
They were about seven or eight stories tall
All the people were walking around
And it just looks so good, you know
They all had, uh, blue dresses and nice pants on
You know they're all of them are drinking pop
From you know with straws in the bottles
Things were lookin' you know, sun was shining so bright
The downtown looked incredible, I couldn't believe it
There was gliders flyin' around in the sky
These guys flying around in gliders, you know
And they'd swoop between the buildings and they
They'd go down the alley ways, you know
And they make a sharp left and a sharp right
And uh, it's like they, I couldn't believe
That it was really happening you know
So I said, you know, "I don't believe this, this isn't real"
And just as I said that, this guy in the glider
Was coming right through the center of town
And he ran into the building in the middle of town
Fifteen story high building, right in the center of town
He started tumbling through the air, you know
And his glider crashed in the alley and, uh
I noticed this couple on the, uh, on the parking lot
And, uh, they, they were just walking together
In conversation you know like nothing
Else was happening and, uh, looking up
They noticed a tumbling man coming through the air
And uh, he, he came right down and landed
Right on them and made and awful sound and, uh
I ran over there, I could see that they
Were really gone, you know
But on the ground beside them
Was this little baby, dressed in
It just had a red blanket
Wrapped around it, so I picked it up and took it
To my car over on the corner which wasn't too far away
And I put it in the back seat
I don't know whether it was
A boy or a girl, I didn't look, I just put it down
It was sleeping and I looked and a crowd had gathered
On the parking lot, this beautiful lady was coming
Down the street and I looked at her
And she looked right at me and she said
"That's my baby in the back of your car there"
I said "Oh no, that baby belongs to that, to that
Dead couple on the parking lot"
And she said "No, no you're wrong, you're wrong
What happened to them?"
Writer: Neil Young
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
Kansas
I feel like I just woke up
From a bad dream
And it's so good to have you
Sleeping by my side
Although I'm not so sure
If I even know your name
Hold on, baby, hold on
We can go gliding through the air
Far from the tears you've cried
Yes, you're the one
I'm talkin' to this morning
With your mind so kind
And your friendly body lying
In my bungalow with stucco
That the glory and success bought
Hold on, baby, hold on
It doesn't matter if you're the one
We'll know before we're done
From a bad dream
And it's so good to have you
Sleeping by my side
Although I'm not so sure
If I even know your name
Hold on, baby, hold on
We can go gliding through the air
Far from the tears you've cried
Yes, you're the one
I'm talkin' to this morning
With your mind so kind
And your friendly body lying
In my bungalow with stucco
That the glory and success bought
Hold on, baby, hold on
It doesn't matter if you're the one
We'll know before we're done
Writer: Neil Young
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
We Dont Smoke It
We don't snort it, we don't lick it
We don't knock it, we don't kick it
We don't smoke it no more
We don't smoke it no more
We don't smoke it no more
We don't smoke it no more
We don't smoke it no more
We don't knock it, we don't kick it
We don't smoke it no more
We don't smoke it no more
We don't smoke it no more
We don't smoke it no more
We don't smoke it no more
Writer: Ben Keith Schaeufele, Neil Young
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
White Line
I came to you, when I needed a rest
You took my love, and put it to the test
I saw some things, that I never would have guessed
Feel like a railroad, I pulled a whole load behind
That old white line is friend of mine
And it's good time we've been making
Right now I'm rollin' down the open road
And the daylight will soon be breaking
I was adrift on a river of pride
It seemed like such a long easy ride
You were my raft but I let you slide
I've been down but I'm coming back up again
And I'm rollin' down the open road
Where the daylight will soon be breaking
Right now I'm thinking 'bout these things that I know
But it's good time that we've been making
You took my love, and put it to the test
I saw some things, that I never would have guessed
Feel like a railroad, I pulled a whole load behind
That old white line is friend of mine
And it's good time we've been making
Right now I'm rollin' down the open road
And the daylight will soon be breaking
I was adrift on a river of pride
It seemed like such a long easy ride
You were my raft but I let you slide
I've been down but I'm coming back up again
And I'm rollin' down the open road
Where the daylight will soon be breaking
Right now I'm thinking 'bout these things that I know
But it's good time that we've been making
Writer: Neil Young
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
Vacancy
Who are you?
Where are you goin' to?
What's your name?
Why aren't you showin' through?
I look in your eyes and I don't know what's there
You poison me with that long, vacant stare
You dress like her and she walks in your words
You frown at me and then you smile at her
Are you my friend?
Are you my enemy?
Can we pretend
To live in harmony?
You come through in the weirdest way
You copy her with the words that you say
I need that girl like the night needs the day
I don't need you gettin' in my way
Vacancy, vacancy
Vacancy, vacancy
Vacancy, vacancy
Vacancy, vacancy
Who are you?
Where are you goin' to?
What's your name?
Why aren't you showin' through?
Where are you goin' to?
What's your name?
Why aren't you showin' through?
I look in your eyes and I don't know what's there
You poison me with that long, vacant stare
You dress like her and she walks in your words
You frown at me and then you smile at her
Are you my friend?
Are you my enemy?
Can we pretend
To live in harmony?
You come through in the weirdest way
You copy her with the words that you say
I need that girl like the night needs the day
I don't need you gettin' in my way
Vacancy, vacancy
Vacancy, vacancy
Vacancy, vacancy
Vacancy, vacancy
Who are you?
Where are you goin' to?
What's your name?
Why aren't you showin' through?
Writer: Neil Young
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
Little Wing
All her friends call her Little Wing
But she flies rings around them all
She comes to town when the children sing
And leaves them feathers if they fall
She leaves her feathers if they fall
Little Wing, don't fly away
When the summer turns to fall
Don't you know some people say
The winter is the best time of them all
Winter is the best of all
But she flies rings around them all
She comes to town when the children sing
And leaves them feathers if they fall
She leaves her feathers if they fall
Little Wing, don't fly away
When the summer turns to fall
Don't you know some people say
The winter is the best time of them all
Winter is the best of all
Writer: Neil Young
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
Star of Bethlehem
Ain't it hard when you wake up in the morning
And you find out that those other days are gone?
All you have is memories of happiness
Lingerin' on
All your dreams and your lovers won't protect you
They're only passing through you in the end
They'll leave you stripped of all that they can get to
And wait for you to come back again
Yet still a light is shining
From that lamp on down the hall
Maybe the star of Bethlehem
Wasn't a star at all
And you find out that those other days are gone?
All you have is memories of happiness
Lingerin' on
All your dreams and your lovers won't protect you
They're only passing through you in the end
They'll leave you stripped of all that they can get to
And wait for you to come back again
Yet still a light is shining
From that lamp on down the hall
Maybe the star of Bethlehem
Wasn't a star at all
Writer: Neil Young
Copyright: Lyrics © Kanjian Music, Hipgnosis Songs Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Kanjian Music, Hipgnosis Songs Group
Homegrown is the 42nd studio album by Canadian-American Neil Young. It was released on June 19, 2020, by Reprise Records. The album consists of material recorded between June 1974 and January 1975. The album was recorded after the release of On the Beach and before the sessions for Zuma. Like those two albums, much of the material was inspired by Young's relationship with actress Carrie Snodgress, which was deteriorating in 1974.
The album was compiled and prepared for release in 1975. Instead, Tonight's the Night was released in its place, and Homegrown remained unreleased for 45 years. It was finally set for release as part of Record Store Day 2020, amid Neil Young's ongoing Archives campaign. Its release was again delayed by Record Store Day's postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, before finally seeing release on June 19.
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Neil YoungThe album was compiled and prepared for release in 1975. Instead, Tonight's the Night was released in its place, and Homegrown remained unreleased for 45 years. It was finally set for release as part of Record Store Day 2020, amid Neil Young's ongoing Archives campaign. Its release was again delayed by Record Store Day's postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, before finally seeing release on June 19.
Genre(s): Country rock, folk rock
Producer(s): Neil Young, Elliot Mazer, Ben Keith, Tim Mulligan
Length: 35:23
Released: June 19th, 2020
Year: 2020