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On the Beach

by Neil Young

ALBUM RANKINGS:

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  • All Time
    of 455,466
    1,521
  • 1970's
    of 2,833
    131
  • 1974
    of 294
    6
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.
Overall Rating: 3.2442 On the Beach is ranked overall as 3.2442 out of 4 stars
Avg. Critic Score: 3.3767 On the Beach has an avg. critic score of 3.3767 out of 4 stars

On the Beach Lyrics

Lyrics
Disc
Track
Title
1
1
Walk On
 
2
See the Sky About to Rain
 
3
Revolution Blues
 
4
For the Turnstiles
 
5
Vampire Blues
 
6
On the Beach
 
7
Motion Pictures
 
8
Ambulance Blues
Walk On
 
  • I hear some people
  • been talkin' me down,
  • Bring up my name,
  • pass it 'round.
  • They don't mention
  • happy times
  • They do their thing,
  • I'll do mine.
  • Ooh baby,
  • that's hard to change
  • I can't tell them
  • how to feel.
  • Some get stoned,
  • some get strange,
  • But sooner or later
  • it all gets real.
  • Walk on, walk on,
  • Walk on, walk on.
  • I remember
  • the good old days,
  • Stayed up all night
  • gettin' crazed.
  • Then the money
  • was not so good,
  • But we still did
  • the best we could.
  • Ooh baby,
  • that's hard to change
  • I can't tell them
  • how to feel.
  • Some get stoned,
  • some get strange,
  • But sooner or later
  • it all gets real.
  • Walk on, walk on,
  • Walk on, walk on.
See the Sky About to Rain
 
  • See the sky about to rain,
  • broken clouds and rain.
  • Locomotive, pull the train,
  • whistle blowing
  • through my brain.
  • Signals curling on an open plain,
  • rolling down the track again.
  • See the sky about to rain.
  • Some are bound for happiness,
  • some are bound to glory
  • Some are bound to live with less,
  • who can tell your story?
  • See the sky about to rain,
  • broken clouds and rain.
  • Locomotive, pull the train,
  • whistle blowin'
  • through my brain.
  • Signals curlin' on an open plain,
  • rollin' down the track again.
  • See the sky about to rain.
  • I was down in Dixie Land,
  • played a silver fiddle
  • Played it loud and then the man
  • broke it down the middle.
  • See the sky about to rain.
Revolution Blues
 
  • Well, we live in a trailer
  • at the edge of town
  • You never see us
  • 'cause we don't come around.
  • We got twenty five rifles
  • just to keep
  • the population down.
  • But we need you now,
  • and that's why
  • I'm hangin' 'round.
  • So you be good to me
  • and I'll be good to you,
  • And in this land of conditions
  • I'm not above suspicion
  • I won't attack you,
  • but I won't back you.
  • Well, it's so good to be here,
  • asleep on your lawn.
  • Remember your guard dog?
  • Well, I'm afraid
  • that he's gone.
  • It was such a drag
  • to hear him
  • whining all night long.
  • Yes, that was me with the doves,
  • setting them free
  • near the factory
  • Where you built your computer,
  • love.
  • I hope you get the connection,
  • 'cause I can't take
  • the rejection
  • I won't deceive you,
  • I just don't believe you.
  • Well, I'm a barrel of laughs,
  • with my carbine on
  • I keep 'em hoppin',
  • till my ammunition's gone.
  • But I'm still not happy,
  • I feel like
  • there's something wrong.
  • I got the revolution blues,
  • I see bloody fountains,
  • And ten million dune buggies
  • comin' down the mountains.
  • Well, I hear that Laurel Canyon
  • is full of famous stars,
  • But I hate them worse than lepers
  • and I'll kill them
  • in their cars.
For the Turnstiles
 
  • All the sailors
  • with their seasick mamas
  • Hear the sirens on the shore,
  • Singin' songs
  • for pimps with tailors
  • Who charge ten dollars
  • at the door.
  • You can really
  • learn a lot that way
  • It will change you
  • in the middle of the day.
  • Though your confidence
  • may be shattered,
  • It doesn't matter.
  • All the great explorers
  • Are now in granite laid,
  • Under white sheets
  • for the great unveiling
  • At the big parade.
  • You can really
  • learn a lot that way
  • It will change you
  • in the middle of the day.
  • Though your confidence
  • may be shattered,
  • It doesn't matter.
  • All the bushleague batters
  • Are left to die
  • on the diamond.
  • In the stands
  • the home crowd scatters
  • For the turnstiles,
  • For the turnstiles,
  • For the turnstiles.
Vampire Blues
 
  • I'm a vampire, babe,
  • suckin' blood
  • from the earth
  • I'm a vampire, baby,
  • suckin' blood
  • from the earth.
  • Well, I'm a vampire, babe,
  • sell you
  • twenty barrels worth.
  • I'm a black bat, babe,
  • bangin' on
  • your window pane
  • I'm a black bat, baby,
  • bangin' on
  • your window pane.
  • Well, I'm a black bat, babe,
  • I need my high octane.
  • Good times are comin',
  • I hear it everywhere I go
  • Good times are comin',
  • I hear it everywhere I go.
  • Good times are comin',
  • but they sure comin' slow.
  • I'm a vampire, babe,
  • suckin' blood
  • from the earth
  • I'm a vampire, baby,
  • suckin' blood
  • from the earth.
  • Well, I'm a vampire, babe,
  • sell you
  • twenty barrels worth.
  • Good times are comin'.
On the Beach
 
  • The world is turnin',
  • I hope it don't turn away,
  • The world is turnin',
  • I hope it don't turn away.
  • All my pictures are fallin'
  • from the wall where
  • I placed them yesterday.
  • The world is turnin',
  • I hope it don't turn away.
  • I need a crowd of people,
  • but I can't face them
  • day to day,
  • I need a crowd of people,
  • but I can't face them
  • day to day.
  • Though my problems
  • are meaningless,
  • that don't make them
  • go away.
  • I need a crowd of people,
  • but I can't face them
  • day to day.
  • I went to the radio interview,
  • but I ended up alone
  • at the microphone,
  • I went to the radio interview,
  • but I ended up alone
  • at the microphone.
  • Now I'm livin'
  • out here on the beach,
  • but those seagulls are
  • still out of reach.
  • I went to the radio interview,
  • but I ended up alone
  • at the microphone.
  • Get out of town,
  • think I'll get out of town,
  • Get out of town,
  • think I'll get out of town.
  • I head for the sticks
  • with my bus and friends,
  • I follow the road,
  • though I don't know
  • where it ends.
  • Get out of town, get out of town,
  • think I'll get out of town.
  • 'Cause the world is turnin',
  • I don't want to
  • see it turn away.
Motion Pictures
 
  • Motion pictures on my TV screen,
  • A home away from home, livin' in between
  • But I hear some people have got their dream.
  • I've got mine.
  • I hear the mountains are doin' fine,
  • Mornin' glory is on the vine,
  • And the dew is fallin', the ducks are callin'.
  • Yes, I've got mine.
  • Well, all those people, they think they got it made
  • But I wouldn't buy, sell, borrow or trade
  • Anything I have to be like one of them.
  • I'd rather start all over again.
  • Well, all those headlines, they just bore me now
  • I'm deep inside myself, but I'll get out somehow,
  • And I'll stand before you, and I'll bring a smile to your eyes.
  • Motion pictures, motion pictures.
Ambulance Blues
 
  • Back in the old folky days
  • The air was magic when we played.
  • The riverboat was rockin'
  • in the rain
  • Midnight was the time
  • for the raid.
  • Oh, Isabela, proud Isabela,
  • They tore you down and
  • plowed you under.
  • You're only real
  • with your make-up on
  • How could I see you
  • and stay too long?
  • All along the Navajo Trail,
  • Burn-outs stub their toes
  • on garbage pails.
  • Waitresses are cryin'
  • in the rain
  • Will their boyfriends
  • pass this way again?
  • Oh, Mother Goose,
  • she's on the skids
  • Shoe ain't happy,
  • neither are the kids.
  • She needs someone
  • that she can scream at
  • And I'm such a heel
  • for makin' her feel so bad.
  • I guess I'll call it
  • sickness gone
  • It's hard to say
  • the meaning of this song.
  • An ambulance can only
  • go so fast
  • It's easy to get buried
  • in the past
  • When you try to make
  • a good thing last.
  • I saw today
  • in the entertainment section
  • There's room at the top
  • for private detection.
  • To Mom and Dad
  • this just doesn't matter,
  • But it's either that
  • or pay off the kidnapper.
  • So all you critics sit alone
  • You're no better than me
  • for what you've shown.
  • With your stomach pump and
  • your hook and ladder dreams
  • We could get together
  • for some scenes.
  • I never knew a man
  • could tell so many lies
  • He had a different story
  • for every set of eyes.
  • How can he remember
  • who he's talkin' to?
  • 'Cause I know it ain't me,
  • and I hope it isn't you.
  • Well, I'm up in T.O.
  • keepin' jive alive,
  • And out on the corner
  • it's half past five.
  • But the subways are empty
  • And so are the cafes.
  • Except for the Farmer's Market
  • And I still can hear him say:
  • You're all just pissin'
  • in the wind
  • You don't know it but you are.
  • And there ain't nothin'
  • like a friend
  • Who can tell you
  • you're just pissin'
  • in the wind.
  • I never knew a man
  • could tell so many lies
  • He had a different story
  • for every set of eyes
  • How can he remember
  • who he's talking to?
  • Cause I know it ain't me,
  • and hope it isn't you.

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