Neil Young - Ambulance Blues Lyrics
Back in the old folky daysThe air was magic when we played.The riverboat was rockin in the rainMidnight was the time for the raid.Oh, isabela, proud isabela,They tore you down and plowed you under.Youre only real with your make-up onHow 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 rainWill their boyfriends pass this way again?Oh, mother goose, shes on the skidsSure aint happy, neither are the kids.She needs someone that she can scream atAnd Im such a heel for makin her feel so bad.I guess Ill call it sickness goneIts hard to say the meaning of this song.An ambulance can only go so fastIts easy to get buried in the pastWhen you try to make a good thing last.I saw today in the entertainment sectionTheres room at the top for private detection.To mom and dad this just doesnt matter,But its either that or pay off the kidnapper.So all you critics sit aloneYoure no better than me for what youve shown.With your stomach pump and your hook and ladder dreamsWe could get together for some scenes.I never knew a man could tell so many liesHe had a different story for every set of eyes.How can he remember who hes talkin to?cause I know it aint me, and I hope it isnt you.Well, Im up in t.o. keepin jive alive,And out on the corner its half past five.But the subways are emptyAnd so are the cafes.Except for the farmers marketAnd I still can hear him say:Youre all just pissin in the windYou dont know it but you are.And there aint nothin like a friendWho can tell you youre just pissin in the wind.I never knew a man could tell so many liesHe had a different story for every set of eyesHow can he remember who hes talking to?Cause I know it aint me, and hope it isnt you.
