美国Spin杂志评选2010十大好歌 Neil Young - Hitchhiker

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Neil Young - Hitchhiker

Neil Young，加拿大老牌摇滚教父

歌曲名:Hitchhiker
歌手:NEIL YOUNG
专辑:Le Noise

Neil Young - Hitchhiker
When I was a hitchhiker on the road
I had to count on you
But you needed me to ease¹ the load
And for conversation too
Or did you just drive on through.
You didn't see me in Toronto
When I first tried out some hash
Smoked some then and I'll do it again
If I only had some cash
Only had some cash.
Then I tried amphetamines
And my head was in a glass
Taped underneath² the speedometer wires
Of my '48 Buick's dash.
But I knew that wouldn't last.
Then came California
Where I first saw open water
In the land of opportunity
I knew I was getting hotter
I knew I was getting hotter.
But the neon lights
And the endless nights
They took me by surprise
The doctor gave me valium
But I still couldn't close my eyes
I still couldn't close my eyes.
Then came paranoia³
And it ran away with me
I couldn't sign my autograph
Or appear on TV
Or see or be seen
Living in the country
Sounded good to me
Smoking grass while the summer lasts
In the real organic⁴ sea
Where everything was green
Then we had a kid and we split⁵ apart
I was living on the road
A little cocaine⁶ went a long long way
To ease that different load
But my head did explode
My head did explode.
I wish I was an Aztec
Or a runner in Peru
I would build such beautiful buildings
To house the chosen few
Like an Inca from Peru.