Lyrics for singles by Crosby Stills Nash

I Give You Give Blind

Hey, would you get to be alone?
And tell me, when will you be back home?
And why did you leave me all alone?
You blew my mind

Fool, listen on to yourself
You don't know even when you've been left
Tomorrow maybe you'll see the rest
I told you so

You've got to believe in something
If you don't, you will be lost
You've got to believe in someone
No matter the cost

Well, hell, if I've been had
Then, Jesus, why does it got to hurt so bad?
And when can something come
And make me glad to be alive?

Look, you've got a mind of your own
So listen when it says you could be wrong
The first time
Usually when you hear that song
It sets you free

Too late
You realize you are burning bridges behind you
Every time you lose, insisting on something that perhaps cannot be had
You blow it away

You've got to believe in something
And give it some time
You've got to believe in someone
Go over the line

So, love isn't oh so easy to live
And living don't be so good and breezy
Forgive my eyes glowing; I am speaking clearly
I give you give blind
I give you give blind
I give you give blind
I give you give blind

Hey, would you get to be alone?
And tell me, when will you be back home?
And why did you leave me all alone?
You blew it away!

Suite: Judy Blue Eyes

It's getting to the point
Where I'm no fun anymore
I am sorry
Sometimes it hurts so badly
I must cry out loud
I am lonely
I am yours, you are mine
You are what you are
And you make it hard--

Remember what we've said, and done, and felt
about each other
Oh babe, have mercy
Don't let the past remind us of what we are not now
I am not dreaming
I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are
And you make it hard--

Tearing yourself away from me now
You are free and I am crying
This does not mean I don't love you
I do, that's forever, and always
I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are
And you make it hard--

Something inside is telling me that
I've got your secret. Are you still listening?
Fear is the lock, and laughter the key to your heart
And I love you

I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are
And you make it hard
And you make it hard--

Friday evening, Sunday in the afternoon
What have you got to lose?
Tuesday mornin', please be gone I'm tired of you
Can I tell it like it is? Help me I'm sufferin'
Listen to me baby--Help me I'm dyin'
It's my heart that's a-sufferin', it's a dyin'
That's what I have to lose
I've got an answer
I'm going to fly away
What have I got to lose?
Will you come see me Thursdays and Saturdays?
What have you got to lose?

Chestnut brown canary
Ruby-throated sparrow
Sing a song
Don't be long
Thrill me to the marrow

Voices of the angels
Ring around the moonlight
Asking me
Said she so free
How can you catch the sparrow?

Lacy lilting lady
Losing love lamenting
Change my life
Make it right
Be my lady


Que linda me la traiga Cuba        How happy it makes me to think of Cuba
La reina de la Mar Caribe          The queen of the Caribbean Sea
Cielo sol no tiene sangre all      Sunny sky has no blood
Y que triste que no puedo vaya     And how sad that I cannot go
O, va! O, va!                      Oh, go! Oh, go!

Marrakesh Express

Whoopa, hey mesa, hooba huffa, hey meshy goosh goosh

Looking at the world through the sunset in your eyes
Traveling the train through clear Moroccan skies
Ducks, and pigs, and chickens call
animal carpet wall to wall
American ladies five-foot tall in blue
Sweeping cobwebs from the edges of my mind
Had to get away to see what we could find
Hope the days that lie ahead
bring us back to where they've led
listen not to what's been said to you

Wouldn't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express
Wouldn't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express
they're taking me to Marrakesh
All aboard the train
All aboard the train

I've been saving all my money just to take you there
I smell the garden in your hair
Take the train from Casablanca going south
blowing smoke rings from the corners of my m m m m mouth
Colored cottons hang in the air
charming cobras in the square
Striped djellebas we can wear at home
Well, let me hear ya now

Wouldn't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express
Wouldn't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express
they're taking me to Marrakesh
Wouldn't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express
Wouldn't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express
they're taking me to Marrakesh
All on board the train
All on board the train
All on board!

Love The One You're With

There's a rose
In a fisted glove
And the eagle flies with the dove
And if you can't be with the one you love
It's alright
Go ahead and love the one, love the one, love the one your with
Love the one, love the one, love the one your with
If your guy can't come to you
And you don't remember who your talking to
Your concentration slips away
Because your baby, she is so so far away

And there's a rose in a fisted glove
And the eagle flies with the dove
And if you cant be with the one you love
Love the one you're with
Don't be angry
Don't be sad
Don't sit cryin' for good times you had
There's a girl right next to you
And she's waiting for something to do

[chorus]

Do it
Do it
Do it
Turn your heartache into joy
She's a girl and your a boy
Get together, make it tonight
You ain't gonna need no more advice

[chorus]

Wooden Ships

If you smile at me
I will understand
'Cause that is something
Everybody everywhere does in the same language

I can see by your coat, my friend
You're from the other side
There's just one thing I've got to know
Can you tell me please, who won

Say, can I have some of your purple berries
Yes, I've been eating them for six or seven weeks now
Haven't got sick once
Prob'ly keep us both alive

Wooden ships on the water, very free, and easy
Easy, you know the way it's supposed to be
Silver people on the shoreline let us be
Talk'n 'bout very free, and easy

Horror grips us as we watch you die
All we can do is echo your anguished cries
Stare as all human feelings die
We are leaving, you don't need us

Go take a sister, then, by the hand
Lead her away from this foreign land
Far away, where we might laugh again
We are leaving, you don't need us

And it's a fair wind
Blowin' warm out of the south over my shoulder
Guess I'll set a course and go

Long Time Gone

It's been a long time comin'
It's goin' to be a long time gone
Appears to be a long time
Yes, a long, long, log time
Before the dawn
Turn, turn any corner
Hear, you must hear what the people say
You know there's something that's goin' on here
That surely, surely, surely won't stand the light of day
And it appears to be a long
Such a long, long, long time before the dawn
Speak out, you got to speak out against
The madness, you got to speak your mind
If you dare
But don't try to get you rself elected
If you do you had better cut your hair
'Cause it appears to be a long time
Before the dawn
It's been a long time comin'
It's been a long time gone
But you know, the darkest hour
Is always just before the dawn
And it appears to be a long time
Such a long, long, long time before the dawn

Cathedral

Six o' clock
In the morning, I feel pretty good
So I dropped into the luxury of the Lords
Fighting dragons and crossing swords
With the people against the hordes
Who came to conquer

Seven o'clock
In the morning, here it comes
I taste the warning and I am so amazed
I'm here today, seeing things so clear this way
In the car and on my way
To Stonehenge

I'm flying in Winchester cathedral
Sunlight pouring through the break of day
Stumbled through the door and into the chamber;
There's a lady setting flowers on a table covered lace
And a cleaner in the distance finds a cobweb on a face
And a feeling deep inside of me tells me
This can't be the place

I'm flying in Winchester cathedral
All religion has to have its day
Expressions on the face of the Saviour
Made me say
I can't stay

Open up the gates of the church and let me out of here!
Too many people have lied in the name of Christ
For anyone to heed the call
So many people have died in the name of Christ
That I can't believe it all

And now I'm standing on the grave of a soldier that died in 1799
And the day he died it was a birthday
And I noticed it was mine
And my head didn't know just who I was
And I went spinning back in time
And I am high upon the altar
High upon the altar, high

I'm flying in Winchester cathedral
It's hard enough to drink the wine
The air inside just hangs in delusion
But given time
I'll be fine

Dark Star

Forgive me if my fantasies might
Seem a little shopworn
I'm sure you've heard it all before
I wonder what's the right form
Love songs written for you
It's been going down for years
But to sing what's in my heart
Seems more honest than the tears

I am curious, don't want to hurry us
I'm intrigued with us
Ain't this song a bust
I don't care, dark star

I met you several years ago
The times they were so strange
But I had a feeling
You looked into my eyes just once
An instant flashing by that we were stealing
Another time you felt so bad
And I wasn't any help at all as I recall
We didn't quite know what to do
So we left the wanting be
Still there for me and you

Dark star, I see you in the morning
Dark star, a' sleeping next to me
Dark star, let the memory of the evening
Be the first thing that you think of
When you open up your smile and see me, dark star

It's easy to be with you
Even with the storms that rage
Beneath your search for peace
We must make some time together
Take the kids and find a world
That's ours to keep
Now you've got me dreaming girl
It's been so long that I thought that I'd forgotten how
My heart is once again my soul
We touched, we did, you know we did
No more teasing now

Dark star, I see you in the morning
Dark star, a' sleeping next to me
Dark star, let the memory of the evening
Be the first thing that you think of
When you open up your smile and see me, dark star

Just A Song Before I Go

Just a song before I go
To whom it may concern
Travelling twice the speed of sound
It's easy to get burned

When the shows were over
We had to get back home
And when we opened up the door
I had to be alone

She helped me with my suitcase
She stands before my eyes
Driving me to the airport
And to the friendly skies

Going through security
I held her for so long
She finally looked at me in love
And she was gone

Just a song before I go
A lesson to be learned
Travelling twice the speed of sound
It's easy to get burned

Southern Cross

Got out of town on a boat gon' to southern islands
Sailing a reach before a following sea
She was making for the trades on the outside
And the downhill run to Papeete

Off the wind on this heading lie the Marquesas
We got eighty feet of waterline nicely making way
In a noisy bar in Avalon, I tried to call you
But on a midnight watch I realized why twice you ran away

Think about how many times I have fallen
Spirits are using me; larger voices callin'
What heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten
I have been around the world, lookin' for that woman-girl
Who knows love can endure
And you know it will

When you see the Southern Cross for the first time
You understand now why you came this way
'Cause the truth you might be runnin' from is so small
But it's as big as the promise, the promise of a comin' day

So I'm sailing for tomorrow. My dreams are a-dying
And my love is an anchor tied to you, tied with a silver chain
I have my ship, and all her flags are a-flying
She is all that I have left, and music is her name

Think about how many times I have fallen
Spirits are using me; larger voices callin'
What heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten
I have been around the world, lookin' for that woman-girl
Who knows love can endure
And you know it will
And you know it will

So we cheated and we lied and we tested
And we never failed to fail
It was the easiest thing to do
You will survive being bested
Somebody fine will come along
And make me forget about loving you
In the Southern Cross

Wasted on the Way

Look around me
I can see my life before me
Running rings around the way
It used to be
I am older now
I have more than what I wanted
But I wish that I had started
Long before I did

And there's so much time to make up
Everywhere you turn
Time we have wasted on the way
So much water moving
Underneath the bridge
Let the water come and carry us away

Oh when you were young
Did you question all the answers
Did you envy all the dancers
Who had all the nerve
Look round you know
You must go for what you wanted
Look at all my friends who did and got what they deserved

[chorus]

And there's so much love to make up
Everywhere you turn
Love we have wasted on the way
So much water moving
Underneath the bridge
Let the water come and carry us away
Let the water come and carry us away