[Intro. (Acoustic Guitar)]
Everybody's saying music is love
Everybody's saying it's you know it is, mmm
Everyone yes everyone
Everyone's saying music music is love
Everybody's saying that music is love (music is love)
Everybody's saying it's love (everybody's saying it's, yeah)
Everybody's saying that music is love (everyone, everyone, everyone, everyone, everyone, everyone)
Everybody's saying it's love (saying it's love, yeah)
Everybody's saying that music is love (everyone, everyone, everyone, yeah, everyone, everyone)
Everybody's saying it's love (saying it's love, yeah)
Everybody's saying that music is love (everyone, everyone, everyone, yeah, everyone, everyone)
Everybody's saying it's love (saying it's love, yeah)
Everybody's saying that music is love (everyone, everyone, everyone, everywhere, everyone, everyone)
Everybody's saying it's love (saying it's love, yeah)
Everybody's saying that music is love (everyone, everyone, everyone, knows yeah, everyone, everyone)
Everybody's saying it's love (saying it's love, yeah)
Everybody's saying that music is love (everyone, everyone, saying it's love)
Everybody's saying that music is love, everyone's saying it's love
[Instrumental (Acoustic Guitars)]
Put on your colors and run come see
Everybody says that music's for free
Take off your clothes and lie in the sun
Everybody says that music's for fun, yeah
David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name Album Lyrics
David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name Lyrics
Writer: David Van Cortlandt Crosby, Graham Nash, Neil Young
Copyright: Lyrics © Spirit Music Group, Hipgnosis Songs Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Spirit Music Group, Hipgnosis Songs Group
Cowboy Movie
(David Crosby)
[Intro. (Electric Guitars)]
Me and my good partners
We were riding back to our camp
We were feeling very fine
The air was clear and slightly damp
We were riding back to have ourselves a party
To celebrate the robbing of the train
We were talking kind of low and lazy
'bout not having to go out soon again
You know we hadn't been back at home two hours
We heard a hawk cry out in the night
And you know that's a signal from young Billy who's our sentry
Saying something here ain't exactly right, oh
We quick grabbed some of our hardware
Stumbled out of our home
Two minutes flat we had found her
An Indian girl all alone
And Eli said let's take her back to the cabin
I said you don't know she might be the law, yeah
He said smiling kind of nasty it ain't too damn likely
She'll beat me to the draw, oh no
As we were walking back through the darkness
I heard the Duke he's our dynamiter say
He said what's your name sweet little Indian girl
She said Raven and she looked away
Right then I didn't trust her no no I said so, oh no
Now Eli he's our fastest gunner
He's kind of mean and young from the South
He said Fat Albert you're getting kind of old and weird now
You'd better get your 12 gauge shotgun right out and I did oh you know I did
Now Eli and the Duke they got down to it
They each wanted that Indian girl for their own
When they finally got around to asking her
You know she said she'd come to take young Billy home, oh no, no, no
Eli said he'd kill young Billy
He'd kill the Duke and probably me too, yeah
That Indian girl said go ahead now do it
I said stop and she bit my thumb nearly clean through, oh
And when they finally started to break down the door, yeah
I smeared my face up with blood from my thumb, yeah
I laid down on the floor and played real good possum
You know I'm crazy but I ain't real dumb, oh no
[Instrumental (Electric Guitars)]
Now I'm dying here in Albuquerque
I must be the sorriest sight you ever saw
You know the reason I'm the only one here to tell it
You know that Indian girl she wasn't an Indian she was the law
[Instrumental Ending (Electric Guitars)]
[Intro. (Electric Guitars)]
Me and my good partners
We were riding back to our camp
We were feeling very fine
The air was clear and slightly damp
We were riding back to have ourselves a party
To celebrate the robbing of the train
We were talking kind of low and lazy
'bout not having to go out soon again
You know we hadn't been back at home two hours
We heard a hawk cry out in the night
And you know that's a signal from young Billy who's our sentry
Saying something here ain't exactly right, oh
We quick grabbed some of our hardware
Stumbled out of our home
Two minutes flat we had found her
An Indian girl all alone
And Eli said let's take her back to the cabin
I said you don't know she might be the law, yeah
He said smiling kind of nasty it ain't too damn likely
She'll beat me to the draw, oh no
As we were walking back through the darkness
I heard the Duke he's our dynamiter say
He said what's your name sweet little Indian girl
She said Raven and she looked away
Right then I didn't trust her no no I said so, oh no
Now Eli he's our fastest gunner
He's kind of mean and young from the South
He said Fat Albert you're getting kind of old and weird now
You'd better get your 12 gauge shotgun right out and I did oh you know I did
Now Eli and the Duke they got down to it
They each wanted that Indian girl for their own
When they finally got around to asking her
You know she said she'd come to take young Billy home, oh no, no, no
Eli said he'd kill young Billy
He'd kill the Duke and probably me too, yeah
That Indian girl said go ahead now do it
I said stop and she bit my thumb nearly clean through, oh
And when they finally started to break down the door, yeah
I smeared my face up with blood from my thumb, yeah
I laid down on the floor and played real good possum
You know I'm crazy but I ain't real dumb, oh no
[Instrumental (Electric Guitars)]
Now I'm dying here in Albuquerque
I must be the sorriest sight you ever saw
You know the reason I'm the only one here to tell it
You know that Indian girl she wasn't an Indian she was the law
[Instrumental Ending (Electric Guitars)]
Writer: DAVID CROSBY
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Laughing
(David Crosby)
[Intro. (Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar and Pedal Steel Guitar)]
I thought I met a man
Who said he knew a man
Who knew what was going on
I was mistaken
Only another stranger
That I knew
And I thought I had found a light
To guide me through
My night and all this darkness
I was mistaken
Only reflections of a shadow
That I saw
And I thought I'd seen someone
Who seemed at last
To know the truth
I was mistaken
Only a child laughing
In the sun
Ah, ah, ah ...
In the sun
[Instrumental Ending (Pedal Steel Guitar)]
[Intro. (Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar and Pedal Steel Guitar)]
I thought I met a man
Who said he knew a man
Who knew what was going on
I was mistaken
Only another stranger
That I knew
And I thought I had found a light
To guide me through
My night and all this darkness
I was mistaken
Only reflections of a shadow
That I saw
And I thought I'd seen someone
Who seemed at last
To know the truth
I was mistaken
Only a child laughing
In the sun
Ah, ah, ah ...
In the sun
[Instrumental Ending (Pedal Steel Guitar)]
Writer: DAVID CROSBY
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, BMG Rights Management
What Are Their Names
(David Crosby, Neil Young, Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh and Michael Shrieve)
[Instrumental (Electric Guitars)]
I wonder who they are
The men who really run this land
And I wonder why they run it
With such a thoughtless hand
What are their names
And on what streets do they live
I'd like to ride right over
This afternoon and give
Them a piece of my mind
About peace for mankind
Peace is not an awful lot to ask
[Instrumental Ending (Electric Guitars)]
[Instrumental (Electric Guitars)]
I wonder who they are
The men who really run this land
And I wonder why they run it
With such a thoughtless hand
What are their names
And on what streets do they live
I'd like to ride right over
This afternoon and give
Them a piece of my mind
About peace for mankind
Peace is not an awful lot to ask
[Instrumental Ending (Electric Guitars)]
Writer: DAVID CROSBY
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, BMG Rights Management
Traction In The Rain
(David Crosby)
[Intro. (Acoustic Guitars)]
It's hard enough I know
To find the strength to go
Back to were
It all began
It's hard enough to gain
Any traction in the rain
You know it's hard
For me to understand
Hard to find a way
To get through another city day
Without thinking about
Getting out
[Instrumental (Acoustic Guitars and Harp)]
Now the strangest thing I've seen
Was a t-shirt turning green
In envy of
A turtle dove
The dove's lady was the cause
Or maybe it was the olive branch
She held in her claws
Or maybe he could see they were in love
You know it's hard for me to find a way
To get through another city day
Without thinking about
Getting out
[Instrumental Ending (Acoustic Guitars and Harp)]
[Intro. (Acoustic Guitars)]
It's hard enough I know
To find the strength to go
Back to were
It all began
It's hard enough to gain
Any traction in the rain
You know it's hard
For me to understand
Hard to find a way
To get through another city day
Without thinking about
Getting out
[Instrumental (Acoustic Guitars and Harp)]
Now the strangest thing I've seen
Was a t-shirt turning green
In envy of
A turtle dove
The dove's lady was the cause
Or maybe it was the olive branch
She held in her claws
Or maybe he could see they were in love
You know it's hard for me to find a way
To get through another city day
Without thinking about
Getting out
[Instrumental Ending (Acoustic Guitars and Harp)]
Writer: DAVID CROSBY
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, BMG Rights Management
Writer: DAVID CROSBY
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Orleans
(Traditional arr. David Crosby)
Orleans
Beaugency
Notre Dame de Clery
Vendome
Vendome
Orleans
Beaugency
Notre Dame de Clery
Vendome
Vendome
[Instrumental Ending (Acoustic Guitars)]
Orleans
Beaugency
Notre Dame de Clery
Vendome
Vendome
Orleans
Beaugency
Notre Dame de Clery
Vendome
Vendome
[Instrumental Ending (Acoustic Guitars)]
Writer: David Crosby
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Writer: CROSBY
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
If I Could Only Remember My Name is the debut solo album by American singer-songwriter David Crosby, released on February 22, 1971, by Atlantic Records. It was one of four high-profile albums released by each member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in the wake of their chart-topping 1970 album Déjà Vu. Guests on the album include Jerry Garcia, Graham Nash, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and other prominent West Coast musicians of the era.
The album peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Top LPs chart and earned a RIAA gold record certification in the United States. It initially received negative reviews from critics, but has gone on to achieve cult fandom and praise from modern critics.
Performed By:
David CrosbyThe album peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Top LPs chart and earned a RIAA gold record certification in the United States. It initially received negative reviews from critics, but has gone on to achieve cult fandom and praise from modern critics.
Genre(s): Psychedelic folk, freak folk, folk rock
Producer(s): David Crosby
Length: 37:04
Released: February 22nd, 1971
Year: 1971