1214 – The Rolling Stones – Tumbling dice (1972)

 

Escrita por Mick Jagger e Keith Richards, gravado em julho e setembro de 1971, foi lançada em 14 de abril de 1972 no compacto que tinha Sweet little angel como Lado B. Posteriormente foi lançada em maio do mesmo ano, no disco Exile on Main Street. Chegou ao número 7 nos charts pop americanos e número 5 no Reino Unido.

A letra fala sobre um jogador de jogos de azar que não conseguia se manter fiel a nenhuma mulher. É o número 424 da lista das 500 maiores canções de todos os tempos da revista Rolling Stone. Q Magazine disse que essa era a canção número 258 da lista das 1001 melhores canções de todos os tempos.

Mick Jagger cantou e tocou guitarra base. Keith Richards tocou guitarra solo e fez backing vocals. Mick Taylor tocou baixo. Charlie Watts tocou bateria. Jimmy Miller tocou bateria. Nicky Hopkins tocou piano. Bobby Keys tocou sax. Jim Price tocou trompete e trombone. Clydie king, Venetta Fields e Sherlie Matthews fizeram backing vocals.

Foi regravada por Linda Ronstadt, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

Mmm yeah! (Woo, woo)
Women think I'm tasty, but they're always tryin' to waste me
Make me burn the candle right down
But, baby, baby, don't need no jewels in my crown

'Cause all you women is low down gamblers
Cheatin' like I don't know how
Baby, got no flavor, fever in the funk house now
This low down bitchin' got my poor feet a itchin'
Don't you know you know the duece is still wild

Baby, I can't stay, you got to roll me
And call me the tumblin' dice
Always in a hurry, I never stop to worry
Don't you see the time flashin' by

Honey, got no money
I'm all sixes and sevens and nines
Say now baby, I'm the rank outsider
You can be my partner in crime

Baby, I can't stay
You got to roll me and call me the tumblin'
Roll me and call me the tumblin' dice
Now baby

Oh my, my, my, I'm the lone crap shooter
Playin' the field ev'ry night
Baby, I can't stay
You got to roll me and call me the tumblin' dice (Call me the tumblin')
Got to roll me (ya yes), got to roll me, got to roll me (Oh yeah)

Got to roll me
Got to roll me (yeah)
Got to roll me (Keep on rolling)
Got to roll me (Keep on rolling)
Got to roll me (Keep on rolling)
Got to roll me

Call me the tumblin' dice, yeah
Got to roll me
Got to roll me
Baby sweet as sugar (Got to roll me)
Yeah, my, my, my yeah (Got to roll me)
Now now now now (Got to roll me)
I went down baby, oh
Got to roll me (hit me)
Baby I'm down

A versão dos Stones:

A versão de Blackberry Smoke:

A versão de Linda Ronstadt:

1213 – Neil Young – Out on the weekend (1972)

 

Escrita por Neil Young, foi gravada em 1971 e lançada em 1 de fevereiro de 1972 no disco Harvest. Na verdade, ela abre o disco. Os Stray Gators gravaram os instrumentos. Ben Keith tocou pedal steel guitar.

A letra:

Think I'll pack it in and buy a pick-up
Take it down to L.A.
Find a place to call my own and try to fix up
Start a brand new day

The woman I'm thinking of, she loved me all up
But I'm so down today
She's so fine, she's in my mind
I hear her callin'

See the lonely boy, out on the weekend
Trying to make it pay
Can't relate to joy, he tries to speak and
Can't begin to say

She got pictures on the wall, they make me look up
From her big brass bed
Now I'm running down the road trying to stay up
Somewhere in her head

The woman I'm thinking of, she loved me all up
But I'm so down today
She's so fine she's in my mind
I hear her callin'

See the lonely boy, out on the weekend
Trying to make it pay
Can't relate to joy, he tries to speak and
Can't begin to say

A versão de Neil Young:

A versão de Ray LaMontagne:

A versão de John McCauley:

1212 – David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust (1972)

Escrita por David Bowie, foi gravada por 11 de novembro de 1971 e lançada em 16 de junho de 1972 no disco The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars. A banda que gravou com ele foram os Spiders from Mars, que era formada por Mick Ronson, Trevor Bolder e Mick Woodmansey.

Fala de Ziggy Stardust, um alienigena bissexual, que se torna rock star e que é mensageiro de seres extraterrestres. É o número 282 das lista das 500 maiores canções de todos os tempos, da revista Rolling Stone. É também uma das 500 cançoes que deram forma ao rock and roll do Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

David Bowie cantou e tocou violão de 12 cordas. Mick Ronson tocou guitarras. Trevor Bolder tocou baixo e Mick Woodmansey tocou bateria.

A letra:

Oh

Oh, yeah

Ziggy played guitar
Jamming good with Weird and Gilly
And the Spiders from Mars
He played it left hand
But made it too far
Became the special man
Then we were Ziggy's band

Ziggy really sang
Screwed-up eyes and screwed-down hairdo
Like some cat from Japan
He could lick 'em by smiling
He could leave 'em to hang
They came on so loaded, man
Well-hung and snow-white tan

So where were the spiders
While the fly tried to break our bones?
With just the beer light to guide us
So we bitched about his fans
And should we crush his sweet hands?
Oh

Mm-hmm

Ziggy played for time
Jiving us that we were voodoo
The kids were just crass
He was the nazz
With God-given ass
He took it all too far
But, boy, could he play guitar

Making love with his ego
Ziggy sucked up into his mind, ah
Like a leper messiah
When the kids had killed the man
I had to break up the band

Oh, yeah

Ooh

Ziggy played guitar

A versão de David Bowie:

A versão do Deff Lepard:

A versão do Bauhaus:

1211 – Wings – Give Ireland back to the Irish (1972)

 

Escrita por Paul McCartney e Linda McCartney, foi gravada em 1 de fevereiro de 1972 e lançada em 25 de fevereiro de 1972 no compacto que tinha Give Ireland back to the Irish (Instrumental) como Lado B. Foi escrita como resposta ao Bloody Sunday, em 30 de janeiro de 1972, quando tropas britânicas invadiram a Irlanda do Norte e matou 13 protestantes de direitos humanos. Foi a primeira canção que teve o guitarrista da Irlanda do Norte, Henry McCullough. A canção foi gravada dois dias depois do massacre.

Foi banida de tocar na Inglaterra e nos Estados Unidos. Mesmo assim chegou ao número 16 no Reino Unido e número 21 nos charts pop americanos. Chegou ao número 1 na Irlanda. Paul nunca havia lançado uma musica política antes e foi massacrado pela mídia britânica, como sendo um militante do IRA.

Paul tocou baixo e cantou. Linda fez backing vocals e piano. Denny Laine tocou as guitarras e fez backing vocals. Henry McCullough ticou tambem as guitarras e Denny Seiwell tocou bateria.

A letra:

Give ireland back to the irish
Don't make them have to take it away
Give ireland back to the irish
Make ireland irish today
Great britain you are tremendous
And nobody knows like me
But really what are you doin'
In the land across the sea
Tell me how would you like it
If on your way to work
You were stopped by irish soliders
Would you lie down do nothing
Would you give in or go berserk
Give ireland back to the irish
Don't make them have to take it away
Give ireland back to the irish
Make ireland irish today
Great britian and all the people
Say that all people must be free
Meanwhile back in ireland
There's a man who looks like me
And he dreams of god and country
And he's feeling really bad
And he's sitting in a prison
Should he lie down do nothing
Should give in or go mad
Give ireland back to the irish
Don't make them have to take it away
Give ireland back to the irish
Make ireland irish today
Give ireland back to the irish
Don't make them have to take it away
Give ireland back to the irish
Make ireland irish today

A versão dos Wings:

A versão do velho Danny McEvoy:

1210 – Eagles – Take it easy (1972)

Escrita por Jackson Browne e Glenn Frey, foi lançada em 1 de maio de 1972 no compacto que tinha Get you in the mood como Lado B. Foi também lançada no disco de estréia da banda, chamado Eagles.

Foi o primeiro compacto da banda. Gleen Frey cantou. Chegou ao número 12 dos charts pop americanos. É uma das 500 canções que deram forma ao rock and roll, do The Rock and Roll of Fame.

Jackson Browne gravaria-a depois, em seu disco For Everyman, de 1973. Foi regravada também por Johnny Rivers, entre outros artistas.

Jackson Browne começou a compor essa musica em 1971 mas não conseguiu terminar. Glenn Frey morava no mesmo prédio de Browne e então terminaram a canção juntos.

Os Eagles gravaram-a no Olympic Studios, em Londres com o produtor Glyn Johns.

Glenn Frey tocou violão e cantou. Bernie Leadon tocou guitarra solo, banjo e fez backing vocals. Randy Meisner tocou baixo e fez backing vocals. Don Henley tocou bateria e fez backing vocals.

A letra:

Well, I'm a-running down the road
Tryin' to loosen my load
I've got seven women on my mind
Four that wanna own me
Two that wanna stone me
One says she's a friend of mine

Take it easy, take it easy
Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy
Lighten up while you still can
Don't even try to understand
Just find a place to make your stand
And take it easy

Well, I'm a-standing on a corner
In Winslow, Arizona
Such a fine sight to see
It's a girl, my Lord
In a flat-bed Ford
Slowin' down to take a look at me

Come on, baby
Don't say "Maybe"
I gotta know
If your sweet love
Is gonna save me
We may lose and we may win
Though we will never be here again
So open up, I'm climbin' in
So take it easy

Well, I'm running down the road
Trying to loosen my load
Got a world of trouble on my mind
Lookin' for a lover
Who won't blow my cover
She's so hard to find

Take it easy, take it easy
Don't let the sound of your own wheels make you crazy
Come on, baby
Don't say "Maybe"
I gotta know
If your sweet love
Is gonna save me

Oh we got it easy
We oughta take it easy

A versão do Eagles:

A versão de Jackson Browne:

A versão de Johnny Rivers:

1209 – Pink Floyd – Burning bridges (1972)

 

Escrita por Roger Waters e Richard Wright, foi gravada em março de 1972 no Chateau d'Herouville, em Pontoise, França. Foi lançada em 3 de junho de 1972 no disco Obscured by clouds.

David Gilmour canta, toda slide guitar e guitarra. Richard Wright canta e toca orgao Hammond. Roger Waters toca baixo e Nick Mason toca bateria e percussão.

A letra:

Bridges burning gladly,
Merging with the shadows,
Flickering between the lines.
Stolen moments floating softly on the air,
Born on wings of fire and climbing higher.
Ancient bonds are breaking,
Moving on and changing sides.
Dreaming of a new day,
Cast aside the other way.
Magic visions stirring,
Kindled by and burning flames rise in her eyes.
The door stands ajar,
The wall that once were high.
Beyond the gilded cage,
Beyond the reach of ties.
The moment is at hand.
She breaks the golden band.

A versão do Pink Floyd:

A versão de Moby Dick:

1208 – The Rolling Stones – Torn and frayed (1972)

Escrita por Mick Jagger e Keith Richards, foi gravada no verão de 1971, em dezembro de 1971 e em março de 1972, no Villa Nellcote studios e no Sunset Sound Recorders, ambos em Los Angeles, California. Foi lançada no disco Exile on Main St., em 12 de maio de 1972.

Al Perkins tocou pedal steel guitar, Mick Jagger cantou e Keith Richards fez backing vocals, tocou violão e uma guitarra Telecaster elétrica. Mick Taylor tocou baixo e Charlie Watts tocou bateria. Jim Price tocou orgao e Nicy Hopkins tocou piano.

A letra:

Hey let him follow you down
Way underground wind and he's bound
Bound to follow you down
Just a dead beat right off the street
Bound to follow you down

Well the ballrooms and smelly bordellos
And dressing rooms filled with parasites
On stage the band has got problems
They're a bag of nerves on first nights
He ain't tied down to no home town
Yeah, and he thought he was wreckless
You think he's bad, he thinks you're mad
Yeah, and the guitar player gets restless

And his coat is torn and frayed
It's seen much better days
Just as long as the guitar plays
Let it steal your heart away
Let it steal your heart away

And his coat is torn and frayed
It's seen much better days
Just as long as the guitar plays
Let it steal your heart away

Joe's got a cough, sounds kind a rough
Yeah, and the codeine to fix it
Doctor prescribes, drug store supplies
Who's gonna help him to kick it

And his coat is torn and frayed
It's seen much better days
Just as long as the guitar plays
Let it steal your heart away
Let it steal your heart away

And his coat is torn and frayed
It's seen much better days
Just as long as the guitar plays
Just as long as the guitar plays
Just as long as the guitar plays
Just as long as the guitar plays

A versão dos Rolling Stones:

A versão dos Black Crowes:

A versão de Bockset:

1207 – Neil Young – Old man (1972)

 

Escrita por Neil Young, foi gravada em 6 de fevereiro de 1971, em Nashville, Tennessee e lançada em primeiro de fevereiro de 1972, no disco Harvest. Também foi lançada em compacto e teve The needle and the damage done como Lado B. Chegou ao número 4 no Canadá e número 31 nos charts pop americanos.

Neil comprou um rancho em Northern California, o Broken Arrow Ranch, por 350 mil dólares em 1970. Lá tinha um senhor que tomava conta do rancho. Essa música foi feita pra ele, seu nome Louis Avila.

Neil cantou e tocou guitarra. Ben Keith tocou pedal steel guitar. James McManon tocou piano. James Taylor tocou banjo e fez backing vocals. Linda Ronstadt fez backing vocals. Tim Drummond tocou baixo e Kenny Buttrey tocou bateria.

A letra:

Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.
Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.

Old man look at my life,
Twenty four
and there's so much more
Live alone in a paradise
That makes me think of two.

Love lost, such a cost,
Give me things
that don't get lost.
Like a coin that won't get tossed
Rolling home to you.

Old man take a look at my life
I'm a lot like you
I need someone to love me
the whole day through
Ah, one look in my eyes
and you can tell that's true.

Lullabies, look in your eyes,
Run around the same old town.
Doesn't mean that much to me
To mean that much to you.

I've been first and last
Look at how the time goes past.
But I'm all alone at last.
Rolling home to you.

Old man take a look at my life
I'm a lot like you
I need someone to love me
the whole day through
Ah, one look in my eyes
and you can tell that's true.

Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.
Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.

A versão de Neil Young:

A versão dos Sheep Dogs:

A versão de Corey Heuvel:

1206 – David Bowie – Starman (1972)

 Escrita por David Bowie, foi gravada em 4 de fevereiro de 1972, no Trident Studios, com sua banda chamada Spiders from Mars, em Londres e lançada em 28 de abril de 1972 no compacto que tinha Suffragette city como Lado B. Depois sairia também no disco The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from mars.

Foi o hit grande que David Bowie teve depois de Space Oddity.

A letra fala de Ziggy Stardust trazendo uma mensagem de esperança para os jovens da terra no rádio. A história é contada por um dos jovens que escuta Ziggy.

David Bowie cantou e tocou violão. Mick Ronson tocou guitarra elétrica, mellotron e fez backing vocals. Trevor Bolder tocou baixo e Mick Woodmansey tocou bateria.

A letra:

Didn't know what time it was, the lights were low
I leaned back on my radio
Some cat was layin' down some rock 'n' roll, "Lotta soul, " he said
Then the loud sound did seem to fade
Came back like a slow voice on a wave of phase
That weren't no DJ, that was hazy cosmic jive

There's a starman waiting in the sky
He'd like to come and meet us
But he thinks he'd blow our minds
There's a starman waiting in the sky
He's told us not to blow it
'Cause he knows it's all worthwhile
He told me

Let the children lose it
Let the children use it
Let all the children boogie

I had to phone someone, so I picked on you
Hey, that's far out, so you heard him, too
Switch on the TV, we may pick him up on Channel Two

Look out your window, I can see his light
If we can sparkle, he may land tonight
Don't tell your papa or he'll get us locked up in fright

There's a starman waiting in the sky
He'd like to come and meet us
But he thinks he'd blow our minds
There's a starman waiting in the sky
He's told us not to blow it
'Cause he knows it's all worthwhile
He told me

Let the children lose it
Let the children use it
Let all the children boogie

Starman waiting in the sky
He'd like to come and meet us
But he thinks he'd blow our minds
There's a starman waiting in the sky
He's told us not to blow it
'Cause he knows it's all worthwhile
He told me

Let the children lose it
Let the children use it
Let all the children boogie

A versão de David Bowie:

A versão de Josh Turner:

A versão das Mona Lisa Twins:

1205 – Wings – C moon (1972)

Escrita por Paul McCartney e Linda McCartney, foi gravada em novembro de 1972, no Morgan Studios, em Londres e lançada em 1 de dezembro de 1972, no compacto que tinha Hi, Hi, Hi no lado A.

Chegou ao número 5 no Reino Unido.

C Moon era o aposto de L7, que queria dizer quadrado na epoca. Careta. C moon significaria “cool”. Moderno.

Paul cantou, fez backing vocals, tocou piano e cornet. Linda fez backing vocals. Denny Laine tocou baixo. Denny Seiwell tocou cornet e xylophone. Henry McCullough tocou bateria e pandeiro.

A letra:

C Moon C Moon C Moon Is She.
C Moon C Moon C Moon To Me.

How Come No One Older Than Me
Ever Seems To Understand The Things I Wanna To Do?
It Will Be L7 And I'd Never Get To Heaven
If I Filled My Head With Glue
What's It All To You?

C Moon, C Moon, C Moon Is She
C Moon, C Moon, C Moon To Me

Bobby Lived With Patty
But They Never Told Her Daddy
What Their Love Was All About
She Could Tell Her Lover That He Thought But
She Never Was The Type To Let It Out
What's It All About?

C Moon, C Moon, Oh C Moon Are We
C Moon, C Moon, C Moon Are We

How Come No One Older Than Me
Ever Seems To Understand The Things I Wanna To Do?
It Will Be L7 And I'd Never Get To Heaven
If I Filled My Head With Glue
What's It All To You?

C Moon, C Moon, C Moon Is She
C Moon, C Moon, C Moon To Me

Bobby Lived With Patty
But They Never Told Her Daddy
What Their Love Was All About
She Could Tell Her Lover That He Thought But
She Never Wanted To Let It Out
What's It All About?

C Moon, C Moon, C Moon Are We
C Moon, C Moon, C Moon Are We

Well What's It All About?

C Moon, C Moon, C Moon Are We
C Moon Are We

A versão dos Wings:

A versão de Robert Smith, do The Cure:

A versão de Jonathan Di Renzo:

1204 – Eagles – Peaceful Easy feeling (1972)

Escrita por Jack Tempchin, foi gravada em fevereiro de 1972, no Olympic Sound Studios, em Londres e lançada em 1 de junho de 1972, no disco Eagles. Saiu também em compacto em dezembro de 1972, que tinha Tryin' como Lado B.

Chegou ao número 22 dos charts pop americanos. Glenn Frey canta e Bernie Leadon e Randy Meisner fazem backing vocals.

Tempchin escreveu a música no tempo em que ele tocava nos cafés ao redor de San Diego, sua cidade natal.

Glenn Frey cantou e tocou violão. Bernie Leadon tocou guitarra e fez backing vocals. Randy Meisner tocou baixo e fez backing vocals. Don Henley tocou bateria.

Foi regravada por Vince Gill, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

I like the way your sparkling earrings lay
Against your skin so brown
And I want to sleep with you in the desert night
With a billion stars all around

'Cause I got a peaceful easy feelin'
And I know you won't let me down
'Cause I'm already standin'
On the ground

And I found out a long time ago
What a woman can do to your soul
Aw but she can't take you any way
You don't already know how to go

And I got a peaceful easy feelin'
And I know you won't let me down
'Cause I'm already standin'
On the ground

I get this feelin' I may know you
As a lover and a friend
This voice keeps whisperin' in my other ear
Tells me I may never see you again

'Cause I get a peaceful easy feelin'
And I know you won't let me down
'Cause I'm already standin'
I'm already standin'
Yes, I'm already standin'
On the ground

A versão dos Eagles:

A versão de Vince Gill:

A versão de Terry Bradshaw com os Isaacs:

 

1203 – Pink Floyd – Wot's... uh the deal (1972)

Escrita por Roger Waters e David Gilmour, foi gravada em fevereiro de 1972 no Chateau D'Herouville, em Pontoise, França. Foi lançada em junho de 1972 no disco Obscured by clouds. Fala sobre aproveitar certas oportunidades que a vida dá e como elas afetam a pessoa mais tarde.

David Gilmour tocou violão, lap steel guitar, fez o vocal principal e os backing vocals. Richard Wright tocou piano e orgao Hammond. Roger Waters tocou baixo. Nick Mason tocou bateria.

A letra:

Heaven sent the promised land
Looks alright from where I stand
'Cause I'm the man on the outside looking in
Waiting on the first step
Show me where the key is kept
Point me down the right line because it's time

To let me in from the cold
Turn my lead into gold
'Cause there's a chill wind blowing in my soul
And I think I'm growing old

Flash the readies
Got to make it to the next meal
Try to keep up with the turning of the wheel
Mile after mile stone after stone
You turn to speak but you're alone
Million miles from home you're on your own

So let me in from the cold
Turn my lead into gold
'Cause there's a chill wind blowing in my soul
And I think I'm growing old

Fire bright by candle light
With her by my side
And if she prefers we need never stir again
Someone sent the promised land
And I grabbed it with both hands
Now I'm the man on the inside looking out

Hear me shout, "Come on in
What's the news, and where you been?"
'Cause there's no wind left in my soul
And I've grown old

A versão do Pink Floyd:

A versão de David Gilmour, ao vivo em 2006:

A versão de Guitaura:

 

1202 – The Rolling Stones - Shine a light (1972)

Escrita por Mick Jagger e Keith Richards, foi gravada em dezembro de 1971 no Olympic Studios em Londres e lançada em 12 de maio de 1972 no disco Exile on Main Street.

Mick Jagger canta. Jimmy Miller, produtor da banda, tocou bateria e Mick Taylor tocou guitarra e baixo. Billy Preston tocou piano e orgao. Clydie King, Joe Greene, Venetta Fields e Jesse Kirkland fizeram backing vocals.

A letra:

Saw you stretched out in Room ten oh nine
With a smile on your face and a tear right in your eye
Whoa, come see to get a line on you, my sweet honey love
Berber jewelry jangling down the street
Making bloodshot eyes at every woman that you meet
Could not seem to get high on you, my sweet honey love

May the good Lord shine a light on you
Make every song (you sing) your favorite tune
May the good Lord shine a light on you
Warm like the evening sun

When you're drunk in the elevator, with your clothes all torn
When your late night friends leave you in the cold gray dawn
Just seen too many flies on you, I just can't brush them off

Angels beating all their wings in time
With smiles on their faces and a gleam right in their eyes
Whoa, thought I heard one sigh for you
Come on up, come on up, now, come on up now

May the good Lord shine a light on you, yeah
Make every song you sing your favorite tune
May the good Lord shine a light on you, yeah
Warm like the evening sun

Come on up now, come on up now, come on up now, come on up, come on

May the good Lord shine a light on you
Make every song you sing your favorite tune
May the good Lord shine a light on you
Warm like the evening sun, yeah, yeah

A versão dos Rolling Stones:

A versão de Allison Crowe:

A versão de Tim Minchin e Tom Fisher:

1201 – Neil Young – Heart of gold (1972)

 

Escrita por Neil Young, foi gravada em 6 e 7 de fevereiro de 1971 e lançada em janeiro de 1972 no compacto que tinha Sugar Mountain como Lado B. Também foi lançada no disco Harvest.

É o único número 1 de Neil Young nos Estados Unidos. Chegou também no número 1 no Canadá. É a canção de numero 297 na lista das 500 maiore canções de todos os tempos da revista Rolling Stone.

A canção tem backing vocals de James Taylor e Linda Ronstadt. É uma das canções acusticas que Neil fez quando machucou as costas e não podia ficar em pé pra tocar sua guitarra elétrica. Ele tocou gaita.

Foi gravada em Nashville, Tennessee. Neil Yong cantou, tocou violão e gaita. Teddy Irwin tocou guitarra. Ben Keith tocou pedal steel guitar. Tim Drummond tocou baixo. Kenny Buttrey tocou bateria. James Taylor e Linda Ronstadt.

Foi regravada por Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Tori Amos, Jame Taylor,

Em 2005, foi eleita pela CBC Radio a terceira melhor canção canadense de todos os tempos.

A letra:

I want to live
I want to give
I've been a miner
For a heart of gold
It's these expressions
I never give
That keep me searching
For a heart of gold
And I'm getting old
Keep me searching
For a heart of gold
And I'm getting old

I've been to Hollywood
I've been to Redwood
I crossed the ocean
For a heart of gold
I've been in my mind
It's such a fine line
That keeps me searching
For a heart of gold
And I'm getting old
Keeps me searching
For a heart of gold
And I'm getting old

Keep me searching
For a heart of gold
You keep me searching
And I'm growing old
Keep me searching
For a heart of gold
I've been a miner
For a heart of gold

A verão de Neil Young:

A versão de Willie Nelson:

A versão de Johnny Cash:

1200 – The Kinks – God's children (1971)

Escrita por Ray Davies, foi gravada em 1970 e lançada em 1971 no disco Percy soundtrack.

Fala sobre os limites da tecnologia, inspirada por um transplante de penis no filme Percy.

A letra:

Man made the buildings that reach for the sky
And man made the motorcar and learned how to fly
But he didn't make the flowers and he didn't make the trees
And he didn't make you and he didn't make me
And he got no right to turn us into machines
He's got no right at all
Cause we are all God's children
And he got no right to change us
Oh, we gotta go back the way the good lord made us all

Don't want this world to change me
I want to go back the way the good lord made me
Same lungs that he gave me to breath with
Same eyes he gave me to see with

Oh, the rich man, the poor man, the saint and the sinner
The wise man, the simpleton, the loser and the winner
We are all the same to Him
Stripped of our clothes and all the things we own
The day that we are born
We are all God's children
And they got no right to change us
Oh, we gotta go back the way the good lord made
Oh, the good lord made us all
And we are all his children
And they got no right to change us
Oh, we gotta go back the way the good lord made us all
Yeah, we gotta go back the way the good lord made us all

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