Stephen Stills

[fox69]

"Rollin' My Stone"

"Rollin' My Stone"


Can you see them runnin' their games on my mind
See the wasted energy flyin' by
Whispering shadows standin' somewhere close by
Don't mean nothin' to me, I can't see your eyes

Somebody rollin' my stone
How could you leave me alone
Oh darlin', you're on your own
Nobody rollin' my stone
On down the road

And I know I've done the same sort of thing
Hidin' inside myself, can't find my way out again
And the world can get so twisted from Mary Jane
Lookin' back it seems so ridiculously insane

Somebody rollin' my stone
How could you leave me alone
Oh darlin', you're on your own
Nobody rollin' my stone
On down the road

Somebody rollin' my stone
How could you leave me alone
Oh darlin', you're on your own
Nobody rollin' my stone
On down the road

So then what have I got to say to you
Nobody's tryin' to tell you what to do
Then they know when you think of something new
Why are you sailin' with that fair weather crew

Somebody rollin' my stone
How could you leave me alone
Oh darlin', you're on your own
Nobody rollin' my stone

 

[fox69]

"Round The Bend"

"Round The Bend"


I was a child lost in the northern plains
I was reckless, tryin' to throw my life away
I was too young for where I'd been
Tryin' to regain my innocence
Already lost my best friend
Off somewhere in Vietnam
I wasn't going to go look for him
My destiny, just around the bend

Come along this apparition
An enigma for my intuition
Told me hold on to what you said
You got song, and you're too classy
Hard as Canadian black ice
All over you, makin' you think twice
Y'already can
Our destiny just around the bend
Just around the bend

So come on, let's go to New York city
Play the night owl,it's a pity
Couldn't find him, so I headed west
Think everyone knows the rest
I found him on the Sunset Strip
Bad place to get a grip
Got a band of famous men
Next thing you know
They took me round the bend
Round the bend

We got down on to some magic places
But the peoples around all had four faces
Couldn't stand such an honest heart
They couldn't wait to tear us apart
Early I didn't know
But the magic isn't odd you know
Don't need to be alone again
That's rockin', a roundin' at the bend
Roundin' at the bend

 

[fox69]

"Shuffle Just As Bad"

"Shuffle Just As Bad"


Pretty woman you lovely such and such
Think about the last time
You had a gentle touch
Did you feel it
Ain't it just too much

See somebody pretty
Look you in the eye
That's the one that touches you
Do you need a place to hide
And I'm just as bad as anything
You ever thought about anyone

And I know our time's goin' to come
Just as sure as the risin' of the sun
And I know she loves me so

See somebody pretty
Look you in the eye
That's the one that touches you
Do you need a place to hide

 

[fox69]

"Singin' Call"

"Singin' Call"


Listen to the sound of the night bird singin'
I wonder who he calls
My fingers hurt so bad, it's got me grinnin'
And I wonder can I do it all

Hit a stretch of rapids in the rushing ragin' river
Looking out for boulders and falls
A woman she watches from the top of the canyon
Hopin' we don't drown us all

Help me now, I got to slow down
Hear my singin' call

Hurt myself bad on a run through the desert
Threw a shoe and took a bad fall
Long for the peace that the ancients bring me
Murmur of the lowlands shut my jaw

Help me now, I got to slow down
Hear my singin' call

Everyone knows there's a price for the askin'
Some people buy themselves a doll
Help me, sweet Jesus, I'm weary from the journey
I need to tell my brothers what I saw

Help me now, I got to slow down
Hear my singin' call

 

[fox69]

"Sit Yourself Down"

"Sit Yourself Down"


When I get restless, what can I do?
When I need someone I think about you
I got to move on, not fade away
I'm only just growing a little each day

[Chorus:]
(Hold it) I got to quit this runnin' 'round
(Hold it) Never gonna get rid of these blues
(Hold it) I got to find somebody to love
Slow me down, yeah
My, what a time (Look out now)

Sit yourself down, take a look around
Sit yourself down, take a look around
Sit yourself down, take a look around
Sit yourself down, take a look around
When I get older, mellowed down
Get myself settled on a patch of ground
Takin' it easy, live everyday
Me and the raven, we make our way

[Chorus]

Sit yourself down, take a look around [5x]

 

[fox69]

"So Begins The Task"

"So Begins The Task"


And so begins the task
I have dreaded the coming of
For so long
I wait for the sun
To remind my body
It needs restin'

And I must learn to live without you now
I must learn to give only part some how

Camping on the edge
Of your city I wait
Hoping someday
You might
See
Beyond yourself
The shadows on the ceiling
Hard
But not real
Like the bars that cage
You within yourself

And I must learn to live without you now
I must learn to give only part some how
And I must learn to without you now
As I cannot learn to give only part some how

All of these cages
Must
And shall be set aside
They will only
Keep
Us from the knowing
Actors
And stages
Now fall before the truth
As they love
Shared
Between us
Remains
... Growing

And I must learn to without you now
As I cannot learn to give only part some how

 

[fox69]

"So Many Times"

"So Many Times"


So many times I've been fooling myself
It's a hard hand to play falls on nobody else
Those in the city reaching out to grab hold
Of something they've only heard about and never been shown

Who do you turn to and what do you say?
When she's got the power and she's got the way?
Does it matter at all who survives and who falls
When we live under darkness and hide behind walls?

Why would anyone even try to hold sway
Over somebody else in such a small way?
Where are the answers to the problems we face?
Who would teach us about sharing and living in grace?

Who do you turn to and what do you say?
When she's got the power and she's got the way?
Does it matter at all who survives and who falls
When we live under darkness and hide behind walls?

 

[fox69]

"Soldier"

"Soldier"


Soldier, soldier, soldier
Stucked in an hospital ward
Living in a wheelchair
Do you remember the war?

It's not over
It'll never be over for you
It's not over
Till they quit playing war with you
Soldier, soldier

Do you remember who found you
The helicopter crew
Out of the Au Shan Valley
What could they do

It's not over
It'll never be over for you
It's not over
Till they quit playing war with you
Soldier, soldier

Was anybody with you
When you felt your body die
Knowing that you live on
The shell of a man to hide

It's not over
It'll never be over for you
It's not over
Till they quit playing God with you
Soldier, soldier
Soldier, soldier

 

[fox69]

"Song Of Love"

"Song Of Love"


And it's all in the way you wonder
If you think you're learnin' how
Pick up your feet you don't
Have to pick up a gun
You can prod the sacred cow
You know the song of love
It's empty now
As it always seems

[Chorus:]
To have been
You can go on home
Used to be down to tear gas and clubs
What do you think about grenades
(You know like a frag)
Nonsense is as
Nonsense does
The judge's eagle promenades

[Chorus]

The good book tells us
"Thou shalt not kill"
What is the meaning of this phrase
Is it sometimes right
And sometimes wrong
Depends if you're foolish or brave

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Spanish Suite"

"Spanish Suite"


Cuando sientes que tu amor
Va saliendo de tu vida
Y nunca regresara
Cuando ella diga
Adios y buena suerte
No estoy interesada
Tu amor no vale nada

(When you feel that your love
Is going out of your life
And will never come back
When she says
Goodbye and good luck
I am not interested
Your love is worth nothing)

There comes a time when love becomes a trial
And some they will survive
And some are sure to fail
No matter what you do
It's not enough, for she
Is as sure as she can be
That she no longer cares to love you
So go on alone, your future is your own
For she has told you now
The time has come to follow different paths
How long will it take you to forget her?
How long for the love to finally die?
How long will the spirit live within you?
Help me, I can no longer cry

[Trumpet]

So take your life in hand
And live it day by day
One moment at a time
'Til death comes to collect you
Remember all the love, beyond just simple caring
Obsessively compelling,
But ultimately so telling

Y parece
Que sabias que algun dia
Iba a vivir
Ese momento ya pasado

No mientas
Ya no llores por tu amor
La vida continua
Olvida tu dolor, hermano mio
Todo todo ha pasado
Estaba destinado

(And it seems
You knew that some time
I was going to live
The moment had already passed
Don't lie
Don't cry for your love
Life goes on
Forget your pain, my brother
Everything is over
It's already been written)

It took me too much time to realize that it was over
There was no more me and you
Now my life has changed completely
There's an empty place that once belonged to you (yeah)
I gave up on you
That's the hardest thing I've ever had to do
Giving up on you
I gave up on you
I have nothing left to lose
Even though I know you'll never really face yourself or put your trust in someone else
That's just the same as asking all of us to turn away and just give up on you

Every day is different for me now
The air is clear, and the daily worry too (all the time)
Easier to repossess my confidence was weak
I was trapped in loving you
I gave up on you
Even with the sadness it would surely bring
I gave up on you
I gave up on you
Even knowing what I do
I was giving up the pain of living without you
My life will never be the same
So I will once again do as you wish give up on you

I feel so common now
My love of decades, (won't you really pass too late?)
Hatreds born of demons must be driven from destruction
Now must fight for its own sake
I gave up on you
I'd no more time to waste
I gave up on you
I'd harder things to face
I gave up on you
I've finished with the chase
I gave up on you
While I can still forget the bitter taste
And memories that overcome me
Seeming to be trying to convince me
That life is nothing but a time to waste
I gave up on you