Stephen Stills

[fox69]

"What's The Game"

"What's The Game"


I was lost in a voyage at sea
I was waiting for you and me
To remember just how it was
So that we can sing together

When will you realize
I got one of your stronger
And I know we can work it
I know we can work it, work it out together

But look, hiding behind the walls
Closing doorways to the hall
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
What's your game

Just take a look at that blackened tree
It is not for the cause of me
But a stranger was passed there long
And he stepped right in between us

Picture of empty places
Eyes of reflecting faces
Now your fast emptiness
Now you can see what the fear does

You go hiding behind walls
We can tear away the wall
Change the shutters from the hall
Never voices as that are called

Then you're singing, that is all
And the reason for the game
Becomes clearly, quite a statement
That's what you get for playing your game

 

[fox69]

"Witching Hour"

"Witching Hour"


People they just don't seem to understand
Why is this person but he's just a man
He's seen it high, he's seen it low
He’s traveled miles, he don't know.

Imagination takes him far away
Dreamin' up things he might write down someday
And these people they turn around and say
At least I'm not alone, somebody else speakin’.

He got the world, he got the power
He got the wisdom, he'll never cower
He gonna tell you to tear down the tower
He'll make you pay in the witching hour.

He gets so confused
When he knows he's bein' used
He's so easily abused
And it hurts him so.

When Mr. Dreamer comes up with a new light
To cast on something hidden deep in the night
Heluva nation can be painfully bright
Some people love him for it other say he ain't got no right.

He got the world, he got the power
He got the wisdom, he'll never cower
He gonna tell you to tear down the tower
He'll make you pay in the witching hour.

He gets so confused
When he knows he's bein' used
He's so easily abused
And it hurts him so.

People asleep are easily alone
Come on, wake up, you’re missing on the farm
There’s so much to do that ain’t been done
Come on, the music’s playin’, the day has been gone.

He got the world, he got the power
He got the wisdom, ain’t gonna cower
He gonna be the one to tear down the tower
’Cause you’ve been thinkin’ in the witching hour.

 

[fox69]

"Woman Lleva"

"Woman Lleva"


Woman, woman
Can I tell you about my girl?
She's lost and gone away
Don't know where she's goin'
Wish she'd come home to stay

Woman, woman, woman, woman
Ese mujer me ha mentido
Como mujer eres niña
Vive en un mundo sin paredes
Inocentemiento no lo crees querida

And when you think of me
Try to remember
All of the good times
And love that was tender

 

[fox69]

"Wooden Ships"

"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 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.

Probably 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,
Talkin' '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 your 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...

 

[fox69]

"Word Game"

"Word Game"


Would you knock a man down
If you don't like the cut of his clothes
Could you put a man away
If you don't want to hear what he knows
Well, it's happening right here
People dying of fear by the droves

And I know most of you
Either don't believe it's true
Or else you don't know what to do
Or maybe I'm singing about you
Who knows

It's incredibly sick, you can feel it
As across the land it flows
Prejudice is slick when it's a word game
It festers and grows
Move along quick, it furthers one
To have somewhere to go

You can feel it as it's rumblin'
Let emotions keep a tumblin'
Then as cities start to crumblin'
Mostly empty bellies grumblin'
Here we go

People see somebody different
Fear is the first reaction shown
Then they think they've got him licked
The barbaric hunt begins and they move in slow
A human spirit is devoured
The remains left to carrion crow

I was told that life is change
And yet history remains
Does it always stay the same
Do we shrug it off and say
Only God knows

By and by somebody usually goes
Down to the ghetto try and help
But they don't know why folks treat them cold
And the rich keep getting richer
And the rest of us just keep getting old

You see one must have a mission
In order to be a good Christian
If you don't you will be missing
High Mass or the evening show

And the well fed masters reap the harvests
Of the polluted seeds they've sown
Smug and self-righteous they bitch about people they owe
And you can't prove them wrong
They're so God damn sure they know

I have seen these things with my very own eyes
And defended my battered soul
It must be too tough to die
American propaganda, South African lies
Will not force me to take up arms, that's my enemies' pride

And I won't fight by his rules that's foolishness besides
His ignorance is gonna do him in and nobody's gonna cry
Because his children they are growing up
And plainly tired of putting up
With bigots and their silver cups they're fed up
They might throw up on you

Alright, ooh

 

[fox69]

"Wounded World"

"Wounded World"


So you're goin' out on your own
And you're finally leaving home
You'll be alright, just watch out for your spirit
You're gonna find that you're alone
Makin' choices of your own
Like a ship at sea, your life goes where you steer it

It's a wounded world
Full of love and lies
It's a wounded world
But you cannot be denied
If you mean it when you try
In this wounded world

Sometimes, hurtin' bad, you're ready t'give up
Can't help, (can't believe, you know, you) used you like a drug
We had similar adventures, never closed the door
Part of me is part of you
I can't tell you any more
'Bout this wounded world

I don't mean to sound so cynical
But it truly is a miracle
That your heart turned out so good midst all this game child
Put your faith in them that earn it
With your love you will discern it
But don't judge nobody never! out of anger

Well it's a wounded world
Full of love and lies
It's a wounded world
But you cannot be denied
When you mean it, if you try
In this wounded world

It's a wounded world, wounded world

 

[fox69]

"You Can't Dance Alone"

"You Can't Dance Alone"


Got a fire deep within me burning
I'd be a liar if I didn't tell you so
And you're a live wire sparklin' around me
And I couldn't tire havin' you around

Look at me, I am your tomorrow
Can't you see, you know how I know
I got a place in the morning we can borrow
And there ain't no haste, follow where I go

Time, time, time, only a few hours
Such a crime, got no telephone, no
S'getting late, movin' on downtown
Wait, wait, wait, you can't dance alone

Energy, our exhilaration
Come with me, silent relaxation
Let it be, let yourself alone a while
What you need, sunrise and a smile

Merely chance, bringin' us together
Real romance, let's go be alone right now
Coincidence, I might be your lover
Dance, dance, dance, you can't dance alone