Stephen Stills

[fox69]

"Isn't It So"

"Isn't It So"


Love is a secret
That everyone knows
Love is a chime that rings
When the wind blows
Keep yourself honest
So it can grow
'Cause when you've lost it
Your heart turns cold
Isn't it so?

I remember the first girl
That I really loved
However it hurt her
She loved me enough
I wanted to wander
She knew I would go
She shed a tear knowin'
That I'd be alone
Wasn't it so?

Painfully I was most aware how
Very unfair it was
Leavin' her suddenly just like that
Goin' God knows where I was
Chasing a rainbow
She understood
She was a prophet
She told me I should
Follow my heart
Like I'd been told
Seek out your vision
Before you get old
Isn't it so?

Now many years later
I finally see
How much she did love me
She set me free
Her last few dollars
Put gas in my car
She said "Promise to write me
Wherever you are"
From out on the highway
I think I wrote twice
I always remembered
Her simple advice
Love is a secret
That everyone knows
Try too hard to hide it
It never will show
Isn't it so
How did she know?

 

[fox69]

"It Doesn't Matter"

"It Doesn't Matter"


Fallin' and spinnin'
Losin' and winnin'
Keepin' my head

Watchin' for signals
Wear some uigil
Was I misled
I remember you said that you
Don't want to forget me
It doesn't matter
Which of our fantasies fled

Every tomorrow
Lookin' to borrow
A piece of today

Run a bit faster
Here comes the catcher
Makin' his play
You had better not stay
You will soon be surrounded
It doesn't matter
Which of our fantasies fled

Lonely and winsome
Calling for someone
Living right now

Something is shallow
Ugly and hollow
Doesn't even allow
You to want to know how you might
Live for the living and
Give for the giving. Living
Moment by moment
One day at a time
It doesn't matter
It's nothin' but dreamin' any how

 

[fox69]

"It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry"

"It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry"


Well, I ride on a mail train
Can't buy me no thrill
Well, I've been up all night
Leanin' on the window sill

Well, if I die on top of the hill
If I don't make it, you know my baby will

Don't the moon look good, mama
Goin' down over the trees?
Don't the brakeman look good, mama
Flaggin' down the Double E?

Don't the sun look good
Goin' down over the sea?
Don't my girl look fine
When she's comin' after me?

Now the wintertime is comin'
The windows are all filled up with frost
I tried to tell everybody
But I could not get across

Well, I wanna be your lover, baby
I don't wanna be your boss
Don't say I didn't warned you
When your train gets lost

 

[fox69]

"Jesus Gave Love Away For Free"

"Jesus Gave Love Away For Free"


If you're trav'lin' out west
And you see a dark haired girl
Tell her her love is a'waitin
In the rockies so near
And the mountains is high
As his love it is strong
It's a fine place to be
By his side
She belongs
And they both travelled far
And they both travelled wide
But they travelled alone
With no one to confide
Their love can't grow stronger
Tho' now it is deep
They must trust in each other
Their souls
For to keep
And we all know that people
Ain't made to live lonely
They need to be trusted
And loved by one only
That one special one
Who can just let it be
And remember that Jesus
Gave love
Away for free

 

[fox69]

"Jet Set (Sigh)"

"Jet Set (Sigh)"


If you dogrow
Then you must know
When you get so jive
You only half alive
Show me right now
That you know how
You can stand up
Look in a mirror and sigh

Get your feet wet
Run with the jetset
Be a good girl
Go around the world
But the longer it goes on
The harder you hang on
Til you stand up
Look in a mirror and sigh

Tryin' to be cool
You just be the fool
Let it be known
You ain't full growed
And its all right
Don't put up such a fight
You can stand up
Look in a mirror and sigh

 

[fox69]

"Johnny's Garden"

"Johnny's Garden"


There's a place
I can get to
Where I'm safe
From the city blues
And its green
And its quiet
Only trouble was
I had to buy it
And I'll do anything
I got to do
Cut my hair and
Shine my shoes

[Chorus:]
And keep on
Singin' the blues

If I can stay here
In Johnny's garden
As the swift bird
Flies over the grasses
Dipping now and then
To take his breakfast
Thus I come and go
And I travel
And I can watch that bird
And unravel

[Chorus]

With his love
And his carin'
He puts his life
Into beauty sharin'
And his children
Are his flowers
There to give us peace
In quiet hours

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Just Isn't Like You"

"Just Isn't Like You"


There is a stranger where I once knew you
There is a dangerous energy flows through you
I don't know what to say
Just get out of the way
And remind you
This just isn't like you

I wouldn't pay no mind 'cept for the voices
Telling you I won't mind you makin' my choices
Not wishing to be unkind
But you are out of line
Need I remind you
This just isn't like you

And I must confess to bein' heart broken
That you would still insist I been jokin'
When I am always there
As you are well aware
Doesn't it strike you
It just isn't like you

 

[fox69]

"Know You Got To Run"

"Know You Got To Run"


Know you got to run
Know you got to hide
Don't know who to follow
Who is on your side?

Don't know where you're going
You won't talk of where you've been
And I may see you tomorrow
Nevermore again

Seen you in the city
Seen you on the road
Your face is all a twisted
'Cause your brain's a heavy load

Then you turn and ask me
How did I ever know
Talk about your searchin'
Well I think it's all for show

Heard your mournful song
Heard your baleful cry
Seen the light of hunger
Lingering deep within your eyes

Talk about your sinkin'
What a hole you're in
You expect for me to love you
When you hate yourself my friend

And you got yourself a potion
For to keep you from your sleep
In the dark and lonely hour
I heard you laugh and weep

You'll always be runnin'
'Til you find your doom
Never face your lonely soul
Never face the gloom

Know you got to run
Know you got to hide
Don't know who to follow
Who is on your side?

Don't know where you're going
You won't talk of where you've been
And I may see you tomorrow
Nevermore again

 

[fox69]

"Lies"

"Lies"


Live in a dream
You've got everything you need
But it still hurts inside
The way she led you to believe
All those vicious lies

She told you some things
Same lines she's told me before
But she'll win your trust
Then she'll walk over you
Leave your soul lyin' in the dust

And I know it's so hard to believe
The same thing happened to me
You'll just have to see for yourself
But that woman, she thinks of herself
And nobody else

I finally got mine and now I'm gone
I hope you get yours
'Cause it won't be wrong
What you see is what you get

What you see is what you get
What you see is what you get
What you see is what you get
What you see is what you get
What you see is what you get

 

[fox69]

"Love Again"

"Love Again"


All of your time alone
How long do ya think it will take
Before you go round the bend
A permanent spiritual break
A borken heart on the mend
Somebody comin' just wait

Fate
Can be your best friend
And love
Is an accident of
Faith
Then in the end
Here is love
Come again

I had a girl I know
Love me more than life
She couldn't figure why
Confused to be precise
Finally let it go
I couldn't get enough of it right, right

Fate
Can be your best friend
And love
Is an accident of
Faith
Then in the end
Here is love
Come again

I'm with a woman now
Satisfied with me must be
Crazy about her yeah
I think maybe I got lucky
Watchin' what we are growin'
Ain't it amazing she really loves me

Fate
Can be your best friend
And love
Is an accident of
Faith
Then in the end
Here is love
Come again