Music and lyrics by some idiot
by CarolineFor the last ten minutes or so, I’ve been looking up lyrics to Neil Young songs, and for the most part they are very stupid. I love Neil Young, and while his songs are playing I think to myself, “He’s such a lovely lyricist,” but apparently something is lost between the sound and the words on paper.
Here: compare the lyrics to “Harvest Moon” with the lyrics to “Southern Cross,” written by Young’s occasional bandmate Stephen Stills.
Okay. Maybe you’re all, “Come on, Harvest Moon isn’t Neil Young’s best work.” In that vein, check out the lyrics to “Heart of Gold,” perhaps Neil Young’s most recognized song. They are equally short, rhymey, and dumb.
This is really befuddling.
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