Ambulance Blues Words and Music by Neil Young typed by Steve Vetter *Tune guitar down one step, but I think it sounds all right if you don't* Back in the old folky days The air was magic when we played The river boat was rocking in the rain Midnight was the time for the raid Oh Isabella, Proud Isabella They tore you down and plowed you under You're only real with your makeup on How could I see you and stay too long All along the Navaho Trail burnouts stub their toes on garbage pails Waitresses crying in the rain Will their boyfriends pass this way again? Oh Mother Goose, she's on the skids the shoe* ain't happy neither are the kids She needs someone that she can scream at And I'm such at heel for making her so bad I guess I'll call it sickness gone It's hard to say the meaning to this song An ambulance can only go so fast It's easy to get buried in the past When you try to make a good thing last I saw today, in the entertainment section There's room at the top for private detection To Mom and Dad this just doesn't matter But it's either that or pay off the kidnappers So all you critics sit alone You're no better than me for what you've shown With your stomach pump and your hook and ladder dreams We could get together for some scenes Well I'm up in T.O. keepin' jive alive and out on the corner it's half past five But the subways are empty and so are the cafes Except for the Farmer's Market and I can still hear him sayin' "You're all just pissin' in the wind You don't know it but you are" And there ain't nothing like a friend Who can tell you you're just pissin' in the wind I never knew a man could tell so many lies he had a different story for every set of eyes How can he remember who he's talking to? (hold) Cause I know it ain't me and I hope it isn't you >From _Neil Young Complete Music Volume III (1974-1979)_ * until now, I never knew this word oOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOo <----- ----<<< oOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOo O Steve Vetter O "Motorcycle Mama, O O Elon College O O O Love School of Business O - Neil Young O oOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOo >>>--- -----> oOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOo