Hitchhiker-Neil Young

[ti:Hitchhiker] [ar:Neil Young] [al:Le Noise] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Hitchhiker - Neil Young [00:12.93]Written by：Daniel Lanois [00:25.87]When I was a hitchhiker on the road [00:29.04]I had to count on you [00:32.45]But you needed me to ease the load [00:35.82]And for conversation too [00:39.54]Or did you just drive on through [00:52.16]You didn't see me in Toronto [00:55.09]When I first tried out some hash [00:59.13]Smoked some then and I'll do it again [01:02.09]But I didn't have the cash [01:05.94]I didn't have the cash [01:18.28]Then I tried amphetamines [01:21.40]And my head was in a glass [01:25.39]Taped underneath the speedometer wires [01:28.00]Of my 48 Buick dash [01:31.66]But I knew that wouldn't last [01:47.74]Then came California [01:50.93]Where I first saw open water [01:54.36]In the land of opportunity [01:58.16]I knew I was getting hotter [02:01.65]I knew I was getting hotter [02:10.13]But the neon lights [02:11.76]And the endless nights [02:13.92]They took me by surprise [02:17.23]The doctor gave me Valium [02:20.43]But I still couldn't close my eyes [02:24.15]I still couldn't close my eyes [02:36.53]Then came paranoia [02:39.60]And it ran away with me [02:43.24]I would not sign my autograph [02:46.67]Or appear on TV [02:50.11]Or see or be seen [03:02.51]Living in the country [03:05.92]Look good to me [03:09.28]Smoking grass while the summer pasts [03:12.08]In the real organic sea [03:15.86]Where everything was green [03:24.38]Then we had a kid and we split apart [03:27.69]I was living on the road [03:31.30]A little coc*ine went a long long way [03:34.60]To ease that different load [03:38.10]But my head did explode [03:42.89]My head did explode [03:53.11]I wish I was an Aztec [03:56.46]Or a runner in Peru [03:59.85]I would build such beautiful buildings [04:03.51]To house the chosen few [04:06.89]Like an Inca from Peru [04:22.67]Now my days are coming on [04:25.90]Like friends and enemies [04:29.38]I tried to leave my past behind [04:33.41]But its catching up with me [04:36.84]Its catching up with me [04:45.46]I don't know how I am standing here [04:48.78]Leaving my life [04:53.68]I thankful for my children [04:56.96]And my faithful wife