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Danger Bird Lyrics
Danger bird flies alone
And he rides the wind back to his home
Although his wings have turned to stone
And we used to be so calm
Now I think about you all day long
'Cause you've been with another man
Here you are and here I am
The jailbird takes the raps
And he finds himself spread-eagled on the tracks
But the training that he learned will get him nowhere fast
That's the moment that he cracked
Long ago in the museum with his friends
And I know we should be free
But freedom's just a prison to me
'Cause I lied to keep it kind
When I left you far behind
With the rain pounding on his back
He recalls the moment that he cracked
Long ago in the museum with his friends
And like those memories
The rain keeps pounding down, down, down
And though these wings have turned to stone
I can fly fly fly away
Watch me fly above the city
Like a shadow on the sky
Fly, fly, fly
And he rides the wind back to his home
Although his wings have turned to stone
And we used to be so calm
Now I think about you all day long
'Cause you've been with another man
Here you are and here I am
And he finds himself spread-eagled on the tracks
But the training that he learned will get him nowhere fast
Long ago in the museum with his friends
But freedom's just a prison to me
'Cause I lied to keep it kind
When I left you far behind
He recalls the moment that he cracked
Long ago in the museum with his friends
The rain keeps pounding down, down, down
I can fly fly fly away
Watch me fly above the city
Like a shadow on the sky
Fly, fly, fly
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Awesome song.
I kinda think this song is about a guy running away from his problems. He is also schytzo! His woman is sleeping with his other personality, and he is having heavy problems dealing with the normal day to day life. So he runs away from everything, and pretty soon theres no where left to go and he kills himself. Thats just what i get, i feel it in the music.
I just reread what i typed and it sounds ridiculous. Its hard to gauge neil young sometimes. Danger bird is a loner and a troublemaker, who just cant deal with the normal day to day living. He Runs (flies) away from everything and anything...
this album is amazing, i highly recommend you get it. Neil Young and Crazy Horse is amazing. this song live is sooo good, with all the feedback and reverb and delay on neil youngs guitar its sooo trippy, it will put you into a trance, its almost a peaceful trance, but eerie
This song is about being betrayed by his lover who slept with someone else. He is the Danger Bird. The pain of her betrayal has turned his wings to stone. But yet he is strong enough to fly away, even with stone wings. As a double Scorpio, I have a unique insight into his lyrics. The album has other songs that address this;
Barstool Blues
Pardon My Heart Looking for a Lover
Neil Young is boring.