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Somewhere Down the Crazy River Lyrics
Yeah, I can see it now
The distant red neon shivered in the heat
I was feeling like a stranger in a strange land
You know, where people play games with the night
God, it was too hot to sleep
I followed the sound of a jukebox coming from up the levee
All of a sudden, I could hear somebody whistling from right behind me
I turned around, and she said
"Why do you always end up down at Nick's Cafe?"
I said, "Uh, I don't know, the wind just kinda pushed me this way"
She said, "Hang the rich"
Catch the blue train
Places never been before
Look for me
Somewhere down the crazy river
(Somewhere down the crazy river)
Ooh, catch the blue train
All the way to Kokomo
You can find me
Somewhere down the crazy river
(Somewhere down the crazy river)
Take a picture of this
The fields are empty, abandoned '59 Chevy
Laying in the back seat listening to Little Willie John
Yeah, that's when time stood still
You know, I think I'm gonna go down to Madam X
And let her read my mind
She said, "That voodoo stuff don't do nothing for me"
I'm a man with a clear destination
I'm a man with a broad imagination
You fog the mind, you stir the soul
I can't find no control
Catch the blue train
Places never been before
Look for me
Somewhere down the crazy river
(Somewhere down the crazy river)
Ooh, catch the blue train
All the way to Kokomo
You can find me
Somewhere down the crazy river
(Somewhere down the crazy river)
Wait, did you hear that?
Oh, this is sure stirring up some ghosts for me
She said, "There's one thing you gotta learn
Is not to be afraid of it"
I said, "No, I like it, I like it, it's good"
She said, "You like it now
But you'll learn to love it later"
I been spellbound
Falling in trances
I been spellbound
Falling in trances
You give me the shivers
Chills and fever
You give me the shivers
You give me the shivers
I been spellbound
I been spellbound
I been spellbound
(Somewhere down the crazy river)
Somewhere down the crazy river
The distant red neon shivered in the heat
I was feeling like a stranger in a strange land
You know, where people play games with the night
God, it was too hot to sleep
All of a sudden, I could hear somebody whistling from right behind me
I turned around, and she said
"Why do you always end up down at Nick's Cafe?"
I said, "Uh, I don't know, the wind just kinda pushed me this way"
She said, "Hang the rich"
Places never been before
Look for me
Somewhere down the crazy river
(Somewhere down the crazy river)
Ooh, catch the blue train
All the way to Kokomo
You can find me
Somewhere down the crazy river
(Somewhere down the crazy river)
The fields are empty, abandoned '59 Chevy
Laying in the back seat listening to Little Willie John
Yeah, that's when time stood still
You know, I think I'm gonna go down to Madam X
And let her read my mind
She said, "That voodoo stuff don't do nothing for me"
I'm a man with a broad imagination
You fog the mind, you stir the soul
I can't find no control
Places never been before
Look for me
Somewhere down the crazy river
(Somewhere down the crazy river)
Ooh, catch the blue train
All the way to Kokomo
You can find me
Somewhere down the crazy river
(Somewhere down the crazy river)
Oh, this is sure stirring up some ghosts for me
She said, "There's one thing you gotta learn
Is not to be afraid of it"
I said, "No, I like it, I like it, it's good"
She said, "You like it now
But you'll learn to love it later"
Falling in trances
I been spellbound
Falling in trances
You give me the shivers
Chills and fever
You give me the shivers
You give me the shivers
I been spellbound
I been spellbound
I been spellbound
(Somewhere down the crazy river)
Somewhere down the crazy river
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Wikipedia gives a quote of the producer of the album Lanois: Lanois commented: "Robbie Robertson was describing what it was like to hang out in Arkansas with Levon Helm in his old neighbourhood. He was telling me about the hot nights and fishing with dynamite, and was asking someone for directions for someplace somewhere down the crazy river."
@ralphman Connecting a few dots I think I found Nick's cafe. Levon Helm was born in Marvell, Phillips Country, but the town of Helena was incorporated in it, and a Nick's Cafe used to sit in the 1932 Garofas building, 101 Missouri, Helena.
@ralphman Connecting a few dots I think I found Nick's cafe. Levon Helm was born in Marvell, Phillips Country, but the town of Helena was incorporated in it, and a Nick's Cafe used to sit in the 1932 Garofas building, 101 Missouri, Helena.
Seriously.. no one can comment on this classic? I'm pretty clueless what it's about, the song reminds me a little of 10CC's Dreadlock Holiday.
@baziz \r\nThat\'s quite a perceptive way to interpret the song. I\'d actually thought the same on first hearing it. It also vaguely reminded me of The Banshees \'Love In A Void\
@baziz \r\nThat\'s quite a perceptive way to interpret the song. I\'d actually thought the same on first hearing it. It also vaguely reminded me of The Banshees \'Love In A Void\
This song caused my music taste to open up properly. Up until then I was into the usual pop stuff, but this one was weird, enticing. In retrospect - Manu Katche on drums, Tony Levin on bass, yea this is not the usual drum synth dross.
This song caused my music taste to open up properly. Up until then I was into the usual pop stuff, but this one was weird, enticing. In retrospect - Manu Katche on drums, Tony Levin on bass, yea this is not the usual drum synth dross.
Lyrically, I don't think there's necessarily too much to say, Crazy River is likely Mississippi as per my above post, and it describes a potentially slightly intoxicated (I hesitate to suggest peyote fueled) dreamlike walk along the river because it's too hot to sleep. I love the 'mood' it evokes.
Lyrically, I don't think there's necessarily too much to say, Crazy River is likely Mississippi as per my above post, and it describes a potentially slightly intoxicated (I hesitate to suggest peyote fueled) dreamlike walk along the river because it's too hot to sleep. I love the 'mood' it evokes.