Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Happy Birthday Neil Young

-Happy Birthday, Mr. Weird-

A SONG ALONE

by Neil Young

"No one song can change the world." But that doesn't mean it's time to stop singing. Somewhere on Earth a scientist is alone working. No one knows what he or she is thinking. The secret is just within reach. If I knew that answer I would be singing the song. This is the age of innovation. Hope matters. But not hope alone. In the age of innovation, the people's fuel must be found. That is the biggest challenge. Who is up to the challenge? Who is searching today? All day. All night. Every hour that goes by. I know I am. My friends write to me don't give up. I am not giving up. I know this is the time for change. But I know that it's not a song. Maybe it was. But it isn't now. It's an action, an accomplishment, a revelation, a new way. I am searching for the people's fuel. Will I find it? Yes. I think so. I don't know why I may have been chosen to help enable a discovery of this magnitude. I know I can only write a song about it when I find it. Until then I can write a song about the search or spend all my time looking. But a song alone will not change the world. Even so, I will keep on singing."

-2Truthy


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

http://www.neilyoung.com/lwwtoday/index.html

Merle is in the left gutter, looking for a leader is in the right gutter. It's fun to hear Neil's band talking about Obama two years ago. I forget what kind of motherfucker they call 'im, but it's a stitch.

Neil Percival Young 12 Nov. 45