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Heaven On Earth

by DSG

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Heaven On Earth 03:23 video
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Destiny shows her face And no one can take her place Her hands are wheels Her eyes are blind
 She has no need no fear Her heart is a greaseless gear It wears away As friends who drift apart
 Chorus: You want to go than you go You're going to be what you'll be Gonna take all you give You're gonna give what you leave It's a long way up It's a long way down To have heaven on earth You'll have to stay on the ground
 Wait for love to ease the hate Heaven it has no gate There's no sign To let you know you're there
 Summer comes you’re gone again So we begin to end (your way beyond a friend) Leaving me now Has me spinning Summer comes you’re gone again I'm sinking down within My hands are tied There is no way out Chorus Destiny says goodbye Before you can ask her why She's gone
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Mr Pretty 02:08 video
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She's got it The way she want's it Hope it works out all right She gets it When she wants it Who's looking good tonight? Chorus Who's gonna be Mr. Pretty Who's gonna be Who's gonna be Mr. Pretty Who's gonna be Who's gonna be Mr. Pretty Mr. Pretty tonight? They all love her All you got to do is ask her All you need to do is know her To know why You'd never want her They got her Where they want her Looking up from their cash She likes it even better When she's throwing them out like trash Chorus
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Clock Tower 02:38
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He walks with his back turned away from the sun He's a long way from home there's work to be done Find a place, find a job, find a reason for living Here today - here today - here today The lights up in the clock tower light only the fog Only the fog - only the fog - only the fog Tables and tables of people in chairs Drinking coffee and talking 'bout their conversations With people who bleed like a newscaster's  story The details all gory ; the substance so thin But the lights up in their clock tower light only the fog Only the fog - only the fog - only the fog When I look around look around I don't see it getting better You've got to hate all that greed's gonna take Take away from you now We've got to learn to love We've got to learn to love We've got to learn to love He walks with his back turned away from the sun He's a long way from home there's work to be done Find a place find a job find a reason for living Here today here today here today
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Alone In Love 02:29
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How many years? Where does the time go? I know you loved me the best you could Some part of me just misunderstood I've been alone thinking we were in love The days changed so fast If I could have just slowed them down some Know that I loved you the best I could If I could start over you know that I would 'cause I've been alone thinking we were in love There's nothing colder Than knowing his arms are keeping you warm I won't stay long I just had to see you again The judge let me out But you set me free 'cause I've been alone I've been alone, been alone, been alone I've been alone thinking we were in love 

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Had Enough 02:51 video
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I don't need a gap between the way things are And what I've been told them to be I need no new message - no rock n roll stars Telling me that nothing is free I wasn't born here mister To be an ass licker Wasn't born here sister to drive your ass home Have you had enough had enough Have you had enough had enough Have you had enough had enough Driving up town got he radio on They interrupt the ad to play another dumb song Then they're talking 'bout the news talk, talking 'bout the news talk, Talking 'bout, talkin' bout, talkin' bout talkin' bout Money and the man going hand into hand You can break the law and pay your fine at the stand I've got no new news - born to win or to loose You're gonna live with the blues Until you've had enough had enough I don't know about what I read It could be but it might not be I don't know about what is real The way it looks or the way it feels Have you had enough had enough? Fire on the mountain fire in the fields Eyes twist in terror swords out number shields The whole wide world watching on T.V. What fun for you What fun for me Have you had enough had enough?
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Last Call 03:44
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She tended the bar he attended Serving those drinks with umbrellas Hiding the heart she'd mended Somewhere inside her eyes Chorus And it's another last call Another night smashed up against the wall Another last call, last call, last call, that's all Watching the lights through the window Staying as everyone leaves She said,  "You really should go." But he found her hard to believe Chorus Turning the music up louder Sweeping the smoke from the floor As he turned to go She offered him one more Wiping the words from the table Throwing out all but the one's that sound good They'd love, if they were able, Each one thinking that the other one could Two cars roll out in the distance Headlights heading out separate ways Chorus 



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Way Out West 03:11
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Way out west in no man's land Highways web through diamond spans Taking in a traffic jam cars like water in a dam I'm getting no where - they're going nowhere It's progress in progress Way out west in no man's land Got burger kings for uncle sam Buffalo dust for the Indian While the ocean waves bye bye I'm getting nowhere - they're going nowhere It's progress in progress Progress in progress you can't slow it down Progress in progress no slowing it down They'll back it up and jack it up Until they give it up Back it up and jack it up Until they give it up Silhouetted clouds between me and the moon Cast shadows on the water And I sit here between the steel of the railroad track And the great smoke stacks tower over me It's progress in progress Way out west in no man's land Machines replace the working man Buildings rise and homes come down While people sleep on streets in town And when the rains begin to pour The merchandise stays dry indoors But there's one thing I fail to get Why so many people must get wet
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Break The Hold 02:50
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You break the hold you break the chains Unfold the curtains from our eyes To let some new light fill the darkness That has grown for us inside I'll take the reins upon this horse And saddle up to move along Upon the land where yet no man has walked No car has rolled upon Chorus It was yesterday I heard her say she cared But when I turned around to look she wasn't there she wasn't there Hiding away day after day Thinking that love kept us alive We lived together looking for some truth Between each other's lies I'll  take the blame you win the game And claim your freedom as the prize Who am I to try to stop you From telling me goodbye? Chorus Waiting for someone to sympathize with All that two go through Show me things I need to change show me things I thought I knew Chorus You break the hold you break the chains Unfold the curtains from our eyes I'll learn to live for every moment Where some hope remains alive Across the valley of our differences You and I shall stand Maybe someday we'll be back this way To share our lives again
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Walking On Windows (acoustic) 02:23
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Dark is the bar where I keep drinking on Everyone's talking about the one who did them wrong And I fit in I fit right in Old people standing in the lock shop Watching the clock on the wall Trying to protect what little left they have got Nowhere to fall And I fit in I fit right in Lost in your cloud And oh so proud But walking on windows now Back in the school yard everyone wanted to fight Said meet us tonight and we'll take you out Everyone playing games Calling the dumb ones names they never heard of And I fit in I fit right in Lost in your cloud And oh so proud But walking on windows now Dark is the bar where I keep drinking on Everyone is talking 'bout the one who did them wrong 

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Traded Away 02:49
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Say what you plan to do today You're stuck at work Well that's okay Chorus What's done is done when done And the work is never done In a job like the one you traded All the time you traded away You traded away you traded away All the time you traded away You traded away you traded  away Playing cards on Friday With the boys sitting' around the table Beer flows from the bottle to the glass - You peel the label Watch the paper pile up and you place it near your cup Wetting your lip with every sip Trying to dry the spirit up but... Chorus The father's, father's, son Came to this town and had a son A family line assembled to live off the assembly line For each new face born to this place So too a soul was born to stay And fill the steps as left by those Who stood there 'till they passed away 
 

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Rudy Black 03:06
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He sits alone and he skips the stones Across the water to the other side The flatbed it broke down but the road waits for a ride He used to get so tired He used to get around Chorus Rudy Black He's back with you brother Ain't got jack to share or show Coat on the rack Truck back on the jack He left forever just four days ago I must confess the day he left I was feeling a little sad Good times with that friend of mine Were all we ever had He used to get so wasted That guy could put 'em down Chorus You make the plans The plans they break all on their own They'll leave you alone Wondering why But no friend in the world wouldn't understand What it must feel like for the man to come back Having just said goodbye He sits alone and he skips the stones Across the water to the other side Ragged and beaten failure in his eyes He used to seem so solid His eyes were always dry Chorus
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Lie Down 03:19 video
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Lie down all you claim to know What has been learned must be let go Lie down all the rational What must be changed must be changed now Chorus All the lines are drawn What was here is gone And there's a new kind of feeling Lie down all that cloud your eyes It's still the same ground Floating through the same sky Lie down those who sell you faith Money and time have both lost the race Chorus Lie down put it all to rest Fly from the fear or fall from the nest Lie down the way you thought it was Be as it will be s it does
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Baby's In The Basement 03:36
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Baby's in the basement Working on the car I'm in the kitchen watching T.V. Playing this guitar Full moon  on the calendar Half  moon in the sky Dinner's in the freezer Couldn't chew it if I tried Sparkles on the ceiling Plants in the bath Got water in the ashtray And ashes in the glass Chorus Someone's coming over I can't remember who Got papers on my table Full of stuff for me to do Full moon on the calender Half moon in the sky Headache on my shoulders Chaos in my eyes Chorus 


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Tumbling Down 03:49
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Tumbling down Tumbling down tumbling down Tumbling down I built it up Made it strong Felt so right It just carried me along Now I'm Tumbling down Tumbling down Tumbling down Tumbling down Dreams They will protect you Wipe out real life Until it no longer affects you Tumbling down Tumbling down Tumbling down I thought There was no one stronger No lie could last Any longer Now I'm Tumbling down Tumbling down Tumbling down Tumbling down 


about

In 1990 I lost my girlfriend of 5 years, my job of 4 1/2 years, and lost my place to live. It was a troublesome year. I wrote all of these songs and recorded them at the end of the year solo with a few overdubs. My pal and producer Neil J Young produced and engineered the session. As I write this I realize it was almost 30 years ago. I think we had 3 or 4 separate sessions to record these song. 2 days were spent recording and two were spent mixing and mastering. Neil and I, by that time, had recorded together for 9 years. Our solo sessions were always productive. We cut 7 songs one day and 7 on another. Laster in life I would try to limit my albums to 9 -12 songs. If I went over I called it a double album. Those days are gone now that tracks are files and mostly independent of other songs that may or may not have been part of a theme. These songs belong together because they were created and recorded in a batch and they sound like they should be on the same playlist.

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released December 23, 2018

Recorded in 1990 at Canyon Studios in Canyon CA by Neil J Young.

Guitars and Vocals: David Shepherd Grossman

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