Lookout Joe

Album: Tonight's the Night (1975)
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  • A hip drag queen and a side-walkin' street wheeler
    Comin' down the avenue
    They're all your friends, you'll come to love 'em
    There's a load of 'em, waitin' for you

    Lookout Joe, you're comin' home
    Old times were good times

    I remember Millie from down in Philly?
    She took my brain and forgot my name
    The woman you were with was about the same
    She took your money and left town (disappear)

    Lookout Joe, you're comin' home
    Old times were good times

    Glory hallelujah
    Will I lay my burden down?
    Singin' on the streets around
    Look at that crazy clown (look at him, 'cause you can see him)

    I remember Bill from up on the hill?
    A Cadillac put a hole in his arm
    But old Bill, he's up there still
    Havin' a ball, rollin' to the bottom

    Lookout Joe, you're comin' home
    Old times were good times
    Old times were good times
    Old times were good times Writer/s: Neil Young
    Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, TuneCore Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Andy from H E Double Hockey Sticks Coloradoit's not just a different vibe - the band that plays on this song is different than the rest of the album. this one was recorded with the Stray Gators, Neil's band for the infamous 1973 tour documented on Time Fades Away.
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