Prairie Wind

Album: Prairie Wind (2005)
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  • Trying to remember what my daddy said
    Before too much time took away his head
    He said we're going back and I'll show you what I'm talking about
    Going back to Cypress River, back to the old farmhouse

    (Prairie wind blowing through my head)
    (Prairie wind blowing through my head)
    (Trying to remember what Daddy said)
    (Prairie wind blowing through my head)

    I tried to tell the people but they never heard a word I say
    They say there's nothing out there but wheat fields anyway
    Just a farmer's wife hanging laundry in her back yard
    Out on the prairie where the winds blow long and hard

    (Prairie wind blowing through my head)
    (Prairie wind blowing through my head)
    (Trying to remember what Daddy said)
    (Prairie wind blowing through my head)

    Late at night, lights dancing in the northern sky
    Like the Indian spirits trying to show me how to fly
    You can see into the future but it may be a mirage
    Like a new car sitting there in your old garage

    (Prairie wind blowing through my head)
    (Prairie wind blowing through my head)
    (Prairie wind blowing through my head)
    (Trying to remember what Daddy said)

    There's a place on the prairie where evil and goodness play
    Daddy told me all about it but I don't remember what he said
    It might be afternoon and it might be the dead of night
    But you'll know when you see it 'cause it sure is a hell of a sight

    (Prairie wind blowing through my head)
    (Prairie wind blowing through my head)
    (Prairie wind blowing through my head)
    (Prairie wind blowing through my head)

    (Prairie wind blowing through my head)
    (Prairie wind blowing through my head)

    Prairie wind blowing through my head
    (Prairie wind blowing through my head)
    Trying to remember what Daddy said
    (Prairie wind blowing through my head)
    Before too much time took away his head
    (Prairie wind blowing through my head)
    He said we're going back and I'll show you what I'm talking about
    (Prairie wind blowing through my head)

    (Prairie wind blowing through my head)
    Going back to Cypress River, back to the old farmhouse
    (Prairie wind blowing through my head)
    (Prairie wind blowing through my head)
    (Prairie wind blowing through my head)

    (Prairie wind blowing through my head)
    (Trying to remember what Daddy said)
    (Prairie wind blowing through my head)... Writer/s: NEIL YOUNG
    Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Stefanie from Rock Hill, ScGood song! Good album! Sad story though.
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