Unknown Legend

Album: Harvest Moon (1992)
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  • She used to work in a diner
    Never saw a woman look finer
    I used to order just to watch her float across the floor
    She grew up in a small town
    Never put her roots down
    Daddy always kept movin', so she did too

    Somewhere on a desert highway
    She rides a Harley-Davidson
    Her long blonde hair flyin' in the wind
    She's been runnin' half her life
    The chrome and steel she rides
    Collidin' with the very air she breathes
    The air she breathes

    You know it ain't easy
    You got to hold on
    She was an unknown legend in her time
    Now she's dressin' two kids
    Lookin' for a magic kiss
    She gets the far-away look in her eyes

    Somewhere on a desert highway
    She rides a Harley-Davidson
    Her long blonde hair flyin' in the wind
    She's been runnin' half her life
    The chrome and steel she rides
    Collidin' with the very air she breathes
    The air she breathes

    Somewhere on a desert highway
    She rides a Harley-Davidson
    Her long blonde hair flyin' in the wind
    She's been runnin' half her life
    The chrome and steel she rides
    Collidin' with the very air she breathes
    The air she breathes Writer/s: Neil Young
    Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Dar from Alva, Fl.I've listened, song, played your music since the late 60's. My Brother (John) idolized you. Played everything you ever put out, played with other bands, sang your material so long we joked he began to sound more like you every year. R.I.P. bro. Yesterday, I was introduced to "unknown legend". My roommate and his daughter said "he" You, wrote this song about me. They call it Dar's song. Don't know how I don't remember it. Im familiar with the album. Anyway after hearing it, You truly did capture exactly what you describe it's meaning as. Somehow, I continued to ride through 4 children, one marriage, till just two years ago. Love learning something new every day. Thanks for the music.
  • Whiskey Flats Plumber from UsaI had no idea this song was in fact written about a real life person ,let alone ....the woman he married. Right On Neil....way to go brother. I just knew there was some truths behind this song but never knew just how deep it was until I Googled the song. Keep on rockin in the free world Neil!
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