Vampire Blues

Album: On The Beach (1974)
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  • I'm a vampire, babe, suckin' blood from the earth
    I'm a vampire, baby, suckin' blood from the earth
    Well, I'm a vampire, babe, sell you twenty barrels worth

    I'm a black bat, babe, bangin' on your window pane
    I'm a black bat, baby, bangin' on your window pane
    I'm a black bat, babe, I need my high octane

    Good times are comin', I hear it everywhere I go
    Good times are comin', I hear it everywhere I go
    Good times are comin', but they sure comin' slow

    I'm a vampire, babe, suckin' blood from the earth
    I'm a vampire, baby, suckin' blood from the earth
    Well, I'm a vampire, babe, I'll sell you twenty barrels worth

    Good times are comin' Writer/s: Neil Young
    Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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  • Gary Gone from GermanyI had always understood the lyrics to be: "I'm a black BAG, babe, I need my high octane." referencing the high octane requirement of plastic garbage bags, something Neil would be well aware of. Bags seem more likely to be caught blown against a window pane than a bat with highly evolved echo location.
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