Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere | A song by Neil Young with Crazy Horse, 1969
Neil Young with Crazy Horse, 1969
Be on my side, I’ll be on your side, baby
There is no reason for you to hide
It’s so hard for me, staying here all alone
When you could be taking me for a ride
She could drag me over the rainbow
And send me away
Down by the river, I shot my baby
Down by the river
Dead
Shot her dead
You take my hand, I’ll take your hand
Together, we may get away
This much madness is too much sorrow
It’s impossible to make it today
She could drag me over the rainbow
And send me away
Down by the river
I shot my baby
Down by the river
Dead, dead
Shot her dead
Down by the river
Neil Young with Crazy Horse – Down by the River – 1969
Neil Young said that he wrote “Down by the River” while
delirious in bed in Topanga Canyon with a 39 °C fever.
Neil Young, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, 1969
“Neil Young’s original “Down by the River” solo it’s one note,
but it’s so melodic, and it just snarls with attitude and anger.
It’s like he desperately wants to connect.”
Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio, 2015
