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Neil Young – Powderfinger (Zuma Outtake) (2020) | Track profile | Dork

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Neil Young Archives Vol. II (1972-1976)
Powderfinger (Zuma Outtake)

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Powderfinger (Zuma Outtake)

Release date: 20th November 2020

From Neil Young Archives Vol. II (1972-1976)

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"Powderfinger (Zuma Outtake)" is a track by Neil Young, from the album Neil Young Archives Vol. II (1972-1976), released 20th November 2020. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Neil Young.

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Powderfinger (Zuma Outtake)

[Verse 1]

Look out, Mama, there's a white boat coming up the river

With a big red beacon and a flag and a man on the rail

I think you better call John

'Cause it don't look like they're here to deliver the mail

And it's less than a mile away

I hope they didn't come to stay

It's got numbers on the side and a gun

And it's making big waves

[Verse 2]

Daddy's gone, and my brother's out huntin' in the mountains

Big John's been drinkin' since the river took Emmy Lou

So the powers that be left me here to do the thinkin'

And I just turnеd twenty-two

I was wonderin' what to do

And the closеr they got

The more those feelin's grew

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]

Daddy's rifle in my hand felt reassurin'

He told me "Red meant run, and numbers add up to nothing"

When the first shot hit the dock I saw it comin'

Raised my rifle to my eye

Never stopped to wonder why

Then I saw black and my face

Splashed in the sky

[Verse 4]

Silence me from the powder and the finger

And cover me with the thought that pulled the trigger

Just think of me as one you never figured

Would fade away so young

With so much left undone

Remember me to my love

I know I'll miss her

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From Neil Young Archives Vol. II (1972-1976)

2020

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Neil Young Archives Vol. II (1972-1976)

Release year

2020

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—Hawaii
—Speakin’ Out Jam
—L.A. Girls and Ocean Boys
—Albuquerque (Live from The Roxy 1973)
—Midnight on the Bay (Live - 3/30/76)
—Mellow My Mind (Live from The Roxy 1973)
—The Last Trip to Tulsa (Live Baton Rouge 1973)
—Raised on Robbery
—Daughters
—The Bridge (Studio Version)
—Drive Back (Live from Nippon Budokan 1976)
—Stringman (Live Hammersmith 1976 with Overdubs)
—Changing Highways (1974)
—Traces (12-5-73)
—Letter from ’Nam
—Tonight's the Night - Part II (Extended Intro)
—Born to Run
—Pocahontas (Zuma Outtake)
—Come Along and Say You Will
—Everybody’s Alone
—After the Gold Rush (Live from Hammersmith Odeon 1976)
—Lotta Love (Live from Nippon Budokan 1976)
—Cortez the Killer (Live from Nippon Budokan 1976)
—Sweet Joni
—Traces
—Too Far Gone (Zuma Outtake)
—Human Highway (6/29/73)
—Bad News Comes to Town
—Cowgirl in the Sand (Live from Nippon Budokan 1976)
—Don’t Cry No Tears (Live from Nippon Budokan 1976)
—Frozen Man
—Goodbye Christians on the Shore
—Greensleeves
—Hawaiian Sunrise
—Mellow My Mind (Live from Festival Hall, Osaka, 1976)
—Human Highway (4/15/76)
—Kansas
—L.A. (Live Sacramento 1973)
—Love/Art Blues (12/31/74)
—Mediterranean
—Love/Art Blues (12/10/74)
—Love/Art Blues (6/15/74)
—Midnight on the Bay (4/14/76)
—No One Seems to Know (Zuma Outtake)
—Monday Morning
—Ocean Girl
—New Mama (Live from The Roxy 1973)
—Old Man (Live from Hammersmith Odeon 1976)
—One More Sign
—On the Beach (8/28/74)
—Pardon My Heart (6/16/74)
—Pushed It Over the End (Live)
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—Roll Out the Barrel (Live from The Roxy 1973)
—Separate Ways
—Stringman (Live from Hammersmith Odeon 1976)
—Speakin' Out (Live from The Roxy 1973)
—The Loner (Live Oklahoma City 1973)
—The Losing End (Live from The Roxy 1973)
—The Old Laughing Lady (Live from Hammersmith Odeon 1976)
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—Too Far Gone (Live from Hammersmith Odeon 1976)
—Walk On (Live from The Roxy 1973)
—Vacancy (11/4/74)
—World on a String (Live from The Roxy 1973)
—Heart of Gold (Live from Tuscaloosa)
—Bad Fog of Loneliness (On the Beach Outtake)
—Tonight’s the Night (Live from The Roxy 1973)
—Tired Eyes (Live from The Roxy 1973)
—Tonight's the Night, Part II (Live from The Roxy 1973)
—Roll Another Number (Live from The Roxy 1973)

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