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Neil Young – The Loner (1969) | Track profile | Dork

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The Loner

Release date: 22nd January 1969

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"The Loner" is a track by Neil Young, from the album Neil Young, released 22nd January 1969. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Neil Young.

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Lyrics

The Loner

[Verse 1]

He's a perfect stranger

Like a cross of himself and a fox

He's a feeling arranger

And a changer of the ways he talks

He's the unforeseen danger

The keeper of the key to the locks

[Chorus]

Know when you see him

Nothing can free him

Step aside, open wide

It's the loner

[Verse 2]

If you see him in the subway

He'll be down at the end of the car

Watching you move

Until he knows he knows who you are

When you get off at your station alone

He'll know that you are

[Chorus]

Know when you see him

Nothing can free him

Step aside, open wide

It's the loner

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Verse 3]

There was a woman he knew

About a year or so ago

She had something that he needed

And he pleaded with her not to go

On the day that she left

He died but it did not show

[Chorus]

Know when you see him

Nothing can free him

Step aside, open wide

It's the loner

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Neil Young
Producer: David Briggs, Neil Young
Bass: Jim Messina
Drums: George Grantham
Guitar: Neil Young
Vocals: Neil Young
Pipe Organ: Neil Young