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Neil Young – Time Off for Good Behavior (2024) | Track profile | Dork

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Neil Young Archives Vol. III (1976 - 1987)
Time Off for Good Behavior

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Time Off for Good Behavior

Release date: 15th March 2024

From Neil Young Archives Vol. III (1976 - 1987)

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"Time Off for Good Behavior" is a track by Neil Young, from the album Neil Young Archives Vol. III (1976 - 1987), released 15th March 2024. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Neil Young.

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Time Off for Good Behavior

[Verse 1]

My brother went to prison

He's in Kingston doing time

He got seven years for selling

What I've been smoking all my life

Time off for good behavior

But the boy don't feel too good

Locked behind those steel bars

I don't know if he should

[Verse 2]

Yeah, a few years ago, they called me

Back home to get a big award

They also called my brother

But they made him say "My Lord"

They locked me up in a hall of fame

And threw away the key

But when they put my brother away

It really did something to me

[Chorus]

Now I'm guilty as hell for saying

"Boy, you better go back home"

You know you'll get a fair shake there

We're running all alone

When he called me up from the border

With the Mounties on his tail

I said, "Go back to Canada

We can raise the bail"

(We can raise the bail, we can raise the bail)

[Verse 3]

Now I get these letters

From a cell with no TV

He says he's outside one hour

And inside twenty-three

Time off for good behavior

But the boy don't feel too good

Locked behind those steel bars

I don't know if he should

[Chorus]

Now I'm guilty as hell for saying

"Boy, you better go back home"

You know you'll get a fair shake there

We're running all alone

When he called me up from the border

With the Mounties on his tail

I said, "Go back to Canada

We can raise the bail"

(We can raise the bail, we can raise the bail)

[Outro]

My brother went to prison

He's in Kingston doing time

He got seven years for selling

What I've been smoking all my life

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From Neil Young Archives Vol. III (1976 - 1987)

2024

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Neil Young Archives Vol. III (1976 - 1987)

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2024

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—Birds (Live at the Boarding House)
—Homegrown (Live, March 31, 1976)
—Barefoot Floors
—Bite the Bullet
—Cowgirl In the Sand (Live at the Boarding House)
—Hey Babe (March 1, 1977)
—Homegrown (Live at the Boarding House)
—Human Highway (Live, March 31, 1976)
—Intro Devo
—Intro Comes A Time Outtakes
—Intro Hitchhikin' Judy
—Intro Johnny's Island
—Intro "Crazy Mama"
—Intro Snapshot in Time
—Intro "Will to Love"
—Intro The Last Waltz
—Intro "Johnny"
—Intro "Hold Back The Tears"
—Intro "Pocahontas"
—Intro Summer Songs
—Intro "Please Help Me I'm Falling"
—Intro (Live at the Boarding House)
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—Too Far Gone (Live, March 11, 1976)
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—Your Love
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—Ride My Llama (Live at the Boarding House)
—Sail Away (Live at the Boarding House)
—Powderfinger (Live at the Boarding House)
—Welfare Mothers (Live at The Catalyst)
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—Love/Art Blues
—Human Highway (Live at the Boarding House)
—Already One (Live at the Boarding House)
—Comes a Time (Live at the Boarding House)
—Peace of Mind (March 1, 1977)
—Stringman (Live, March 31, 1976)
—Down By the River (Live, March 31, 1976)
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—Hold Back the Tears (March 1, 1977)
—The Old Country Waltz (March 1, 1977)
—Like a Hurricane (Live, March 31, 1976)
—Cortez the Killer (Live, March 31, 1976)
—Drive Back (Live, March 31, 1976)
—Sugar Mountain (Live at the Boarding House)
—After the Gold Rush (Live at the Boarding House)
—It Might Have Been (September 25, 1984)
—Amber Jean
—No One Seems to Know (Live, March 11, 1976)
—Heart of Gold (Live, March 11, 1976)
—Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Live, March 11, 1976)
—The Losing End (When You’re On) [Live, March 11, 1976]
—Southern Man (Live, March 11, 1976)
—Cortez the Killer (Live, March 11, 1976)
—Cowgirl In the Sand (Live, March 11, 1976)
—Lotta Love (Live, March 11, 1976)
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—Mellow My Mind (Live, March 11, 1976)
—My Country Home (Live, March 11, 1976)
—Misfits (Dakota) [Live, March 14, 1985]
—Intro Union Hall
—We're Having Some Fun Now
—Dressing Room (Live at the Boarding House)
—Heart of Gold
—Helpless (Live, November 25, 1976)
—Your Love (Live at The Catalyst)
—Intro American Stars 'n Bars
—Johnny
—Please Help Me, I’m Falling
—Get Up
—Rock (Live at The Catalyst)
—Touch the Night (Live at The Catalyst)
—Island In the Sun
—Interstate (Live)
—Intro The Ducks
—Intro "Barefoot Floors"
—Rainin’ In Paradise
—Time Off for Good Behavior
—Intro "It's An Island"
—Intro Back To The Boarding House (Live at the Boarding House)
—Four Strong Winds (Live, November 25, 1976)
—I Got a Problem (Live at The Catalyst)
—Intro Judy Garland
—Down By the River
—If You Got Love (January 1984)

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