Neil Young Lyrics

Album: Unknown

Ambulance Blues Lyrics

Back in the old folky days

 The air was magic when we played.

 The riverboat was rockin'

 in the rain

 Midnight was the time

 for the raid.

 

 Oh, Isabela, proud Isabela,

 They tore you down and

 plowed you under.

 You're only real

 with your make-up on

 How could I see you

 and stay too long?

 

 All along the Navajo Trail,

 Burn-outs stub their toes

 on garbage pails.

 Waitresses are cryin'

 in the rain

 Will their boyfriends

 pass this way again?

 

 Oh, Mother Goose,

 she's on the skids

 Shoe ain't happy,

 neither are the kids.

 She needs someone

 that she can scream at

 And I'm such a heel

 for makin' her feel so bad.

 

 I guess I'll call it

 sickness gone

 It's hard to say

 the meaning of this song.

 An ambulance can only

 go so fast

 It's easy to get buried

 in the past

 When you try to make

 a good thing last.

 

 I saw today

 in the entertainment section

 There's room at the top

 for private detection.

 To Mom and Dad

 this just doesn't matter,

 But it's either that

 or pay off the kidnapper.

 

 So all you critics sit alone

 You're no better than me

 for what you've shown.

 With your stomach pump and

 your hook and ladder dreams

 We could get together

 for some scenes.

 

 I never knew a man

 could tell so many lies

 He had a different story

 for every set of eyes.

 How can he remember

 who he's talkin' to?

 'Cause I know it ain't me,

 and I hope it isn't you.

 

 Well, I'm up in T.O.

 keepin' jive alive,

 And out on the corner

 it's half past five.

 But the subways are empty

 And so are the cafes.

 

 Except for the Farmer's Market

 And I still can hear him say:

 You're all just pissin'

 in the wind

 You don't know it but you are.

 

 And there ain't nothin'

 like a friend

 Who can tell you

 you're just pissin'

 in the wind.

 

 I never knew a man

 could tell so many lies

 He had a different story

 for every set of eyes

 How can he remember

 who he's talking to?

 Cause I know it ain't me,

 and hope it isn't you.