tell me why lyrics and chords by neil young

from Grand Haven, Mich.I read an article last winter that disclosed the basis for ' Powderfinger'. The love i'll never have and her broken heart, the promising life i'll never live. Remove them from the earth and think of my wasted potential. 'cover me with the thought that pulled the trigger' His thought? The thought of the shooter on the boat? Bury those thoughts with me. It's all he knows.īackfire or shot dead he wants to now be sheltered from the idiotic violence begets violence waste of life. It's irrelevant that he's outgunned and outnumbered. He might have changed it later to 'means' to take out a perception of racial offence. It continues- 'Raised my rifle to my eye. He's talking about the power of having a gun in your hands- red men run, numbers add up to noth'n. He doesn't say 'red meant run' in the first version. I've listened to it many times and slowed down. Daddy told him a gun gives power and wins conflicts.

With a gun in your hands a whole tribe of red men run, regardless of if they outnumber you.

'Daddy's rifle in my hand felt reassuring, (the power and security of the gun) He said red men run, numbers add up to nothing. What were red men to early settlers both American and Canadian? Yes Indians. In the very first recorded version from 1975, available now on 'Hitchhiker' he absolutely says 'Red Men Run'. Estaleb111 from Melbourne AustraliaI wonder why all the interpretations of the 'Red Run' line are dodging the elephant in the room.

Tell me why lyrics and chords by neil young