The Yardbirds
The Yardbirds
The Yardbirds
The Yardbirds
The Yardbirds
The Yardbirds
The Yardbirds
The Yardbirds
The Yardbirds & Eric Clapton
The Yardbirds
Released in 1966, “Shapes of Things” by the Yardbirds is considered to be one of the first psychedelic rock songs to become popular on the mainstream billboard. The lyrics of this song mostly reflect the anti-war, pro-environmental sentiment of the 1960s counterculture movement.
[Verse 1]
Shapes of things before my eyes
Just teach me to despise
Will time make men more wise?
[Verse 2]
Here within my lonely frame
My eyes just hurt my brain
But will it seem the same?
[Bridge]
Come tomorrow, will I be older?
Come tomorrow, may be a soldier
Come tomorrow, may I be bolder than today?
[Verse 3]
Now the trees are almost green
But will they still be seen?
When time and tide have been
[Verse 4]
Fall into your passing hands
Please don't destroy these lands
Don't make them desert sands
[Bridge]
Come tomorrow, will I be older?
Come tomorrow, may be a soldier
Come tomorrow, may I be bolder than today?
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 5]
Soon I hope that I will find
Thoughts deep within my mind
That won't disgrace my kind
Shapes of Things was written by Jim McCarty & Keith Relf & Paul Samwell-Smith.
Shapes of Things was produced by Giorgio Gomelsky.