Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Young
“Campaigner” was written in 1976, inspired by a news broadcast of Richard Nixon arriving at a hospital where his wife Pat had just been admitted with a stroke. In August of that year, Young recorded the song in an incredibly productive session that captured the ten solo tracks which would be release...
[Verse 1]
I am a lonely visitor
I came too late to cause a stir
Though I campaigned all my life
Towards that goal
I hardly slept the night you wept
Our secret's safe and still well kept
[Refrain]
Where even Richard Nixon has got soul
Even Richard Nixon has got soul
[Verse 2]
Traffic cops are all color blind
People steal from their own kind
Evening comes too early for a stroll
Down neon streets the streaker streaks
The speaker speaks but the truth still leaks
[Refrain]
Where even Richard Nixon has got soul
Even Richard Nixon has got it, soul
[Verse 3]
The podium rocks in the crowded waves
The speaker talks of the beautiful saves
That went down long before
He played this role
For the hotel queens and the magazines
Test tube genes and slot machines
[Refrain]
Where even Richard Nixon has got soul
Even Richard Nixon has got it, soul
[Verse 4]
Hospitals have made him cry
But there's always a freeway in his eye
Though his beach just got too crowded for a stroll
Roads stretch out like healthy veins
And wild gift horses strain the reins
[Refrain]
Where even Richard Nixon has got soul
Even Richard Nixon has got soul
[Outro]
I am a lonely visitor
I came too late to cause a stir
Though I campaigned all my life
Towards that goal
Campaigner (8/11/76 Unedited) was written by Neil Young.
Campaigner (8/11/76 Unedited) was produced by David Briggs.
Neil Young released Campaigner (8/11/76 Unedited) on Fri Oct 28 1977.