Helpless
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young * Track #4 On Déjà Vu
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Helpless by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
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Crosby, Stills, Nash & YoungProduced by
Graham Nash & Stephen Stills & David Crosby & Neil YoungWrited by
Neil YoungAbout
In “Helpless”, Neil Young explores feelings inspired by his time in Omemee, and places like them. Young was born in Toronto, but after his birth his parents brought him a few miles further north in Ontario to an unincorporated community called Omemee. When Young contracted polio (at age five), his p...
Helpless Lyrics
[Verse 1]
There is a town in North Ontario
With dream, comfort, memory to spare
And in my mind, I still need a place to go
All my changes were there
[Verse 2]
Blue, blue windows behind the stars
Yellow moon on the rise
Big birds flying across the sky
Throwing shadows on our eyes
Leave us
[Chorus]
Helpless, helpless, helpless
(Helpless, helpless, helpless, helpless)
Babe, can you hear me now?
(Helpless, helpless, helpless, helpless)
The chains are locked and tied across my door
(Helpless, helpless, helpless, helpless)
Babe, sing with me somehow
(Helpless, helpless, helpless, helpless)
[Verse 2]
Blue, blue windows behind the stars
Yellow moon on the rise
Big birds flying across the sky
Throwing shadows on our eyes
Leave us
[Coda]
Helpless, helpless, helpless
(Helpless, helpless)
Helpless, helpless, helpless
(Helpless, helpless, helpless)
Helpless, helpless, helpless
(Helpless, helpless, helpless)
Helpless, helpless, helpless
(Helpless, helpless, helpless, helpless)
Helpless, helpless, helpless
(Helpless, helpless, helpless, helpless)
Helpless, helpless
(Helpless, helpless, helpless, helpless)
Helpless Q&A
Who wrote Helpless's ?
Helpless was written by Neil Young.
Who produced Helpless's ?
Helpless was produced by Graham Nash & Stephen Stills & David Crosby & Neil Young.
When did Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young release Helpless?
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young released Helpless on Wed Mar 11 1970.
What did Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young say about "Helpless"?
In an interview with Mojo in 1995, Young said that, contrary to the common interpretation, “Helpless” is not about any particular place:
Well, it’s not literally a specific town so much as a feeling. Actually, it’s a couple of towns. Omemee, Ontario, is one of them. It’s where I first went to schoo...