Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Graham Nash wrote this song on a bet. David Crosby explained in the liner notes to their 1991 boxed set: “Graham was a home in Hawaii, about to go off on tour. The guy who was going to take him to the airport said, ‘We’ve got 15 minutes, I’ll bet you can’t write a song in that amount of time.’ Well...
[Intro]
Just a song before I go
To whom it may concern
Traveling twice the speed of sound
It's easy to get burned
[Verse 1]
When the shows were over
We had to get back home
And when we opened up the door
I had to be alone
[Verse 2]
She helped me with my suitcase
She stands before my eyes
Driving me to the airport
And to the friendly skies
[Verse 3]
Going through security
I held her for so long
She finally looked at me in love
And she was gone
[Guitar Solo]
[Outro]
Just a song before I go
A lesson to be learned
Traveling twice the speed of sound
It's easy to get burned
Just a Song Before I Go was written by Graham Nash.
Just a Song Before I Go was produced by Ron Albert & Howard Albert & Graham Nash & Stephen Stills & David Crosby.
Crosby, Stills & Nash released Just a Song Before I Go on Fri Jun 17 1977.