Old Man
Neil Young * Track #6 On Harvest
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Album Harvest
Old Man by Neil Young
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Neil ponders age, sex and death in a ballad for his groundsman. As he explains during his 1971 Massey Hall performance in Toronto, this song is about the foreman who lived on Neil’s ranch – “he came with the place when I bought it.”
The song was released on his 1972 album Harvest. James Taylor and...
Old Man Lyrics
[Intro]
Old man, look at my life
I'm a lot like you were
Old man, look at my life
I'm a lot like you were
[Verse 1]
Old man, look at my life
Twenty-four, and there's so much more
Live alone in a paradise
That makes me think of two
[Verse 2]
Love lost, such a cost
Give me things that don't get lost
Like a coin that won't get tossed
Rolling home to you
[Chorus]
Old man, take a look at my life, I'm a lot like you
I need someone to love me the whole day through
Ah, one look in my eyes and you can tell that's true
[Verse 3]
Lullabies, look in your eyes
Run around the same old town
Doesn't mean that much to me
To mean that much to you
[Verse 4]
I've been first and last
Look at how the time goes past
But I'm all alone at last
Rolling home to you
[Chorus]
Old man, take a look at my life, I'm a lot like you
I need someone to love me the whole day through
Ah, one look in my eyes and you can tell that's true
[Outro]
Old man, look at my life
I'm a lot like you were
Old man, look at my life
I'm a lot like you were
Old Man Q&A
Who wrote Old Man's ?
Old Man was written by Neil Young.
Who produced Old Man's ?
Old Man was produced by Elliot Mazer & Neil Young.
When did Neil Young release Old Man?
Neil Young released Old Man on Tue Feb 01 1972.
What did Neil Young say about "Old Man"?
In the documentary Heart of Gold, Neil said the following about the song:
About that time when I wrote (“Heart of Gold”), and I was touring, I had also – just, you know, being a rich hippie for the first time – I had purchased a ranch, and I still live there today. And there was a couple living on...
Where is Neil Young's ranch?
Broken Arrow Ranch is near San Francisco in Redwood City, California. In 2014, when Young divorced Pegi, his wife of 36 years, the ranch went to his ex-wife where she lives with their son Ben.