Neil Young Broken Arrow

MY NEIL YOUNG BLOG @him3zz This song is the masterpiece that sums up the sixties. It starts out with a live show and a scream from the crowd. The show ends, and it shifts into the first verse. The first verse is a continuation of “Out Of My Mind“ and talks about Neil personally, his own idea of the show business. Then it shifts into a demented version of “Take me out to the ball game“ I think that’s kind of saying America’s losing whatever purity it had. The old innocent pastime of baseball is being corrupted. Much like the rest of America, and the second verse talks about the lies fed to the American youth. “18 years of ’American Dream’“. But it’s really a scam. His mother had told him a trip was a fall, so don’t try any of this new stuff everyone’s taken. and don’t even MENTION babies. It also makes a Vietnam war reference, another scam fed to the youth. Then some military drums play, I think this goes along with third verse and I’ll tell you why. The third verse see
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