Music Trivia Games from the 70s, Neil Young, Cinnamon Girl, 1970, Seventies, 70's, 1970s, 1970's

Lyrics

I want to live with a Cinnamon Girl;

I could be happy the rest of my life

with a Cinnamon Girl.

A dreamer of pictures, I run in the night;

you see us together chasin' the moonlight,

my Cinnamon Girl.

Ten silver saxes, a bass with a bow,

the drummer relaxes and waits between shows

for his Cinnamon Girl.

A dreamer of pictures, I run in the night;

you see us together chasin' the moonlight,

my Cinnamon Girl.

Pa, send me money now,

I'm gonna make it somehow,

I need another chance.

You see, your baby loves to dance;

yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Young has never said who the Cinnamon Girl is, as he prefers to leave lyric interpretations to the listener. In the liner notes of his Decade compilation, he stated: "Wrote this for a city girl on peeling pavement coming at me thru Phil Ochs eyes playing finger cymbals. It was hard to explain to my wife." Young recorded this with his band Crazy Horse. It was originally released on the Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere in 1969. Young put out an alternate version as a single in 1970, which did well partly because he was getting exposure as a member of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young.

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