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Artist: Neil Young
Track: Don't Let It Bring You Down

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Old man lying by the side of the road
With the lorries rolling by
Blue moon sinking from the weight of the load
And the buildings scrape the sky
Cold wind ripping down the alley at dawn
And the morning paper flies
Deadman lying by the side of the road
With the daylight in his eyes

Don't let it bring you down
It's only castles burning
Find someone who's turning
And you will come around

Blind man running through the light of the night
With an answer in his hand
Come on down to the river of sight
And you can really understand
Red lights flashing through the window in the rain
Can you hear the sirens moan?
White cane lying in a gutter in the lane
If you're walking home alone

Don't let it bring you down
It's only castles burning
Find someone who's turning
And you will come around

Don't let it bring you down
It's only castles burning
Just find someone who's turning
And you will come around

Don't let it bring you down
It's only castles burning
Just find someone who's turning
And you will come around
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Neil Young – Don't Let It Bring You Down
[Verse 1] / Old man lying by the side of the road / With the lorries rolling by / Blue moon sinking from the weight of the load / And the buildings scrape the sky / Cold wind
Annie Lennox – Don't Let It Bring You Down
[Verse 1] / Old man lying by the side of the road / With the lorries rolling by / Blue moon sinking from the weight of the load / And the buildings scrape the sky / Cold wind
Kellermensch – Don't Let It Bring You Down
A cover of Neil Young’s “Don’t Let It Bring You Down” from his 1970 album After the Gold Rush. Over the years, the song has been covered both live and in studio by many different
Everything Everything – Don't Let It Bring You Down (Live at BBC Maida Vale)
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Neil Young – Don't Let It Bring You Down (Live At Massey Hall 1971)
[Verse 1] / Old man sittin' by the side of the road / With the lorries rolling by / Blue moon sinkin' from the weight of the load / And the buildings scrape the sky / Cold wind
Neil Young – Don't Let It Bring You Down (Live at the Cellar Door 1970)
[Verse 1] / Old man lying by the side of the road / With the lorries rolling by / Blue moon sinking from the weight of the load / And the buildings scrape the sky / Cold wind
Neil Young – Don’t Let it Bring You Down (Live Young Shakespeare)
[Verse 1] / Old man sittin' by the side of the road / With the lorries rolling by / Blue moon sinkin' from the weight of the load / And the buildings scrape the sky / Cold wind
Neil Young – Don't Let it Bring You Down (Live) [Royce Hall 1971]
[Verse 1] / Old man sitting by the side of the road / With the lorries rolling by / Blue moon sinking from the weight of the load / And the buildings scrape the sky / Cold wind
Neil Young – Don't Let It Bring You Down (Live Carnegie Hall 1970)
[Verse 1] / Old man sittin' by the side of the road with the lorries rollin' by / Blue moon sinkin' from the weight of the load and the buildings scrape the sky / Cold wind rippin
Victoria Williams – Don't Let It Bring You Down
[Verse 1] / Old man lying by the side of the road / With the lorries rolling by / Blue moon sinking from the weight of the load / And the buildings scrape the sky / A cold wind
Neil Young – Don't Let It Bring You Down Samples
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Hookfoot – Don't Let it Bring You Down
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Amanda Marshall – Don't Let It Bring You Down
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Cowboy Junkies – Don't Let It Bring You Down
[Verse 1] / Old man lyin' by the side of the road / With the lorries rollin' by / Blue moon sinkin' from the weight of the load / As the buildings scrape the sky / Cold wind rippin
Neil Young – Don’t Let It Bring You Down (Second Pressing)
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Wolfmother – Don't Let It Bring You Down
[Verse 1] / Old man lying by the side of the road / With the lorries rolling by / Blue moon sinking from the weight of the load / And the buildings scrape the sky / Cold wind
Neil Young – Don't Let It Bring You Down Live Versions
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Mt. Joy – Don't Let It Bring You Down
[Verse 1] / Old man sitting by the side of the road / With the lorries rolling by / The blue moon sinking from the weight of the load / And the buildings scrape the sky / A cold
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Don't Let It Bring You Down (Live)
[Verse 1] / Old man sitting by the side of the road / With the lorries rolling by / Blue moon sinking from the weight of the load / And the building scrape the sky / Cold wind
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Come to see her in the river? / She'll be there to wave to you / In the hope that you'll forgive her / She will join you there / Find out that now was / The answer to answers
Neil Young – Turn Down the Lights Rap (Live at The Riverboat 1969)
I've been up, I've been down / I've been so turned around / That I've seen my fate / In the eyes of others / I've been high, I've been low / But there's one thing I know / There's
Neil Young – When You Dance I Can Really Love (Second Pressing)
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Neil Young – Flying on the Ground Is Wrong (Live at the Cellar Door 1970)
[Verse 1] / Is my world not falling down? / I'm in pieces on the ground / And my eyes aren't open / I'm standing on my knees / [Chorus] / But if crying and holding on / And flying
Neil Young – Down by the River (Live Young Shakespeare)
[Verse 1] / Be on my side, I'll be on your side / There is no reason for you to hide / It's so hard for me staying here all alone / When you could be taking me for a ride / [Pre-
Neil Young – What DId You Do to My Life? (Remix)
[Verse 1] / When we were living together / I thought that I knew you would stay / Still when you left me / I tried to pretend we could make it some way / [Chorus] / I don't care if
Neil Young – I Am a Child (Live at the Cellar Door 1970)
[Verse 1] / I am a child, I last a while / You can't conceive of the pleasure in my smile / You hold my hand, rough up my hair / It's lots of fun to have you there / [Chorus] / I
Neil Young – Birds (Live at the Cellar Door 1970)
[Verse 1] / Lover, there will be another one / Who'll hover over you beneath the sun / Tomorrow see the things that never come today / [Chorus] / When you see me fly away without
Neil Young – The Old Laughing Lady (Live at The Riverboat 1969)
[Verse 1] / Don't call pretty Peggy, she can't hear you no more / Don't leave no message 'round her back door / They say the old laughing lady been here before / She don't keep
Neil Young – Nowadays Clancy Can’t Even Sing (Elektra Audition 1965)
[Verse 1] / Hey, who's that stomping all over my face? / Where's that silhouette I'm trying to trace? / Who's putting sponge in the bells I once rung? / Taking my gypsy before she'
Neil Young – Bad Fog of Loneliness (Live at the Cellar Door 1970)
[Verse 1] / Bad fog of loneliness / Put a cloud on my single-mindedness / I dream of sweet caress from you / [Verse 2] / What makes tomorrow guess / What makes me take from me and
Neil Young – There's A World (Live At Massey Hall 1971)
[Verse 1] / There's a world you're living in / No one else has your part / All God's children in the wind / Take it in and blow hard / [Bridge 1] / Look around it, have you found
Neil Young – Sugar Mountain (Elektra Audition 1965)
[Chorus] / Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain / With the barkers and the colored balloons / You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain / Though you're thinking that / You're leaving there
Neil Young – Tell My Why (Live at the Cellar Door 1970)
[Verse 1] / Sailing heart ships through broken harbors / Out on the waves in the night / Still the searcher must ride the dark horse / Racing alone in his fright / [Chorus] / Tell
Neil Young – Expecting to Fly (Live at the Cellar Door 1970)
[Verse 1] / There you stood on the edge of your feather / Expecting to fly / While I laughed, I wondered whether / I could wave goodbye / Knowin' that you'd gone / [Bridge 1] / By
Neil Young – Extra, Extra (Elektra Audition 1965)
[Verse 1] / Selling papers on the corner / I saw a man yesterday / I asked him if he'd wanna / Tell me what made him this way / [Chorus] / He said, when it's born, it's warm / Then
Neil Young – Journey Through the Past (Live at Massey Hall 1971)
[Verse 1] / When the winter rains come pouring down / On that new home of mine / Will you think of me and wonder if I'm fine? / Will your restless heart come back to mine / On a
Neil Young – Down by the River (Live at the Cellar Door 1970)
[Verse 1] / Be on my side. I'll be on your side / There is no reason for you to hide / It's so hard for me staying here all alone / When you could be taking me for a ride / [Pre-
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We used to laugh and play games together / We found things to do in stormy weather / But now I find you're leaving me behind / Casting me away from you / I try to tell myself it
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Genius Q&A
Q:When did Neil Young release “Don’t Let It Bring You Down (Second Pressing)”?
Neil Young released “Don’t Let It Bring You Down (Second Pressing)” on June 2, 2009.
Q:Who produced “Don't Let It Bring You Down (Live Carnegie Hall 1970)” by Neil Young?
“Don't Let It Bring You Down (Live Carnegie Hall 1970)” by Neil Young was produced by Neil Young & Niko Bolas.
Q:Who wrote “Don't Let It Bring You Down” by Mt. Joy?
“Don't Let It Bring You Down” by Mt. Joy was written by Neil Young.
Q:Who wrote “Don't Let It Bring You Down” by Annie Lennox?
“Don't Let It Bring You Down” by Annie Lennox was written by Neil Young.
Q:Who wrote “Don't Let It Bring You Down (Live)” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young?
“Don't Let It Bring You Down (Live)” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young was written by David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash & Neil Young.
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