Like a Hurricane

Thursday March 5, 2009
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Like A Hurricane


Written and performed by: Neil Young

If you are a fan of Neil Young –
this tune has to be in your top 5 favorites …

Like a Hurricane is a song written by Neil Young in 1975 and first released on the album American Stars 'N Bars in 1977.
Neil wrote this song after a cocaine-fueled night with friend and La Honda neighbor Taylor Phelps in the back of his car, (a DeSoto Suburban), when Young was unable to sing due to an operation on his vocal cords. Driven by his trademark fierce guitars, the song has been played on nearly every tour Neil Young has done since. It has also appeared on the compilations Decade and Greatest Hits and on the live albums Live Rust, Weld and Unplugged (this last rendition is played almost entirely on a pump organ).
An edited version of Like a Hurricane was released as a single on August 8th 1977, with Hold Back the Tears as B-side.

Once I thought I saw you

in a crowded hazy bar,

Dancing on the light

from star to star.

Far across the moonbeam

I know that's who you are,

I saw your brown eyes

turning once to fire.

You are like a hurricane

There's calm in your eye.

And I'm gettin' blown away

To somewhere safer

where the feeling stays.

I want to love you but

I'm getting blown away.

I am just a dreamer,

but you are just a dream,

You could have been

anyone to me.

Before that moment

you touched my lips

That perfect feeling

when time just slips

Away between us

on our foggy trip.

You are like a hurricane

There's calm in your eye.

And I'm gettin' blown away

To somewhere safer

where the feeling stays.

I want to love you but

I'm getting blown away.

You are just a dreamer,

and I am just a dream.

You could have been

anyone to me.

Before that moment

you touched my lips

That perfect feeling

when time just slips

Away between us

on our foggy trip.

You are like a hurricane

There's calm in your eye.

And I'm gettin' blown away

To somewhere safer

where the feeling stays.

I want to love you but

I'm getting blown away.

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Yes, it’s 9 minutes in duration but please watch and listen to the 1975 live version by ..

clicking here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obfci1CIqq8

LARRY..CURTIS..SPURLOCK

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