neil young - birds (alternate version) - stereo remix

Edit for headphones, December 2021. I know three versions of this song. I like this version the best, I call it the delicate version; it is on cd two — entitled "Topanga 1 (1968-1969)" — of the eight cd box set "Neil Young Archives Vol. 1 (1963-1972)". A mono version of "Birds" is on cd four, entitled "Topanga 2 (1969-1970)". The best known version probably is the one on the album "After The Gold Rush".

I especially like Neil's tender voice & the change in rhythm during the lines "and show you the way to go" that is not or hardly noticable on the "Gold Rush" version.

I think this song very much relates to the John Sebastian song "You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine", another song — I think — about divorce. Neil Young's mono version on cd four is much shorter (99 seconds), it ends after the first two verses with the lines "it's over" "it's over", emphasizing the feeling of loneliness...

BIRDS
(Neil Young)

lover there will be another one
who'll hover over you beneath the sun
tomorrow see the things that never come
today

when you see me
fly away without you
shadow on the things you know
feathers fall around you
and show you the way to go

it's over
it's over

nestled in your wings my little one
is special morning brings another sun
tomorrow see the things that never come
today

when you see me
fly away without you
shadow on the things you know
feathers fall around you
and show you the way to go

it's over
it's over

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