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's begun

To singing the meaning of what's in my mind
Before I can take home what's rightfully mine
Joinin' and listenin' and talkin' in rhymes
Stoppin' the feeling to wait for the times

And who's saying baby that don't mean a thing?
'Cause nowadays Clancy can't even sing

[Verse 2]
And who's all hung-up on the happiness thing?
And trying to tune all the bells that he rings?
And who's in the corner and down on the floor
With pencil and paper just counting the score?

And who's trying to act like he's just in between?
The night isn't black if you know that it's green
Don't bother looking, you're too blind to see
Who's coming on like he wanted to be

Who's saying baby that don't mean a thing?
'Cause nowadays Clancy can't even sing
[Verse 3]
And who's coming home on old ninety-five?
Who's got the feeling that to keep him alive?
Though havin' it and sharin' it ain't quite the same
It ain't no gold nugget, you can't lay a claim

And who's seeing eyes through a crack in the floor?
There it is baby, don't worry no more
Who should be sleepin' but is writing this song
Wishin' and a-hopin' he weren't so damned wrong

And who's saying baby that don't mean a thing?
'Cause nowadays Clancy can't even sing
And who's saying baby that don't mean a thing?
'Cause nowadays Clancy can't even sing