The Carpenters - Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing [1969] video free download

Written by Neil Young

Just what Neil Young must have thought of this lush cover of the familiar Buffalo Springfield track isn't recorded, but for a pair of complete unknowns to attempt a radical reworking of such a classic shows considerable faith in their own abilities (and indicates the breadth of Richard's listening). Taken on its own terms, this is a perfectly acceptable track.

LYRICS

Sing, sing

Who's that stomping all over my face

Where's that silhouette I'm trying to trace

And who's putting sponge in the bells I once rung

And taking my gypsy before she's begun

Just singing and a dreaming 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

Who's saying baby, that don't mean a thing

'Cause nowadays Clancy can't even sing

Sing, sing

Who's all hung-up on that happiness thing

Who's 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

Who's trying to act like he's just in between

The line 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

Sing, sing

Who's coming home on the old nine to five

Who's got the feeling here to keep him alive

Though havin' it, sharin' it ain't quite the same

It ain't no gold nugget, you can't lay a claim

Who's seeing eyes through the cracks in the floor

There it is baby, don't you worry no more

Who should be sleepin' but is writing this song

Wishin' and a-hopin' he weren't so damned wrong

Who's saying baby, that don't mean a thing

'Cause nowadays Clancy can't even sing

Who's saying baby, that don't mean a thing

'Cause nowadays Clancy can't even sing

Even sing, even sing

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