"After The Gold Rush" lyrics

"After The Gold Rush"

Well, I dreamed I saw the knights in armor coming
Saying something about a queen
There were peasants singing and drummers drumming
And the archer split the tree

There was a fanfare blowing to the sun
That was floating on the breeze

Look at Mother Nature on the run
In the nineteen seventies
Look at Mother Nature on the run
In the nineteen seventies

I was lying in a burned out basement
With the full moon in my eyes
I was hoping for replacement
When the sun burst through the sky

There was a band playing in my head
And I felt like getting high

I was thinking about what a friend had said
I was hoping it was a lie
Thinking about what a friend had said
I was hoping it was a lie

Well, I dreamed I saw the silver space ships flying
In the yellow haze of the sun
There were children crying and colors flying
All around the chosen ones

All in a dream, all in a dream
The loading had begun

Flying Mother Nature's silver seed to a new home in the sun
Flying Mother Nature's silver seed to a new home


Thanks to Goat Lover, Shannon, Lesa Rider for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): Neil Young
Neil Young has reportedly said about the meaning of this song, "Hell, I don't know. I just wrote it. It just depends on what I was taking at the time. I guess every verse has something different I'd taken."
"After the Gold Rush" also appears on the 1977 triple "Decade" album, 1979 "Live Rust", and 2004 "Greatest Hits" albums.
Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris made a very successful cover version of this song for their "Trio II" album in 1999. They even received a Grammy award for their effort.
Neil Young has been changing the lyric "In the nineteen seventies" during live performances. Now he sings "In the twenty first century".
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