"This celebration of love and commitment was originally penned by Neil Young in the late 1970s and shows up on bootlegs from that period. He spent a decade trying to get the right "take" and the song's first "official" release was on the 1992 Unplugged album. He eventually included it as the title track of his twenty-fourth studio album.
Neil Young said about the song in a track-by-track on Thrasher's Wheat: "This one says to me that relationships are more important than material things. You could take a look at me and say I was really full of it, because I have so many possessions it's ridiculous. But it's dawning on me how useless most of them are."
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Silver and Gold - Neil Young (Cover)

DWINDLE

A new composition............

Lyrics:  

In the quiet echoes of a fading dawn
Once we danced beneath the stars
The civilization that once was
Had its chance and soon will fall


The rivers run heavy with lies
A never-ending stream of deceit
Ugliness and greed with a sinister grin
Words of kindness are buried alive


Isn’t it a pity the smallness they hold
Their hearts and minds are so cold 
Lost in the darkness of their souls
The darkness of shadows is upon them


The streets are weeping with tears
Compassion forgotten in this modern-day hell
They search for redemption in the ashes of time
But the clock just keeps on ticking


They lament for the love that once was
In the reign of chaos, they feel lost
Isn’t it a pity that humans can be so cold
The kindness of souls turned bitter and old

Music and Lyrics by Len Bennati FM Folk 2024

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