Три сюрреалистических видения: рыцари в доспехах, наркоманы в подвале и серебряные корабли, забирающие людей с умирающей Земли.
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's 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 spaceships 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.
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- After the Gold Rush — заглавная песня одноимённого альбома 1970 года, который Rolling Stone включил в список 500 величайших альбомов всех времён. Третий куплет о серебряных космических кораблях, увозящих людей с умирающей Земли, стал одним из первых экологических посланий в рок-музыке.