Borrowed Tune

Album: Tonight's the Night (1975)
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  • I'm climbin' this ladder
    My head in the clouds
    I hope that it matters
    I'm havin' my doubts

    I'm watchin' the skaters
    Fly by on the lake
    Ice frozen six feet deep
    How long does it take?

    I look out on peaceful lands
    With no war nearby
    An ocean of shakin' hands
    That grab at the sky

    I'm singin' this borrowed tune
    I took from the Rolling Stones
    Alone in this empty room
    Too wasted to write my own

    I'm climbin' this ladder
    My heads in the clouds
    I hope that it matters Writer/s: Neil Young
    Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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