Peaceful Valley Boulevard

Album: Le Noise (2010)
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  • One day shots rang across the peaceful valley
    God was crying tears that fell like rain
    Before the railroad came from Kansas City
    And the bullets hit the bison from the train
    Shots rang across the peaceful valley
    White man laid his foot upon the plain

    The wagon train rolled through the dusty canyon
    The settlers full of wonder as they crossed
    A gentle creek where two old oaks were standing
    Before the west was won there was a cost
    A rain of fire came down upon the wagons
    A mother screamed and every soul was lost

    Change hit the country like a thunderstorm
    Ancient rivers soon began to boil
    People rushed like water to California
    At first they came for gold and then for oil
    Fortunes were made and lost in lifetimes
    Mother earth took poison in her soil

    An electro cruiser coasted towards the exit
    And turned on Peaceful Valley Boulevard
    "People make the difference" read a billboard
    Above a long line of idling cars

    Who'll be the one to lead this world
    Who'll be the beacon in the night
    Who'll be the one to lead this world
    Who'll be the beacon in the night
    Who'll be the one to lead the nations
    And protect God's creations

    A polar bear was drifting on an ice floe
    Sun beating down from the sky
    Politicians gathered for a summit
    And came away with nothing to decide
    Storms thundered on, his tears of falling rain
    A child was born and wondered why Writer/s: Neil Young
    Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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