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Lyrics

Love is but a song to sing
Fear's the way we die
You can make the mountains ring
Or make the angels cry
full lyrics
Love is but a song to sing
Fear's the way we die
You can make the mountains ring
Or make the angels cry
full lyrics

Features of This Track

electric rock instrumentation
folk influences
great lyrics
intricate melodic phrasing
extensive vamping
major key tonality
an electric guitar solo
a breathy male lead vocalist
vocal harmonies

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My most favorite song. The meaning is as true today as it was then!
,What a great song, still so powerful with such a spiritual meaning, even today. I always stop to listen & remember my youth, when this song was on WABC radio!
That's what I am an old hippy from Bay Area even! A tree hugger but yet a head banger also!
Cool hippie tune.
Didn't Nirvana cover this? LOL
Love is but a song we sing...

What a great opening line to a great song from a fabulous era. I'm not wild about getting older, but I'm glad I was there when all this was first happening.
One of my favorites.
What a great song. Makes me tremble inside.
A great and timeless song from the wonderful 60's music scene. Stays true now and forever. Peace.
Always in my life at that time; re-reading the lyrics is profound; truly love is THE key to all;it starts with you;radiates out,ripple effect.I do see it now as well, u can find those who believe the way you do and it is changing, despite the media,negati v e images; keep your love in your heart and always send that out to others.First verse opened with the words that we often forgetLove is but a song we sing And fear's the way we dieYou can make the mountains ring Or make the Angels cry eternal
Saw JCY as the headline act, along with Little Feat, in '75. Did this song among others, but in reality, LF was the best part of the evening. Feat just made everybody so high and rockin, that JCY was an afterthought . Bad pairing, but a great show.
What a time... wish I could have been there.
moreyweinste i n
In the mid-sixties, i t was a lovin' thing!What happened was the goverment stepped in,and things turned for the worse!This song strongly reflects the era in which vietnam,hate , w a r and destruction became a way of life,Its sad!But to the person whom saidthis should be our national anthemis so right!!!Peac e to everyone!
wycho001
Those who have the power and the money intentionall y create
hatred, mistrust and violence between us, the common people.
Why?
To keep it.
How?
TV and radio.
Notice how angry Bill O Reilly is paid to act?
Notice how irritated and frustrated Rush Is paid $400 to act?
Notice the searing hate of Ann Coulter, Michael Savage?
Notice the dismissive contempt of Sean Hannity, Michael Medved?
They are paid actors leading you to your destruction.
Saw them at a rock festival in southern Louisiana in the late 60's along with Iron Butterfly. Great song.
How we fail so bad to live by this mantra as the late 60's generation! now look at our world.
Design1694: Thank you for the F&L reference. Oh man, somehow I completely forgot that they made a movie of the Rum Diary. I gotta see it. Anyway, great song, and it most certainly should be the new national anthem. Pigs will sooner fly, however.
meaningful & mean people should communicate and have some concideratio n
what a hippyish song love it
I remember at one point, within the counter culture movement, there was a call to have this become the new national anthem. I thought it was a great idea.
One of the best
design1694
We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark —that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back.-Hunter S. Thompson
lauree5
An absolute beauty!!!
cheshirecatb a n
hane & commane
bcaster
Just an all-around "feel good" song!
bananniep9 - pretty sure JCY was never a Yardbird - he was a Youngblood.
NEVER GET TIRED OF THIS SONG! This arrangement is "classic!"

I love the way the lead singer (Jesse Colin Young?) says, "You hold the key to love and fear, all in your trembling "HANE." His pronunciatio n always makes me grin; that country/rock 'twang.'

The message of the song, however, is just silly, hippie, well-intenti o n e d nonsense. On this earth, we will never love our fellow man the way this songs preaches. It isn't in our nature to do so. Only Jesus' love can accomplish that.
lauree5
One of the ABSOLUTE BEST SONGS ever to come out of the '60s!!!
love JCY, please play Ridgetop !!
musgraveml
who says you cant go home! home is in the heart.
As a teenager, I was always a fan of Jesse Colin Young. And of course this song was a beloved classic of all. It was not until recently that I even knew that JCY was the Yardbirds.
sshepard56
wicked groovy Man. Love it
bbrake2
put your sandals on, some beads around your neck...flowe r s in your hair...sway to the music...
birdylee3
ok
Where is my Bic lighter man?
wow
I love this song. Only the beatles sang this message more simply, "All you need is love"
"WE ARE BUT A MOMENTS SUNLIGHT..." OR JUST A SHADOW THAT CHILLS THE ONES WE PASS OVER. tHIS SONG IS SUCH A SIMPLE IDEA, BUT IF WE SIMPLY TRY TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER THERE WOULD BE SO MUCH MORE LOVE THAT IT MIGHT REALLY MAKE ALL LIVES BETTER.

I LOVED THE YOUNGBLOODS AND THEY STILL SOUND RELAVENT AND MOVING.
Everyone one of us should buy into the message of this song! "What a wonderful world it would be."
debra8593
A song of the times...
"Come on people now..."
yes♥
still works!!
Ahhh yes, this does bring back memories.
Peace love dove beads incense hashpipe crashpads
makes me want to smoke some grass and smile on my brother!
annelle likes it!
syrups9907
We are but a moment's sunlight fading in the grass...
normita1955
the best the 1970
jvagas
Mmmm, I agree. With Susan.

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