Letra de
After The Gold Rush

After the Gold Rush es una canción de Neil Young, que refleja preocupaciones ambientales y apocalípticas. La inspiración vino de un guión para una película no producida, para la cual se le pidió a Young contribuir con la música. La letra habla de sueños y visiones sobre el medio ambiente y la humanidad. Fue lanzada en 1970, durante un período de creciente conciencia ambiental.

Well, I dreamed I saw the knights in armour coming,
Sayin' something about a queen.
There where peasants singin' and drummers drummin'
And the archer split the tree.
There was a fanfare blowin' 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 a full moon in my eye
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 spaceship flying
In the yellow haze of the sun
There were children crying and colors flying
All around the chosen one
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
Notes:
In other words hammer-on the first string as you hit the opening D.