Added: Jul 7, 2008
From: leonardomario
Duration: 6:28
Co-writen by Paul Kanter, David Crosby and Stephen Stills."If you smile at me, I will understand'Cause that is something everybody everywhere doesin the same language.I can see by your coat, my friend,you're from the other side,There's just one thing I got to know,Can you tell me please, who won?Say, can I have some of your purple berries?Yes, I've been eating them for six or seven weeks now,haven't got sick once.Probably keep us both alive.Wooden ships on the water, very free and easy,Easy, you know the way it's supposed to be,Silver people on the shoreline, let us be,Talkin' 'bout very free and easy...Horror grips us as we watch you die,All we can do is echo your anguished cries,Stare as all human feelings die,We are leaving - you don't need us.Go, take your sister then, by the hand,lead her away from this foreign land,Far away, where we might laugh again,We are leaving - you don't need us.And it's a fair wind, blowin' warm,Out of the south over my shoulder,Guess I'll set a course and go..."
Channel: Music
Tags: aiplane jefferson ships wooden
Rating: 4.72 (161 ratings) Views: 88363' favoriteCount='396 Comments: 154
47LSD Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - This is done with a lot more real feeling than the CS&N version
lucinda2005 Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - "There's just one thing I need to know"Can you tell me please, who Won???"
brett325 Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - jefferson airlane at their best
WillInNewHaven Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - Even though CS&N are extremely talented and, except for some contribution from Kantner, they did write the song, this will always be a JA song for me, because of Grace and Jorma. "Go ride the music."
themustardrebellion Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - I think Cs&N were trying to make a statement with their version, while JA were simply performing for the sake of the music.
autodelete66 Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - Beautifully expressed the alienation of our nation at the time.Still brings tears to my eyes,as we have learned NOTHING in 40 years!Very sad???
CaptainFunTrips1950 Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - Tell me who won, certainly not us! The madness continues. When will we ever learn. I've listened to this song since conception and it still awaken's a sense that very few band's could achieve! Slick's voice is angelic!
cabbageb0nes Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - All dis nigga do is grab.
hermitcrabbot Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - 'By jove, you've got it!' This song evolved from CSN's 'beautiful escape' to the Airplane's 'tragic nightmare'. What nobody is getting is that it's Kantner's followup to'House At Pooneil Corners'. Listen to 'Corners' ( the warning ), then the sound of an atom bomb, then 'Ships'. It's the complete anti-war package. On November 22nd, 1969, they performed this sequence at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. I was there. Devastating. After 38 years they remain: America's GreatestRock Group.
WillInNewHaven Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - The desire to control others is the root of all evil. Minding ones own business is very hard for the mildly evolved ape.
thespiritof1972 Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - Not only have we learned nothing, we've raised a generation of idiots who know even less and have NO MORALS.
joelvienneau Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - I have to say, the CSN version owns this version 1000:1, by far. This is good, but it's way smoother when it's sung by Stills and Crosby
steevynix3 Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - Spirit..Don't say that..Our children have tried..the world today is different..I am from the hippie generation..I taught my children to love, give back and respect...all..and they are o.k.I AM NOT O.K. THOUGH...THE SYSTEM AND THE TIMES HAVE CHANGED..I AM STILL LIVING MY LIFE AS I DID THEN...WOODSTOCK NATION
moneymagnetelizabeth Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - I am moving to my home ten minutes from Woodstock. Just LoVe It! The people are still nice, community oriented, artistic.
PhoniexCountry Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - should be seen from milion of people this video,just smashing
OlymPigs2010 Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - CSN version is slicker but it isn't truer!
GetBackJack123 Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - After only hearing the CSNY version, it is great to hear this one. I think I like to play this one better to.
shaman1945 Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - Live free..to all our children..make love not war...these times were so much better BECUASE WE COULD EXPRESS OURSELVES AS IN..FUCK THE ESTABLISHEMENT..STILL LIVING THOSE IDEALS...AGING HIPPIES NEVER DIE....
schizoeffected Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - YEA i knew it was by them to
TheTruth1789 Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - i think this is much better than the CSN version, but that's just me.
markrothkopf Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - the csn version is very good- but this- it doesnt get any better than this!-one of my top10 all time favorites-thats saying alot ive got 5 or 6 hundred cds of music i love
harrisongsrule Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - i wish the times were like they were back then, i am from this current generation, but i still see being a hippie as the biggest priority in life, but its harder now, cops arrested me for protesting the war.
manbearpig1964 Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - no its not just you my friend,im an old bastard so im qualified to speak on this lol,it IS better than the csn version
samalex79 Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - well, im an young bastard and i agree with you:)
venezuelano1234 Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - Greed is the root of all evil. Otherwise we would have learned