Stephen Stills 2 by Stephen Stills 1971, Atlantic Records 1.Change Partners 2.Nothin' to Do but Today 3.Fishes and Scorpions 4.Sugar Babe 5.Know You Got to Run 6.Open Secret 7.Relaxing Town 8.Singin' Call 9.Ecology Song 10. Word Game 11. Marianne 12. Bluebird Revisited All songs written by Stephen Stills, except "Know You Got to Run", by Stephen Stills/John Hopkins. -------------------------------- Change Partners All of the ladies attending the ball Are requested to gaze in the faces Found on the dance cards Please then remember And don't get to close To one special one He will take your defenses and run. So we change partners Time to change partners You must change partners Again This is how most of our ladies grew up At the country club dances They learned how to handle the boys Gently but firmly They learned to say no There were four more young men Who were waiting in the color and the noise. So we change partners Time to change partners You must change partners Again All of the ladies attending the ball Are requested to gaze in the faces Found on the dance cards Please then remember And follow your list 'Cause the dear things get hurt And the broken hearts make you feel. So we change partners Time to change partners You must change partners Again ----------------------------------------- Nothin' to Do but Today Been on the road too long Most of these changes should be past And gone Clarify my position Must be some kind of fool I'm a musician I got nothin' to do but today Already on my way Goodbye.I can't stop to say Just quietly slip away And lose myself it's the only way I got nothin' to do but today You think I'm not myself You're confusing me with somebody else I'm not so easily deceived I am a blues man, I know when to leave I got nothin' to do but today ------------------------------------------ Fishes and Scorpions Fishes and Scorpions In the morning sun Dance to the changing seasons Get away with none Water sign in the air Touch the earth with flame See the friendly Sagittarian Do you remember his name Lovers of lions Stay away at feeding time Is all the Taurus takes Mimicking life in rhyme And can you tell me What does it do for you girl And can you tell me Who is that you knew girl In the shadow of starshine Everyone's going blind Lookout you don't lose your mind I don't know if it's a fantasy It don't mean too much to me In the shadow of starshine Everyone's going blind Gemini lady Did you see me chasing you I don't think I did I only tried to get through ---------------------------------------- Sugar Babe You can do what you want to do You can be who you want to be Just remember that me and you Ain't all there is To bein' free People need love People need trust People need one another And that means us My sugar babe Believe me sugar babe Everyone knows it ain't easy But when you get it all together in your heart It's the easiest thing to do to be pleasin' Folks ain't made to live apart People need love People need trust People need one another And that means us Sugar babe Let yourself be open honey learn to bend Remember everyone gets scared, But I'm still your best friend When you forget about yourself, And think of things to do To make me happy then you love me girl Like I love you How do turtles talk to one another They just look, there's no reason to cower Just like people they're drawn to each other They don't live in no ivory tower People need love People need trust People need one another And that means us My sugar babe Come on now sugar babe You know you hear me sugar babe Come on sweet Rita You're my sugar babe Believe me sugar babe So close, then again so far away Where are the answers, I hear them everyday Lovin' you from a distance never did make it anyway So close, then again so far away Here come little Miss Bright eyes Socking it to me everyday I got to get next to the girl Or I got to get away. --------------------------------- Know You Got to Run Know you got to run Know you got to hide Don't know who to follow Who is on your side Don't know where you're going You won't talk of where you've been And I may see you tomorrow Never more again Seen you in the city Seen you on the road Your face is all a twisted 'Cause your brain's a heavy load Then you turn and ask me How did I ever know Talk about your searchin' Well I think it's all for show Heard your mournful song Heard your baleful cry Seen the light of hunger Lingering deep within your eyes Talk about your sinkin' What a hole you're in You expect for me to love you When you hate yourself my friend And you got yourself a potion For to keep you from your sleep In the dark and lonely hour I heard you laugh and weep You'll always be runnin' Until you find your doom Never face your lonely soul Never face the gloom Know you got to run Know you got to hide Don't know who to follow Who is on your side Don't know where you're going You won't talk of where you've been And I may see you tomorrow Never more again ------------------------------------------ Open Secret Does everyone have their dark side Like the backside of a lover's moon Do we cry out for justice at sunrise To be cleansed by confessions at noon