Famous Hoyt Axton Quotes
The Pusher (1968) · Steppenwolf version in Easy Rider (1969) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMqVrUSz62o · Axton version (1971) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0KcLVIldP4
"We Could Have Been Sweethearts (You Could Have Been Lonely)" from Spin of the Wheel (1990)
Never Been to Spain · Three Dog Night performance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKSrHMqQTEI · Elvis Presley performance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62s5QIB3WXE
Joy To The World (1971)
Context: Well, I never been to Spain
But I kinda like the music
Say the ladies are insane there
And they sure know how to use it
They don't abuse it, never gonna lose it
I can't refuse it.
Hoyt Axton Quotes about love
“It's not the leaving of all I love that makes me cry
But my darling, when I think of you.”
"We Could Have Been Sweethearts (You Could Have Been Lonely)" from Spin of the Wheel (1990)
Context: So hold my hand, I'm going down fast,
And if I return, I'll never more be blue
It's not the leaving of all I love that makes me cry
But my darling, when I think of you.
"We Could Have Been Sweethearts (You Could Have Been Lonely)" from Spin of the Wheel (1990) · Video performance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srPQliLGM4I
Context: Well you could have been lonely every night now,
Could have cried a whole lot more, been a little bit blue
Oh, you could have been lonely, for your one and only,
You could have loved me as much as I love you.
“And when I first saw you I first loved you
With a song that I sang to the fire in your eyes”
"Lion In The Winter" on Southbound (1975) · Performance with Linda Ronstadt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya2dSRcqLBE
Context: And when I first saw you I first loved you
With a song that I sang to the fire in your eyes
But somebody told you that it wouldn't be easy
And you carried that lie for the devil to sing Some sail rivers deep and muddy some sail rivers clear and cold
But the river that I'm sailin' goes to sea
And sometimes I do grow weary sometimes I feel old
And sometimes I wonder if you think of me
Hoyt Axton Quotes about people
Greenback Dollar (1963) · Axton performance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xodd6e8s_tI
Hoyt Axton Quotes
“Strongest of Oak is the gallows
Tighest of knots is the noose”
"Strongest of Oak" (1965) · Performance on Bonanza http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OXY6rsAIDk
Context: Strongest of Oak is the gallows
Tighest of knots is the noose
Why oh why did I kill that man
Now I'll never get loose
Have A Nice Day
Joy To The World (1971)
Context: When it all comes down
I hope it doesn't land on you
When the truth is found
I hope it will be true to you. All I'm sayin' is have a nice day
I hope it doesn't rain on your parade
An' when it all comes down
I hope it doesn't land on you.
Greenback Dollar (1963)
Context: When I was a little baby, my mama she said "Son.
Travel where you will and grow to be a man
And sing what must be sung, poor boy
Sing what must be sung."
“Jeremiah was a bull frog
Was a good friend of mine”
Joy to the World · Axton & Xavier http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyyAIcHlrVc · Three Dog Night performance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFypAB7nYGA
Joy To The World (1971)
Context: Jeremiah was a bull frog
Was a good friend of mine
I never understood a single word he said
But I helped him a-drink his wine
And he always had some mighty fine wine.
“I'm a high night flier and a rainbow rider
And a straight-shooting son of a gun.”
Joy to the World
Joy To The World (1971)
"Evangelina" on Fearless (1976) · Stage performance by Axton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O53wg24FAT0
Joy to the World
Joy To The World (1971)
