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 <br class="br">Joy To The World (1971) <br class="br">Context: Well, I never been to Spain<br>But I kinda like the music<br>Say the ladies are insane there<br>And they sure know how to use it<br>They don't abuse it, never gonna lose it<br>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 <br class="br">Context: Well you could have been lonely every night now,<br>Could have cried a whole lot more, been a little bit blue<br>Oh, you could have been lonely, for your one and only,<br>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 <br class="br">Context: And when I first saw you I first loved you<br>With a song that I sang to the fire in your eyes<br>But somebody told you that it wouldn't be easy<br>And you carried that lie for the devil to sing Some sail rivers deep and muddy some sail rivers clear and cold<br>But the river that I'm sailin' goes to sea<br>And sometimes I do grow weary sometimes I feel old<br>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 <br class="br">Context: Strongest of Oak is the gallows<br>Tighest of knots is the noose<br>Why oh why did I kill that man<br>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 <br class="br">Joy To The World (1971) <br class="br">Context: Jeremiah was a bull frog<br>Was a good friend of mine<br>I never understood a single word he said<br>But I helped him a-drink his wine<br>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)
