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Motion Pictures (For Carrie)

This version of Motion Pictures (For Carrie) was released by Neil Young in 1974.

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Motion pictures
on my TV screen,
A home away from home,
livin’ in between
But I hear some people
have got their dream.
I’ve got mine.

I hear the mountains
are doin’ fine,
Mornin’ glory
is on the vine,
And the dew is fallin’,
the ducks are callin’.
Yes, I’ve got mine.

Well, all those people,
they think
they got it made
But I wouldn’t buy,
sell, borrow or trade
Anything I have
to be like one of them.
I’d rather
start all over again.

Well, all those headlines,
they just bore me now
I’m deep inside myself,
but I’ll get out somehow,
And I’ll stand before you,
and I’ll bring
a smile to your eyes.
Motion pictures,
motion pictures.

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The lyrics to Motion Pictures (For Carrie) are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Neil Young in 1974. Elements of the lyrics to Motion Pictures (For Carrie) are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Neil Young and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Motion Pictures (For Carrie) back when it was created.

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