The Spirit of Radio
andThe Trees
andWorking Man
from the albumsPERMANENT WAVES , Hemispheres and RUSH
Single Released: February 1980
LINER NOTES
Distributed By – Capitol Records-EMI Of Canada Limited
Phonographic Copyright – Cat Productions Ltd.
Copyright © – Cat Productions Ltd.
Published By – Core Music Publishing
Lacquer Cut At – The Lacquer Channel Limited
Pressed By – Capitol Records-EMI Of Canada Limited
Producer – Rush, Terry Brown
Written-By – Lifeson*, Lee*, Peart*
Published by Core Music Publishing.
Side A: taken from Permanent Waves
Side B1: taken from Hemispheres
Side B2: taken from Rush
©1980 Cat Productions Ltd.
TRACK LISTING
Side A. The Spirit Of Radio (4:54)
Side B1. The Trees (4:46)
Side B2. Working Man (7:07)
THE SPIRIT OF RADIO
Music: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson / Lyrics: Neil Peart
Begin the day
With a friendly voice
A companion, unobtrusive
Plays the song that's so elusive
And the magic music makes your morning mood
Off on your way
Hit the open road
There is magic at your fingers
For the Spirit ever lingers
Undemanding contact
In your happy solitude.
Invisible airwaves
Crackle with life
Bright antennae bristle
With the energy
Emotional feedback
On a timeless wavelength
Bearing a gift beyond price -
Almost free...
All this machinery
Making modern music
Can still be open-hearted
Not so coldly charted
It's really just a question
Of your honesty
One likes to believe
In the freedom of music
But glittering prizes
And endless compromises
Shatter the illusion
Of integrity
"For the words of the profits,
Are written on the studio wall,
Concert hall -
Echoes with the sounds...
Of salesmen."
The Trees
Music: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson / Lyrics: Neil Peart
There is unrest in the Forest
There is trouble with the trees
For the Maples want more sunlight
And the Oaks ignore their pleas.
The trouble with the Maples
(And they're quite convinced they're right)
They say the Oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light
But the Oaks can't help their feelings
If they like the way they're made
And they wonder why the Maples
Can't be happy in their shade?
There is trouble in the Forest
And the creatures all have fled
As the Maples scream 'Oppression!'
And the Oaks, just shake their heads
So the Maples formed a Union
And demanded equal rights
'The Oaks are just too greedy
We will make them give us light'
Now there's no more Oak oppression
For they passed a noble law
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet,
Axe,
And saw...
Working Man
Music and Lyrics: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson
I get up at seven, yeah,
and I go to work at nine.
I got no time for livin'.
Yes, I'm workin' all the time.
It seems to me
I could live my life
a lot better than I think I am.
I guess that's why they call me,
they call me the workin' man.
They call me the workin' man.
I guess that's what I am.
I get home at five o'clock,
and I take myself out a nice, cold beer.
Always seem to be wond'rin'
why there's nothin' goin' down here.
It seems to me
I could live my life
a lot better than I think I am.
I guess that's why they call me,
they call me the workin' man.
They call me the workin' man.
I guess that's what I am.
Well they call me the workin' man.
I guess that's what I am.
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