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Have you seen the saucers - Jefferson Airplane

Wooden Ships on the Water https://www.google.com/search?q=wooden+ships+lyrics&oq=wooden+shipd&aqs=chrome.3.69i57j46i10i433j0i10l2.8555j0j4&client=ms-android-tmus-us-revc&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:2e9779c3,vid:R3dMoRtXRzc,st:0 Crosby Stills Nash Toggle navigation Songfacts Logo  Search Search of Songs, Artists, Years, Categories, Blog titles... Wooden Ships by Crosby, Stills & Nash Crosby, Stills & NashCrosby, Stills & Nash Play "Wooden Ships" on Amazon Music Unlimited (ad) Album: Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969) Play Video Report ad If you smile at me, I will understand 'Cause that is something Everybody everywhere does in the same language I can see by your coat, my friend You're from the other side There's just one thing I got to know Can you tell me please, who won? Say, can I have some of your purple berries? Yes, I've been eating them for six or seven weeks now Haven't got sick once Probably keep us both alive Wooden ships on the water, very free and easy Easy, you know the way it's supposed to be Silver people on the shoreline, let us be Talkin' 'bout very free and easy Horror grips us as we watch you die All we can do is echo your anguished cries Stare as all human feelings die We are leaving, you don't need us Go, take your sister then, by the hand Lead her away from this foreign land Far away, where we might laugh again We are leaving, you don't need us And it's a fair wind blowin' warm Out of the south over my shoulder Guess I'll set a course and go Your Comment SEND YOUR COMMENT Comments: 22 Roger from Us Silver people on the shoreline let us be. People who are radioactive. The song is about what remains after a nuclear holocaust. Can I have some of your purple berries, yes I've been eating them for six to seven weeks now probably keep both of us alive. Finding food that isn't contaminated. Wooden ships on the water very free. There are no more motors so it is back to sails and wind so you can travel to safer places. I have always known what the song is about even when they first released the album. I do like it when Neil plays with them, but Crosby, Stills, and Nash are great songwriters. Colin from West Yorkshire, Uk I have a very early copy of the Crosby Stills and Nash Album. In the "Purple Berries" conversation, the sound level for one of the speakers is very low. It seems to have been made louder in later versions. Has anyone else got the same thing on their copy? Dave from Minnesota Jackson Browne gave his answer to this song with For Everyman, basically saying that if they wanted to sail off to another world, that was their choice, but he felt compelled to stay here and try to improve this one. The Blue Bus Driver from Maui Aloha from Maui. 3am wake up with this thought passed on to me while sleeping. Take it as you will: "I can tell by your coat you're from the other side. There's just one thing I got to know, can you tell me please who won?" POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE MEANING (besides wars): Coat equals suit. Won means a race and race means the rat race. Your mileage may vary, just passing it along and if you like this song, check out The Blue Bus on Mixcloud. Mahalo! Shawn from Windsor, Ontario Canada It sounds to me like silver beings on the shores are inter dimensional. I know, a bit much for some people to grasp. Having come to try and help answer our anguished cries, they're leaving... cause the powerful god playing humans in command have disregarded there message. Wooden ships possibly metaphor's for ark's. The difference in coats and being from the other side might refer to the galaxy. That fact that they say all human feelings die, might suggest again being from another galaxy or dimension. Great tune and I hope if such loving nurturing beings exist they intervene to end the tyranny. One love people. Peace!! Mark from Lunenburg, Ma This song plays in the movie "1969" as the main character and his girlfriend are passing an Army convoy on their way to Canada so he can avoid the draft. (He ultimately doesn't go through with it). It's the quintessential 60's scene. It was the perfect choice for the image. Barry from New York, Nc I like how the song is presented in the movie WOODSTOCK. It fits in perfectly during the night time work scenes. Also I like how the organ track keeps on going long after the rest of the song fades away. Kipp from Bowen Island, Bc I always looked at the first verse as a meeting between the two victims in the song, "If you smile at me, I will understand" meaning that, regardless of being on enemy teams, that they must work together if they actually want to live and be free, taking care of eachother and feeding on "purple berries". Michael from Pittsburgh, Pa Obviously an anti-nuke/anti-war song. The narrative is about two people meeting after a nuclear holocaust. One says that he can tell by the coat the other is wearing that he was from the other side of the war - maybe it is a military uniform coat - and then asks who won, which seems to imply sarcastically that nobody did. I can imagine someone sailing around after the fiery end of the world and coming across someone from the opposing side, and they have this survivor's conversation. We can tell it's about a post-nuclear environment because of the discussion about the berries, which one of the characters has been eating for weeks and hasn't got sick once. The Jefferson Airplane version is also great, by the way. Paul from Claremont, Ca how do they get that guitar sound (the lead guitar) in this song? and, btw, i wish people only commented about the song. fred offered his personal view in order to underscore how great the song is. Wayne from Salem, Va This is my favorite Crosby,Stills and Nash song. The opening chords are hypnotic. And the words and the three part harmony. A classic all the way around. I prefer the live Woodstock version over the studio. Jefferson Airplane do a great job of it on their "Volunteers' album. Buy Stephen Stills' cd "Just Roll Tape" from 2007. It is just him and his acoustic guitar in the studio in 1968. Three months prior to the first CSN album. He does a nice job on "Wooden Ships". very free and easy' Ed from Raleigh, Nc To be clear, on the Woodstock recording, Crosby says it's a science fiction song, so holocaust does not refer to the Holocaust, but some imaginary future one. He said, "the holocaust, whatever it may be." Ralph from Irvine, Ca Congratulations, Rich from Bellevue, you have exceeded the ignorance you complain of in Mike. This also shows your Arrogance. You complain about Mike complaining about Rich. If you listen to the beginning to this song on the Woodstock recording David Crosby says that the song has to do with the holocaust and they are escaping in the "Wooden Ships". Rob from Wilkes-barre, Much as I despise the so-called anti-war movement, both then and now, THIS IS AN AMAZING SONG!! The whole album is tops, in fact -- Songfacts Writers ©2021 Songfacts®, LLC

Wooden Ships on the Water https://www.google.com/search?q=wooden+ships+lyrics&oq=wooden+shipd&aqs=chrome.3.69i57j46i10i433j0i10l2.8555j0j4&client=ms-android-tmus-us-revc&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:2e9779c3,vid:R3dMoRtXRzc,st:0 Wooden Ships by Crosby, Stills & Nash Crosby, Stills & NashCrosby, Stills & Nash Play "Wooden Ships" on Amazon Music Unlimited (ad) Album: Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969) Play Video If you smile at me, I will understand 'Cause that is something Everybody everywhere does in the same language I can see by your coat, my friend You're from the other side There's just one thing I got to know Can you tell me please, who won? Say, can I have some of your purple berries? Yes, I've been eating them for six or seven weeks now Haven't got sick once Probably keep us both alive Wooden ships on the water, very free and easy Easy, you know the way it's supposed to be Silver people on the shoreline, let us be Talkin' 'bout very free and easy Horror grips us as we watch you die All we can do is echo your anguished cries Stare as all human feelings die We are leaving, you don't need us Go, take your sister then, by the hand Lead her away from this foreign land Far away, where we might laugh again We are leaving, you don't need us And it's a fair wind blowin' warm Out of the south over my shoulder Guess I'll set a course and go Your Comment SEND YOUR COMMENT Comments: 22 Roger from Us Silver people on the shoreline let us be. People who are radioactive. The song is about what remains after a nuclear holocaust. Can I have some of your purple berries, yes I've been eating them for six to seven weeks now probably keep both of us alive. Finding food that isn't contaminated. Wooden ships on the water very free. There are no more motors so it is back to sails and wind so you can travel to safer places. I have always known what the song is about even when they first released the album. I do like it when Neil plays with them, but Crosby, Stills, and Nash are great songwriters. Colin from West Yorkshire, Uk Dave from Minnesota Jackson Browne gave his answer to this song with For Everyman, basically saying that if they wanted to sail off to another world, that was their choice, but he felt compelled to stay here and try to improve this one. The Blue Bus Driver Songfacts Writers ©2021 Songfacts®, LLC