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American Stars 'N Bars, 1977
Written by Neil Young, Tim Drummond, and Bobby Charles
This country-tinged rocker is another of Young's apparent goofs. It centers around a guy lusting after various women, notably other men's wives, but the lyrics are impressionistic and tossed-off: "I want to lick the platter, the gravy doesn't matter / It's a cold bowl of chili when love lets you down / But it's the neighbor's wife I'm after." At the time of the recording, Young had split up with his first wife, and was about to marry Pegi Morton in one of the rock world's apparent storybook marriages, until he would divorce her 36 years later and take up with Darryl Hannah. Linda Ronstadt and Nicholette Larsen (with whom Young also reportedly got romantic) provide backing vocals.
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