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Stephen Stills — Change Partners
Album: Stephen Stills 2
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Released: 1970
Length: 3:07
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All of the ladies attending the ball
Are requested to gaze
In the faces found on the dance cards
Please then remember and don't get too close
To one special one
He will take your defenses and run

So we change partners
Time to change partners
You must change partners
Again

This is how most of our ladies grew up
At the country club dances
They learned how to handle the boys
Gently but firmly, they learned to say no
There were four more young men
Who were waiting in the color and the noise

So we change partners
Time to change partners
You must change partners
Again

All of the ladies attending the ball
Are requested to gaze
In the faces found on the dance cards
Please then remember and follow your list
'Cause the dear things get hurt
And the broken hearts make you feel hard

So we change partners
Time to change partners
You must change partners
Again
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The verse is very similar to "The Eagle and the Hawk" by John Denver....
The poetry in these lyrics is why I love Steve Stills.  Great song, great album.

Think I go invite him to my housewarming party next week ... kinda funny that he hasn't yet needed a liver transplant.
this is one of the few Stephen Stills songs that I really enjoy
I smell a whiff of the Little River Band here.
Let the beatings begin!
 unclehud wrote:
A good tune from a GREAT album.
 
I wore out a few of his and his buddies albums back in the day!
A good tune from a GREAT album.

Changing partners is easy when you're young; not so when you're older and have to hire attorneys.
Mugro wrote:
wow. this is wierd. This song came up on my "song shuffle" on my ipod last night! This is ironic, as I have gone several years without hearing this song, and now I hear it twice in 24 hours! Thanks RP!
probably a sign!
jamm wrote:
While this is good, Manassas is one of my all-time favorites..I'd like to hear anything off of that album!
That first Manassas album (especially side one, for all of you fellow fogies who can remember vinyl) was great. Their second album totally barfed imo. But there's a reason - that's when Stills was supposedly going through drug rehab.
I love this tune! And the lyrics: that's always my opinion!
wow. this is wierd. This song came up on my "song shuffle" on my ipod last night! This is ironic, as I have gone several years without hearing this song, and now I hear it twice in 24 hours! Thanks RP!
Can I see Crosby Nash and Young hiding in his sideburns? I'm liking the music today on rp!
This song makes me feel happy!
I would love to hear something from Thoroughfare GapPosted 18 years ago by crowhog2000    [ Reply ]
daedalus wrote:
Good old Chromium nostrils! He was a big musical influence on me. The creator of many fine songs - This one isn't anyhere near my favorite, but it's good to hear him anyway.
chromium nostrils.
jamm wrote:
While this is good, Manassas is one of my all-time favorites..I'd like to hear anything off of that album!
Love the Stills. And really love the Manassas!
oh my god...how? why?
sure he sounds fine, but this song is terrible
Still(s) sounds great!
Kinda fun to hear this again every 10 years or so.
Good old Chromium nostrils! He was a big musical influence on me. The creator of many fine songs - This one isn't anyhere near my favorite, but it's good to hear him anyway.
While this is good, Manassas is one of my all-time favorites..I'd like to hear anything off of that album!
A classic... pure Stills.
Gotta love those sideburns! pbm
Yo-hoo! I'm first! Buy this! And Manassas! Topanga Canyon!