4 + 20
(Stephen Stills)

Recorded by : Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; Fareed Hague;
Sonya Hunter; Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen; Stephen Stills.


Four and twenty years ago, I come into this life,
The son of a woman and a man who lived in strife.
He was tired of being poor 
And he wasn't into selling door to door
And he worked like the devil to be more.

A different kind of poverty now upsets me so.
Night after sleepless night, I walk the floor and I want to know 
Why am I so alone?
Where is my woman, can I bring her home? 
Have I driven her away? Is she gone?

Morning comes to sunrise and I'm driven to my bed.
I see that it is empty and there's devils in my head.
I embrace the many colored beast. 
I grow weary of the torment, can there be no peace?
And I find myself just wishing that my life would simply cease.


(Contributed by S. Huck - January 2005)