Suite: Judy Blue Eyes Lyrics

[Part 1]
[Verse 1]
It's getting to the point where I'm no fun anymore
I am sorry
Sometimes it hurts so badly, I must cry out loud
"I am lonely"

[Chorus]
I am yours, you are mine
You are what you are
You make it hard

[Verse 2]
Remember what we've said and done and felt about each other
Oh babe, have mercy
Don't let the past remind us of what we are not now
I am not dreaming

[Chorus]
I am yours, you are mine
You are what you are
You make it hard

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Verse 3]
Tearing yourself away from me now--you are free
And I am crying
This does not mean I don't love you--I do, that's forever
Yes and for always

[Chorus]
I am yours, you are mine
You are what you are
You make it hard

[Verse 4]
Something inside is telling me that I've got your secret
Are you still listening?
Fear is the lock and laughter the key to your heart
And I love you

[Chorus]
I am yours, you are mine
You are what you are
You make it hard
And you make it hard

And you make it hard
And you make it hard

[Part 2]
[Verse 5]
Friday evening, Sunday in the afternoon
What have you got to lose?
Tuesday morning, please be gone, I'm tired of you
What have you got to lose?
[Verse 9]
Lacy, lilting, leery
Losing love, lamenting

Change my life, make it right
Be my lady


[Part 4]
[Outro]
Do-do-do-do-do, do, do, do-do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do, do, do, do-do
Do-do-do-do-do, do, do, do-do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do, do, do, do-do
¡Que linda!
Do-do-do-do-do, do, do, do-do-do-do
Me recuerda a Cuba
Do-do-do-do-do, do, do, do-do
Do-do-do-do-do, do, do, do-do-do-do
La reina de la Mar Caribe
Do-do-do-do-do, do, do, do-do
Do-do-do-do-do, do, do, do-do-do-do
Quiero sólo visitarla allí
Do-do-do-do-do, do, do, do-do
Do-do-do-do-do, do, do, do-do-do-do
Y que triste que no puedo. ¡Vaya!
Do-do-do-do-do, do, do, do-do
Do-do-do-do-do, do, do, do-do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do, do, do, do-do
O Va! O Va!
Do-do-do-do-do, do, do, do-do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do, do, do, do-do
Do-do-do-do-do, do, do, do-do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do, do, do, do-do

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About

Genius Annotation

Crosby, Stills & Nash performed the song for the first time at the legendary Woodstock festival. The song is ranked 418th on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

The song was written by Stephen Stills to his then girlfriend, singer Judy Collins.

Its unique division to sections and a coda makes it a pioneering, innovative and unique classic.

The title has a remarkable double entendre – the word “Suite” describes the construction of the musical creation, but it is also heard as ‘Sweet Judy Blue Eyes" which would have been just as an apt title.

In the 1991 boxed set of CSN work, Stills said:

It started out as a long narrative poem about my relationship with Judy. It poured out of me over many months and filled several notebooks. I had a hell of a time getting the music to fit. I was left with all these pieces of song and I said, ‘Let’s sing them together and call it a suite,’ because they were all about the same thing and they led up to the same point.

Collins has said of the song:

[Stephen] came to where I was singing one night on the West Coast and brought his guitar to the hotel and he sang me “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes”, the whole song. And of course it has lines in it that referred to my therapy. And so he wove that all together in this magnificent creation. So the legacy of our relationship is certainly in that song.

Q&A

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What did Crosby, Stills & Nash say about "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"?
Genius Answer

From Nash’s 2013 autobiography, Wild Tales:

We realized the most important track would be the opening number, because it would set the tone for the rest of the album. It’s the track where you can’t take the needle off the record after you’ve heard it. And we had one. Man, did we have one.

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