Shapes of Things - Yardbirds, The (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)

Shapes of Things (Yardbirds, The, 1966). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2023-07-20. "Keeping the Oldies & Classics Alive"

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"Shapes of Things," written by band members Jim McCarty, Keith Relf and Paul Smawell-Smith, was the Yardbirds' fourth release in the USA and their fourth top 20 hit landing at the no. 11 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1966 (Whitburn, 2013). Originally, I assumed that "Shapes of Things" was an environmental song; however, according to Yardbirds' drummer Jim McCarty, the song "was very much about the state of the situation in the country with the Vietnam War, so it was sort of an anti-war song" (songfacts, 2023). Jeff Beck provided the guitar licks during the song, and because of his contribution, bassist Paul Samwell-Smith believed that Beck should have received co-credit for writing the song, which he did not receive (Clayson, 2002).

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Lyrics:

Shapes of things before my eyes,
Just teach me to despise.
Will time make men more wise?
Here within my lonely frame,
my eyes just heard my brain.
But will it seem the same?

(Come Tomorrow) Will I be older?
(Come Tomorrow) May be a soldier.
(Come Tomorrow) May I be bolder than today?

Now the trees are almost green.
But will they still be seen?
When time and tide have been.
Fall into your passing hands.
Please don't destroy these lands.
Don't make them desert sands.

(Come Tomorrow) Will I be older?
(Come Tomorrow) May be a soldier.
(Come Tomorrow) May I be bolder than today?

Soon I hope that I will find,
Thoughts deep within my mind.
That won't displace my kind.