4 + 20
Composer(s): Stephen Stills
Performer(s): Stephen Stills; Fareed Hague;
Sonya Hunter; Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen



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