Cornwall Blank
Written by Dewey Bunnell, ©1972
Found on Homecoming, America's Gold, Encore: More Greatest Hits, Highway, and Homecoming-DVD-Audio.

I've been down to the water
I've been on top of the world
Somebody should come and see me
Somebody should give me the word

'Cause I don't know how many more
I don't know how many more
I don't know how many more to see

Sometimes the free thoughts clash
Sometimes I see through the grass
Sometimes the light begins to dim
Somebody should come and be me
Somebody should come and free me

'Cause I don't know how many more (many more)
I don't know how many more (many more)
I don't know how many more to see

Oh darlin', darlin', I always wanna see you
Oh darlin', darlin', I always wanna see you

I cannot learn much more life
I cannot see much more
Somebody should stop the new sight
Somebody should close the door

'Cause I don't know how many more (many more)
I don't know how many more (many more)
I don't know how many more to see

Wrapped in a blanket, lyin' in the snow
Feelin' like the men felt a long time ago
Goin' to find me a home, goin' to build it with my hands
Can't you see there's food to be grown
Got to dig up, dig up the land

Highway Highlight (from the box set booklet) "Cornwall Blank" finds Bunnell brooding over his recent experiences and wondering about the price of success. He explains its origins thusly: "We were in the studio working on some demos for Homecoming and I just sat over in this corner and got those chords. We had already been on tour with Cat Stevens, done big shows with The Who and Elton John. We'd been on Top Of The Pops, and we'd been doing a lot of growing up. And I was thinking about the Indians, and how they lived more simply. I was trying to contrast that with 'I've been down to the water/I've been on top of the world': I've done everything already. I don't want to do this anymore; I just want to build a teepee and grow corn or something. "Some time before, we had taken two little trips to Cornwall [England]," Bunnell continues. "We were basically venturing away from our families for the very first time, and just piling into a car and driving to Cornwall was a huge undertaking for us. That's when I thought, Boy, it's nice to be out here and blank out--turn it all off. It was bitter cold, so it wasn't like the tropics, but it was the feeling of getting away." The guitar duties on this track went as follows: "Dan and I are kind of doing a guitar duet. I do a little acoustic bridge in the middle, and in the soloing at the end, Dan is doing most of the good stuff. I'm doing that high line. Then we kind of do a little weaving thing."