“Different Drum” was composed by Mike Nesmith in 1966, and performed the following year by the Stone Poneys and Linda Ronstadt. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You and I travel to the beat of a different drum Oh can’t you tell by the way I run Every time you make eyes at me Wo-oh You cry and moan and say it will work out But honey child I’ve got my doubts You can’t see the forest for the trees Oh don’t get me wrong It’s not that I knock it It’s just that I am not in the market For a boy who wants to love only me Yes, and I ain’t saying you ain’t pretty All I’m saying is I’m not ready For any person place or thing To try and pull the reins in on me So good-bye I’ll be leaving I see no sense in this crying and grieving We’ll both live a lot longer If you live without me Oh don’t get me wrong It’s not that I knock it It’s just that I am not in the market For a boy who wants to love only me Yes, and I ain’t saying you ain’t pretty All I’m saying is I’m not ready For any person place or thing To try and pull the reins in on me So good-bye I’ll be leaving I see no sense in this crying and grieving We’ll both live a lot longer If you live without me ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Stone Poneys oli yhdysvaltalainen folk rock -yhtye. Se toimi vuosina 1967-1968, ja ehti sinä aikana julkaista kolme albumia, jotka tuotti Nick Venet. Useimmat laulut olivat yhtyeen kitaristien, Bob Kimmelin ja Ken Edwardsin säveltämiä. The Stone Poneys perustettiin Los Angelesissa. Se …
Linda Ronstadt was seriously beautiful…and had a voice to match her looks. She must have been a heartbreaker…
It is me or does Selena Gomez look like Linda?
I was 6 years old and like this song! Still do. Linda Ronstadt has a great voice.
when will you be ready linda? the all american boy has been waiting 40 years.
i voted for your b.f. jetty brown.. come together right now over me… PEACE/LOVE,,ricky
Sweet
That’s a bittersweet memory I’m sure. Thanks for sharing. I was 12 in ’68, but remember the time so clearly, as well as this song.
haha my mom was like KD You need to get in here right now! So I ran into her room worried she had hurt herself and she was sorta giggling and was like this song is you and ….’s song, I was like what? she made me look it up and shes right haha. At 17 I am SO not on the market to have a guy dedicated ONLY to me, maybe when I’m ready to settle.
I’ll never forget returning home from college to Long Island the Christmas in 1968 and joining my friends who were on leave from Vietnam and listening to “Different Drum” on all the club juke boxes. It was a kind of theme song…
Bobby Kimmel was a friend of mine at Salpointe Catholic as was Linda’s brother. I was sorry to hear that they parted very angrily.
Oh, stop with that! Makes me realize how old I am LOL!
@bilzup. Hi there. Try the X-mini plug-in expanding ball speaker. Rattles the plates in the cupboard, so I had to turn the volume down!!!
Boy was Linda hot!
All good! Thanks for the lyrics, but its just a shame for laptop speaker listeners it was not uploaded at a higher volume, like the other uploaders of this song have done
i never realized Big Foot was such a fox
how can time go so fast this gorgeous sweetie is 65 now
Her name fits so well, shes just linda, almost more than her voice, but i couldnt compare the two !!! I L U baby , youll always be the best,,,,,
tyx MIKE!!!
I can’t find the words…but, thank you.
I’ve search years for this song, WOW, Thanks for posting this.
Linda – Wow, I loved this song all those years ago!
This brings back so many memories from the late 60′s!!!!