Mister Can't You See

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"Mister Can't You See"
Single by Buffy Sainte-Marie
from the album Moonshot
B-side "Moonshot"
Released1972
Recorded1971
Genre Folk
Length3:19
Label Vanguard
Songwriter(s) Mickey Newbury
Townes Van Zandt
Producer(s) Norbert Putnam
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Buffy Sainte-Marie singles chronology
"I'm Gonna Be a Country Girl Again"
(1971)
"Mister Can't You See"
(1972)
"He's an Indian Cowboy in the Rodeo"
(1972)

"Mister Can't You See" is a song written by Mickey Newbury and Townes Van Zandt that first appeared on Newbury's 1968 debut album Harlequin Melodies . Newbury's original version was slow and dominated by strings and a very simple drumbeat, with his voice telling a tale of nature's power and beauty. The actual title of the song comes from the line "can't you see the river flowing".

Buffy Sainte-Marie Cover

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 213.