Posted:Tue Dec 30, 2008 10:39 PM CST
for they who love more music
Jackson Browne
the things that I remember
seem so distant and so small
though it hasn't really been that long a time
what I was seeing wasn't what was happening at all
though for a while our paths did seem to climb
when you see through love's illusions
there lies the danger
and your perfect lover looks like a perfect fool
so you go running off in search of a perfect stranger
while the loneliness seems to spring from your life
like a fountain from a pool
fountain of sorrow, fountain of light
you've known that hollow sound
of your own steps in flight
you've had to hide sometimes but now you're all right
and it's good to see your smiling face tonight
hedistuff
sand fork, West Virginia USA
Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:01 PM CST
jackson brown
now for me some words come easy
but I know that they don't mean that much
compared with the things that are said
when lovers touch
you never knew what I loved in you
I don't know what you loved in me
maybe the picture of somebody
you were hoping I might be
awake again I can't pretend
and I know I'm alone
and close to the end
of the feeling we've known
how long have I been sleeping
how long have I been drifting alone through the night
how long have I been dreaming I could make it right
if I closed my eyes and tried with all my might
to be the one you need
how long have I been running for that morning flight
through the whispered promises and the changing light
of the bed where we both lie
late for the sky
Lucidfjb
Fairfield, Ohio USA
Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:19 PM CST
"Late for the Sky" is the only album I can think of that weaves a journey from the first song to the last. Each tune has a personal meaning to all the stages of my life. That's one album I cannot do without. Thanks for sharing.
trish123
Lancashire, Lancashire, England UK
Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:54 AM CST
Ive been to see Jackson Browne a few times - hes one of my all time favourites...........
COLORS OF THE SUN
Colors of the sun
Flashing on the water top
Echo on the land
Picking for a coin
Many other tiny worlds
Singing past my hand
Awake to understand you are not dreaming
It is not seeming just to be this way
Dying men draw numbers in the air
Dream to conquer little bits of time
Scuffle with the crowd to get their share
And fall behind their little bits of time
Voices in the air
Sympathetic harmony
Coming from the trees
Hanging at my door
Many shiny surfaces
Clinging in the breeze
Oh, leave me where I am I am not losing
If I am choosing not to plan my life
Disillusioned saviors search the sky
Wanting to just to show someone the way
Asking all the people passing by
Doesn't anybody want the way
I say goodbye to Joseph and Maria
They think I see another sky
And from my fallen window I still see them
I'll never free them from the sky
trish123
Lancashire, Lancashire, England UK
Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:56 AM CST
He was only 17/18 when he wrote this one and I think the final two lines are simply magnificent.........
THESE DAYS
Well I've been out walking
I don't do that much talking these days
These days--
These days I seem to think a lot
About the things that I forgot to do
For you
And all the times I had the chance to
And I had a lover
It's so hard to risk another these days
These days--
Now if I seem to be afraid
To live the life I have made in song
Well it's just that I've been losing so long
I'll keep on moving
Things are bound to be improving these days
These days--
These days I sit on corner stones
And count the time in quarter tones to ten, my friend
Don't confront me with my failures
I had not forgotten them