for they who love more music
Jackson Brownethe 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
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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
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