Jackson Browne (born Clyde Jackson Browne; October 9, 1948) is an American rock rock music singer-songwriter and musician. His political interest and personal angst have been central to his career, resulting in popular songs such as "Somebody's Baby", "These Days These Days (Jackson Browne song) ", "The Pretender The Pretender (Jackson Browne song) " and "Running On Empty Running on Empty (song) ". In 2004, Browne was inducted into... [read more] - 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...
- Ready Or Not
Someone's going to have to explain it to me I'm not sure what it means My baby's feeling funny in the morning She's having trouble getting into her jeans Her waist-line seems to be expanding Although she never feels...
- For Everyman
Everybody I talk to is ready to leave With the light of the morning They've seen the end coming down Long enough to believe That they've heard their last warning Standing alone Each has his own ticket in his hand And...
- The Times You've Come
In the time we've known That we each are a part of one another We've lost as much as we have won And as our lives have grown We have found that it only brings us pain That hangs on to the things that we have done...
- Take It Easy
Well I'm a-running down the road trying to loosen my load I've got seven women on my mind Four that want to own me, two that want to stone me One says she's a friend of mine Take it easy, take it easy Don't let the...
- Sing My Songs To Me
Sing my songs to me Sing them to me softly Sing me sunlight and shadows Orange groves and meadows Let your voice ring back my memories Sing my songs to me Bring my dreams to me Bring them from the darkness Let the...
- I Thought I Was A Child
It's such a clever innocence with which you do your sorcery As if somehow the years just bow and let that young girl go free I thought I was a child until you turned and smiled I thought I knew where I was going until...
- Redneck Friend
Pretty little one How has it all begun? They're teaching you how to walk But you're already on the run Little one...What you gonna do? Little one...Honey, it's all up to you Now your daddy's in the den shootin' up the...
- Our Lady Of The Well
It is a dance we do in silence Far below this morning sun You in your life, me in mine We have begun Here we stand and without speaking Draw the water from the well And stare beyond the plains To where the mountains...
- 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 seaming just to be this way Dying men draw...
- Sleep's Dark And Silent Gate
Sometimes I lie awake at night and wonderWhere my life will lead meWaiting to pass under sleep's dark and silent gateI found my love too lateRunning around day after dayLooking for the time to playWhile my old friends...
- The Pretender
I'm going to rent myself a houseIn the shade of the freewayGonna pack my lunch in the morningAnd go to work each dayAnd when the evening rolls aroundI'll go on home and lay my body downAnd when the morning light comes...
- My Opening Farewell
A lady stands before an open window Staring so far away She can almost feel the southern wind blow Almost touching her restless day She turns from her window to me Sad smile her apology Sad eyes reaching to the door...
- From Silver Lake
Did you see our brother He was here the other day But he only came to say that he was leaving Did you see his lady She was looking where he'd gone But she wasn't letting on That she was grieving She's bound to go...
- Something Fine
The papers lie there helplessly In a pile outside the door I've tried and tried, but I just can't remember what they're for The world outside is tugging like a beggar at my sleeve Oh, that's much too old a story to...
- Rock Me On The Water
Oh people, look around you The signs are everywhere You've left it for somebody other than you To be the one to care You're lost inside your houses There's no time to find you now Your walls are burning And your...
- A Child In These Hills
I am a child in these hills I am away I am alone I am a child in these hills And looking for water And looking for life Who will show me the river and ask my name? Is there nobody here who'll do that? Well I have come...
- Song For Adam
Though Adam was a friend of mine, I did not know him well He was alone into his distance He was deep into his well I could guess what he was laughing at, But I couldn't really tell Now the story's told that Adam...
- Under The Falling Sky
Warm and lovely mystery, Fire smiling through Before this moment fades away I want to know you I've got lightening in my pocket, Thunder in my shoe Have no fear I've got something here I want to show you Low, under...
- Looking Into You
Well I looked into a house I once lived in Around the time I first went on my own When the roads were as many as the places I had dreamed of And my friends and I were one Now the distance is done and the search has...
- Jamaica Say You Will
Jamaica was the lovely one, I played her well As we lay in the tall grass where the shadows fell Hiding from the children so they would not tell We would stay there 'till her sister rang the evening bell Jamaica, say...
- Here Come Those Tears Again
HERE COME THOSE TEARS AGAINJackson BrowneHere come those tears againJust when I was getting over youJust when I was going to make it throughAnother night without missing youThinking I might just be strong enough after...
- Stay Load Out
STAYJackson Browne(by Maurice Williams)People stay just a little bit longerWe want to play -- just a little bit longerNow the promoter don't mindAnd the union don't mindIf we take a little timeAnd we leave it all...
- Boulevard
BOULEVARDJackson BrowneDown on the boulevard they take it hardThey look at life with such disregardThey say it can't be wonThe way the game is runBut if you choose to stayYou end up playing anywayIt's okay--The kid's...
- Cocaine
You take Sally and I'll take SueTheir ain't no difference between the twoCocaine, running all 'round my brainHeadin' down Scott, turnin' up MainLooking for that girl who sells cocaineCocaine, runnin' all 'round my...
- Stay
Now the seats are all emptyLet the roadies take the stagePack it up and tear it downThey're the first to come and last to leaveWorking for that minimum wageThey'll set it up in another townTonight the people were so...
- Tender Is The Night
TENDER IS THE NIGHTJackson BrowneBetween the darkness on the streetAnd the houses filling up with lightBetween the stillness in my heartAnd the roar of the approaching nightSomebody's calling after somebodySomebody...
- The Rebel Jesus
All the streets are filled with laughter and lightAnd the music of the seasonAnd the merchants' windows are all brightWith the faces of the childrenAnd the families hurrying to their homesWhile the sky darkens and...
- For A Dancer
Keep a fire burning in your eyePay attention to the open skyYou never know what will be coming downI don't remember losing track of youYou were always dancing in and out of viewI must've always thought you'd be...
- That Girl Could Sing
THAT GIRL COULD SINGJackson BrowneShe was a friend to me when I needed oneWasn't for her I don't know what I'd doneShe gave me back something that was missing in meShe could of turned out to be almost anyoneAlmost...
- Lawyers In Love
LAWYERS IN LOVEJackson BrowneI can't keep up with what's been going onI think my heart must just be slowing downAmong the human beings in their designer jeansAm I the only one who hears the screamsAnd the strangled...
- Running On Empty
Running on EmptyThe Doobie Brothersfrom Jackson Browne's Running on Empty albumLooking out at the road rushing under my wheelsLooking back at the years gone by like so many summer fieldsIn sixty-five I was seventeen...
- Doctor My Eyes
DOCTOR MY EYESJackson BrowneDoctor, my eyes have seen the yearsAnd the slow parade of fears without cryingNow I want to understandI have done all that I couldTo see the evil and the good without hidingYou must help me...
- Somebodys Baby
SOMEBODY'S BABYJackson Browne(written by Jackson Browne & Danny Kortchmar)- Originally from the soundtrack to "Fast Times At Ridgemont High"Well, just - a look at that girl with the lights comin' up in her eyes.She's...
- The Next Voice You Hear
Gather your deeds and your possessions, Whatever certainty you've known, Forget your heroes, You don't really need those last few lessons....
- How Long
When you look into a child's faceAnd you're seeing the human raceAnd the endless possibilities thereWhere so much can come trueAnd you think of the beautiful thingsA child can doHow long - would the child surviveHow...
- For America
FOR AMERICAJACKSON BROWNEAs if I really didn't understandThat I was just another part of their planI went off looking for the promiseBelieving in the MotherlandAnd from the comfort of a dreamer's bedAnd the safety of...
- Late For The Sky
The words had all been spokenAnd somehow the feeling still wasn't rightAnd still we continued on through the nightTracing our steps from the beginningUntil they vanished into the airTrying to understand how our lives...
- Before The Deluge
Some of them were dreamersAnd some of them were foolsWho were making plans and thinking of the futureWith the energy of the innocentThey were gathering the toolsThey would need to make their journey back to...
- The Road And The Sky
When we come to place where the road and the sky collideThrow me over the edge and let my spirit glideThey told me i was going to have to work for a livingBut all i want to do is rideI don't care where we're going...
- Walking Slow
Walking slow down the avenueThrough my old neighborhoodDon't know why i'm happyI've got no reason to feel this goodMaybe it's because i'm all aloneAnd i've got no place to goAnd everywhere i look i seeAnother person...
- Farther On
In my early years i hid my tearsAnd passed my days aloneAdrift on an ocean of lonelinessMy dreams like nets were thrownTo catch the love that i'd heard ofIn books and films and songsNow there's a world of illusion and...
- The Late Show
Everyone i've ever known has wished me wellAnyway that's how it seems, it's hard to tellMaybe people only ask you how you're doing'cause that's easier than letting on how little they could careBut when you know that...
- Fountain Of Sorrow
Looking through some photographs I found inside a drawerI was taken by a photograph of youThere were one or two I know that you would have liked a little moreBut they didn't show your spirit quite as trueYou were...
- I'm Alive
It's been a long time since I watched these lights alone I look around my life tonight and you are gone I might have done something to keep you if I'd known...
- I'll Do Anything
You hold a life there in your handsYou probably don't knowSomehow your dreams became my plansSomewhere long agoThink about the things we've done and where we've beenYour touch made me a kingI don't want to live...
- Sky Blue And Black
SKY BLUE AND BLACKIn the calling out to one anotherOf the lovers up and down the strandIn the sound of the waves and the criesOf the seagulls circling the sandIn the fragments of the songsCarried down the wind from...
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