Jackson Browne Quotes

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,theres no time to find you now

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.

Let the music keep our spirits high
And let the buildings keep our children dry Let creation reveal its secrets by and by.

I want to know what became of the changes
We waited for love to bring.
Were they only the fitful dreams
Of some greater awakening?
I've been aware of the time going by;
They say in the end it's the wink of an eye.

I try to shut my eyes
But I can't get her outta my sight.
I know I'm gonna know her,
But I gotta get over my fright.
Well, I'm just gonna walk up to her,
I'm gonna talk to her tonight.<p>Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's only light,
Gonna shine tonight.
Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight.

Honey you shake and I'll rattle and we'll roll on down the line
And see if we can't get in touch with a very close friend of mine.
But let me clue you in, it ain't like him
To argue or pretend--
Honey let me introduce you to my redneck friend.

In the morning when I closed my eyes,
You were sleeping in paradise.
And while the room was growing light,
I was holding still with all my might.

Out into the cool of the evening,
Strolls the Pretender.
He knows that all his hopes and dreams
Begin and end there

She was a friend to me when I needed one.
Wasn't for her I don't know what I'd done.
She gave me back something that was missing in me.
She could of turned out to be almost anyone,
Almost anyone--
With the possible exception
Of who I wanted her to be.

You could hold her tight
With all your might,
But she'd slip through your arms like the wind.
And be back in flight,
Back into the night,
Where you might never see her again.

The daughter of a captain on the rolling seas,
She would stare across the water from the trees.
Last time he was home he held her on his knees
And said the next time they would sail away just where they pleased.

Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels.
Looking back at the years gone by like so many summer fields.
'65, I was 17 and running up 101.
I don't know where I'm running now, I'm just running on.

I got a thing or two to say
Before I walk on by.
I'm feeling good today.
But if die a little farther along,
I'm trusting everyone to carry on.

Looking through some photographs I found inside a drawer,
I was taken by a photograph of you.
There were one or two I know
That you would have liked a little more,
But they didn't show your spirit quite as true.
You were turning round to see who was behind you
And I took your childish laughter by surprise,
And at the moment that my camera happened to find you
There was just a trace of sorrow in your eyes.

Are you there?
Say a prayer for the Pretender. Who started out so young and strong
Only to surrender.