Jackson Browne Quotes

These days I sit on cornerstones
And count the time in quarter-tones to ten, my friend
Don't confront me with my failures
I had not forgotten them.

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.

Keep a fire for the human race;
Let your prayers go drifting into space.
You never know what will be coming down,
Perhaps a better world is drawing near.
Just as easily it could all disappear

Talk about celestial bodies,
And your angels on the wing.
She wasn't much good at stickin' around--but
That girl could sing.
She could sing...<p>In the dead of night,
She could shine a light
On some places that you've never been.
In that kind of light,
You could lose your sight
And believe there was something to win.

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.

Maybe people only ask you how you're doing
'Cos that's easier than letting on how little they could care.

Hold a place for the human race.
Keep it open wide.
Give it time to fall or climb.
But let the time decide.
Sometimes you wonder what's in this for you.
But you wait and you see.
'Cause its all you can do.
Just to hold on.
Hold on hold out, hold on.

Now the seats are all empty,
Let the roadies take the stage.
Pack it up and tear it down.
They're the first to come and the last to leave,
Working for that minimum wage.
They'll set it up in another town.

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.

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 stories told that Adam jumped, but I'm thinking that he fell.

Everybody's just waiting to hear from the one
Who can give them the answers
And lead them back to that place in the warmth of the sun
Where sweet childhood still dances Who'll come along And hold out that strong But gentle fathers hand?

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.

'Cause I have wandered through this world
And as each moment has unfurled,
I've been waiting to awaken from these dreams.
People go just where they will,
I never noticed them until I got this feeling
That it's later than it seems.

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.

You love the thunder and you love the rain.
You know your hunger like you know your name.
I know you wonder how you ever came To be a woman in love with a man in search of the flame.