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Jackson Browne
by Jackson Browne
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Overall Rating:
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4.0000
Jackson Browne Lyrics
Lyrics
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- 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 you will
- Help me find a way to fill these empty hours
- Say you will come again tomorrow
- 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
- Jamaica, say you will
- Help me find a way to fill these lifeless sails
- And stay until my ships can find the sea
- Jamaica was a sweet young one, I loved her true
- She was a comfort and a mercy through and through
- Hiding from this world together, next thing I knew
- We had brought her things down to the bay -- what could I do
- Jamaica, say you will
- Help me find a way to fill these sails
- And we will sail until our waters have run dry
- 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 to these hills
- I will come to the river
- As I choose to be gone from the house of my father
- I am a child in these hills
- I am a child
- Chased from the gates of the city where no one had touched me
- 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 me my name?
- Is there nobody here who'll do that?
- Well I have come to these hills
- I will come to the river
- As I choose to be gone from the house of my father
- I am a child in these hills
- I am a child
- I am a child
- I am a child
- 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 jumped, but I've been thinking that he fell
- Together we went traveling, as we received the call
- His destination India, and I had none at all
- Well, I still remember laughing with our backs against the wall
- So free of fear, we never thought that one of us might fall
- I sit before my only candle, but it's so little light to find my way
- Now this story unfolds before my candle
- Which is shorter every hour as it reaches for the day
- But I feel just like a candle in the way
- I guess I'll get there, but I wouldn't say for sure
- When we parted we were laughing still, as our goodbyes were said
- And I never heard from him again as each our lives we led
- Except for once in someone else's letter that I read
- Until I heard the sudden word that a friend of mine was dead
- I sit before my only candle, like a pilgrim sits beside the way
- Now this journey appears before my candle
- As a song that's growing fainter the harder that I play
- But I fear before I end I'll fade away
- But I guess I'll get there, though I wouldn't say for sure
- Though Adam was a friend of mine, I did not know him long
- And when I stood myself beside him, I never though I was as strong
- Still it seems he stopped his singing in the middle of his song
- Well I'm not the one to say I know, but I'm hoping he was wrong
- I'm holding out my only candle, though it's so little light to find my way
- Now this story's been laid beneath my candle
- And it's shorter every hour as it reaches for the day
- Yes, I feel just like a candle in the way
- I hope I'll get there, but I never pray
- Doctor, my eyes have seen the years
- And the slow parade of fears without crying
- Now I want to understand
- I have done all that I could
- To see the evil and the good without hiding
- You must help me if you can
- Doctor, my eyes
- Tell me what is wrong
- Was I unwise to leave them open for so long
- '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 there will
- I never noticed them until I got this feeling
- That it's later than it seems
- Doctor, my eyes
- Tell me what you see
- I hear their cries
- Just say if it's too late for me
- Doctor, my eyes
- Cannot see the sky
- Is this the PRICE for having learned how not to cry
- 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
- Perhaps she'll find him waiting for his boat in some city far away
- She's bound to go
- Lately I remember afternoons of smoke and wine
- There was nothing we could find but peace and pleasure
- And with a smile he told me
- That he wanted just to be on his way across the sea no man can measure
- He won't be back,
- And the sun may find him sleeping in the dust of some ruin far away
- He won't be back
- Early today as I watched while the skyline was shaking
- I heard a rumbling
- Early today the mechanical city was waking
- And I ran out stumbling, mumbling
- Out through the laughter of children and dogs
- Did you see our brother
- He was here the other day
- But he only came to say that he can't breathe here
- Did you see his lady
- She was reaching for his hand
- Just as if to tell her man that she can't either
- They're bound to go
- And the sun may find me running after them, seeing something far away
- We won't be back
- ...COUNTER SONG AT THE END OF ";FROM SILVER LAKE";
- .....Someone who had been away
- .....Suddenly came back today
- .....And I allowed him home today into my mind
- .....For a moment face to face
- .....Evil packed upon the place
- .....Long ago he meant to stay out there this time
- .....Oh, what do you know
- .....The love that I've been feeling
- .....The past is healing so slow
- .....By tomorrow, gone from sorrow.
- Please note the the lyrics to the ";counter song"; came from two very reliable sources... however, a fan who asked Jackson Browne for these lyrics was lucky enough to get Jackson to write down the way he remembered the words and Jackson came up with the following:
- Someone who had been away, suddenly came back today.
- I allowed a hope to stray into my mind.
- For the moment face to face, we looked back upon the place
- where today we went to chase our careless time.
- Oh, what did we know, not what I've been feeling, the past is healing so slowly.
- My tomorrow. Gone from sorrow.
- 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 believe
- And you know that it's taken its share of me
- Even though you take such good care of me
- Now you say ";Morocco"; and that makes me smile
- I haven't seen Morocco in a long, long while
- The dreams are rolling down across the places in my mind
- And I've just had a taste of something fine
- The future hides and the past just slides
- England lies between
- Floating in a silver mist so cold and so clean
- California's shaking like an angry child will
- Who has asked for love and is unanswered still
- And you know that I'm looking back carefully
- ÔCause I know that there's still something there for me
- But you said ";Morocco"; and you made me smile
- And it hasn't been that easy for a long, long while
- And looking back into your eyes I saw them really shine
- Giving me a taste of something fine
- Something fine
- Now if you see Morocco I know you'll go in style
- I may not see Morocco for a little while
- But while you're there I was hoping you might keep it in your mind
- To save me just a taste of something fine
- 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 the falling sky
- Easily we will lie
- While I bring it to you
- It's a low road, a high wire going from me to you
- And in your eyes the distance left is closing
- I've got a feeling in my oceans
- Blood underneath my skin
- That into your bright fields this prison is opening
- Low, under the falling sky
- Easily we will lie
- While I bring it to you
- Our shadows wake each day though they don't know why
- They hope and try -- live and die
- So leave them in their frozen world
- Come and be my lover
- If only for one stolen moment
- We will live forever
- Warm and lovely mystery, can you hear the choir?
- Voices can no longer hold my desire
- Abandon your sad history and meet me in the fire
- Our angels wait to take us higher and higher
- Higher and higher
- Low, under the falling sky
- Easily we will lie
- While I bring it to you
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