Jackson Browne
Rarities & Duets
"Rarities & Duets"




Lyrics from Miscellaneous Jackson Browne Songs. This is NOT an album. This is just a listing of miscellaneous Jackson Browne songs that do not appear on his standard CDs.

  1. Crow On The Cradle (written by Sydney Carter; from No Nukes, with Graham Nash & David Lindley)
  2. You're A Friend of Mine (written by Narada Michael Walden & Jeffrey Cohen; duet with Clarence Clemons)
  3. El Salvador (written by Greg Copeland; duet with Joan Baez)
  4. The Rebel Jesus (written by Jackson Browne; backed by The Chieftains)
  5. Golden Slumbers (written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney; duet with Jennifer Warnes)
  6. The First Girl I Loved (written by Robin Williamson, from Elektra's 40th Anniversary)
  7. Unloved (written by Jann Arden; duet with Jann Arden)
  8. Let It Be Me (written by Mann Curtis, Pierre Delanoe and Gilbert Becaud; duet with Timothy B. Schmit)
  9. Voice Of America (written by Little Steven; B-side of the single "In The Shape Of A Heart")
  10. Birds of St. Marks (written by Jackson Browne; from the Jackson Browne: Going Home video)
  11. My Problem Is You (written by Jackson Browne; back by Luis Conte and his band)
  12. I've Been The One (written by Lowell George; from Rock And Roll Doctor)
  13. Kisses Sweeter Than Wine (written by Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert, Lee Hays, Fred Hellerman and Huddie Ledbetter; duet with Bonnie Raitt)
  14. Redemption Song (written by Bob Marley; from the Concert for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)
  15. If I Only Had A Brain (written by Harold Arlen & E.Y. "Yip" Harburg; from The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Do Come True)
  16. We're Off To See The Wizard (written by Harold Arlen & E.Y. "Yip" Harburg; from The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Do Come True)
  17. Cocaine (Rehab Version) (written by Rev. Gary Davis, additional lyrics by Jackson Browne & Glenn Frey)
  18. Just Like Forever (written by Jackson Browne; unreleased, though performed in concert a few times)
  19. You Asshole You (written by Doug Haywood; performed by Jackson in concert on rare occasion)
  20. I'll Fly Away (Without You) (written by Jackson Browne, Craig Doerge and Rosemary Butler; recorded by Nicolette Larson in 1982)
  21. Doolin Daltan (written by J. Browne, J.D. Souther, G. Frey and D. Henley; recorded by the Eagles in 1973)
  22. Nightingale (written by Jackson Browne; recorded by the Eagles; 1972)
  23. Here (written and recorded by Jackson Browne; from the Kevin Spacey film Shrink; 2009)

There are three types of songs included on this page:

(1) Some of these are Jackson Browne songs that were released on compilation albums, B-sides to singles, or video but never made it onto Jackson's regular CDs.

(2) Some of these songs are duets that appear on albums by other artists, like the duet with Clarence Carter on the song "You're A Friend Of Mine", which appeared on a Clarence Clemons album, and as a single, but has never appeared on an official Jackson Browne release.

(3) Some of these songs were written by Jackson, but never recorded by him, like the song "Nightingale" which was an outtake from his debut album that was later recorded by the Eagles.

Please note, this list does NOT include any tracks where Jackson merely sings harmony or background vocals for another artist. This page also does not include alternative versions of songs officially released on his albums.





L Y R I C S

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CROW ON THE CRADLE
(written by Sydney Carter)
(from the soundtrack to No Nukes; peformed live by Jackson Browne with Graham Nash & David Lindley)

The sheep's in the meadow
The cow's in the corn
Now is the time for a child to be born
He'll laugh at the moon
And cry for the sun
And if it's a boy he'll carry a gun
Sang the crow on the cradle

And if it should be that this baby's a girl
Never you mind if her hair doesn't curl
With rings on her fingers
And bells on her toes
And a bomber above her wherever she goes
Sang the crow on the cradle

The crow on the cradle
The black and the white
Somebody's baby is born for a fight
The crow on the cradle
The white and the black
Somebody's baby is not coming back
Sang the crow on the cradle

Your mother and father will sweat and they'll slave
To build you a coffin and dig you a grave
Hush-a-bye little one, never you weep
For we've got a toy that can put you to sleep
Sang the crow on the cradle

Bring me my gun, and I'll shoot that bird dead
That's what your mother and father once said
The crow on the cradle, what can we do
Ah, this is a thing that I'll leave up to you
Sang the crow on the cradle
Sang the crow on the cradle

(c) WARNER-TAMBERLANE PUBLISHING CORP., BMI




YOU'RE A FRIEND OF MINE
(written by Narada Michael Walden & Jeffrey Cohen)
(performed by Clarence Clemons & Jackson Browne on the Clarence Clemons album Hero)

Striking out?
Well count me in
I'm gonna stand right by your side through thick or thin
Ain't no doubt
Gonna win
A walk through hell ain't bad compared to where we've been

Oh you can depend on me
Over and over... over and over
Know that I intend to be
The one who who always makes you laugh until you cry
And you can call on me until the day you die

Years may come and go
Here's one thing I know
All my life
You're a friend of mine
What if mountains fall?
Nothin' left at all
I'll be fine
'Cause you're a friend of mine

That argument
I can't forget
We fought so hard I don't think I've recovered yet
The girls we knew
Who thought you were cool
I never introduced my favorite ones to you

Oh you can depend on me
Over and over... over and over
Know that I intend to be
The one who who always makes you laugh until you cry
And you can call on me until the day you die

Years may come and go
Here's one thing I know
All my life
You're a friend of mine
What if mountains fall?
Nothin' left at all
I'll be fine
'Cause you're a friend of mine

(c) 1985 GRATITUDE SKY MUSIC, ASCAP & POLO GROUNDS MUSIC COMPANY, BMI




EL SALVADOR
(written by Greg Copeland)
(performed by Joan Baez & Jackson Browne from her album Speaking of Dreams)

Now that the city is dreaming, viva the pale moonlight
Take to your bibles, take to your beds, now that nothing seems right
National Guards who they pay by the week are gonna clash in the curfew tonight
With Los companeros born in the war, from Warsaw to San Salvador

A voice from the past comes a callin', saying hold every strong heart dear
These are the days when it seems like there's nothing but newspapers, order, fear
Praise to the ones who are burried gone, and to the brave hearts who just disappeared
Los companeros, born in the war, from Belfast to San Salvador

Whad'a you got to do to get through
They're deaf as a graveyard
What does Nicaragua say to you?

Think of the midnight, silver & black, think if the sun can be fooled
Think of the four sisters shot in the back for running a land reform school
Think of the ones taken hard in the hills, they can be beaten but they can never be ruled
Los Companeros, born in the war, viva El Salvador

(c) 1989 MELL MEZZO, ASCAP




THE REBEL JESUS
(written by Jackson Browne)
(performed by Jackson Browne backed by The Chieftains from their album The Bells Of Dublin)

All the streets are filled with laughter and light
And the music of the season
And the merchants' windows are all bright
With the faces of the children
And the families hurrying to their homes
As the sky darkens and freezes
They'll be gathering around the hearths and tales
Giving thanks for all God's graces
And the birth of the rebel Jesus

Well they call him by the Prince of Peace
And they call him by the Savior
And they pray to him upon the seas
And in every bold endeavor
As they fill his churches with their pride and gold
And their faith in him increases
But they've turned the nature they have worshipped in
From a temple to a robber's den
In the words of the rebel Jesus

We guard our world with locks and guns
And we guard our fine possessions
And once a year when Christmas comes
We give to our relations
And perhaps we give a little to the poor
If the generosity should seize us
But if any one of us should interfere
In the business of why they are poor
They get the same as the rebel Jesus

But please forgive me if I seem
To take the tone of judgement
For I've no wish to come between
This day and your enjoyment
In this life of hardship and of earthly toil
We have need for anything that frees us
So I bid you pleasure
And I bid you cheer
From a heathen and a pagan
On the side of the rebel Jesus.

(c) 1991 BMG MUSIC




GOLDEN SLUMBERS/CARRY THAT WEIGHT (MEDLEY)
(written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney)
(from the Disney album For Our Children; peformed by Jackson Browne & Jennifer Warnes)

Once there was a way to get back homeward
Once there was a way to get back home
Sleep, pretty darling, do not cry
And I will sing a lullaby
Golden Slumbers fill your eyes
Smiles awake you when you rise
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I wil sing a lullaby

Once there was a way to get back homeward
Once there was a way to get back home
Sleep, pretty darling, do not cry
And I will sing a lullaby
Golden Slumbers fill your eyes
Smiles awake you when you rise
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I wil sing a lullaby

Oh, you're gonna carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
Oh, you're gonna carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time

(c) 1969 NORTHERN SONGS (BMI)




FIRST GIRL I LOVED
(written by Robin Williamson)
(from the album Rubaiyat: Elektra's 40th Anniversary; performed by Jackson Browne with David Lindley)

First girl I loved--
Time has come I will sing the sad goodbye song
When I was seventeen, I used to know you
And I haven't seen you now in so many years
And the last time I saw you
You said you joined the Church of Jesus
But me I remember your long red hair
Falling in our faces as I kissed you


I just want you to know I just had to go
I just want you to know I just had to grow
And you're probably married now
With a house and car and all
And you turned into a grown-up female stranger
If I was lyin' by you now, I wouldn't be here at all

Well we parted so hard
Me rushing 'round New York with a guitar
Making love to people I didn't even like to see
And I still sometimes think of you
As I lay here in the six at morning
And in the lonely midnight
I've got to hold your face before me

I just want you to know I just had to go
I just want you to know I just had to grow
And you're probably married now
With kids and all
And you turned into a grown-up female stranger
If I was lyin' by you now, I'd just have to fall

And I never slept with you
Though we must have made love a thousand times
'Cause we were just young
Didn't have no place to go

I just want you to know I just had to go
I just want you to know I just had to grow
So its goodbye First Love
And I hope you're fine
I have a sweet woman
Maybe someday she'll have babies by me
(She pretty)
She's a true friend of mine

(c) 1967 WARNER TAMERLANE PUBLISHING CORP. BMI




UNLOVED
(written by Jann Arden)
(performed by Jann Arden and Jackson Browne from her album Living Under June)

There will be no consolation prize
this time the bone is broken clean
no baptism, no reprise and no sweet taste of victory
All the stars have fallen from the sky
And everything else in between
Satellites have closed their eyes
The moon has gone to sleep
Unloved... unloved... unloved... unloved...

Here I am inside a hotel
Choking on a million words I said
Cigarettes have burned a hole
And dreams are drunk and penniless
Here I am inside my father's arms
All jagged bone and whisky dry
Whisper to me sweetly now and tell me I will never die
Unloved... unloved... unloved... unloved

Here I am an empty hallway
broken window, rainy night
I am nineteen sixty-two and I am ready for a fight
People crying hallelujah
While the bullet leaves the gun
People falling, falling, falling
And I don't know where they're falling from
Unloved... unloved... unloved... unloved

Hoping that the kindness will lead us
Past the blindnes and
Not another living soul
Will ever have to feel
Unloved... unloved... unloved... unloved
Unloved... unloved...

(c) 1994 POLYGRAM SONGS, INC. AND GIRL ON THE MOON MUSIC, controlled in the U.S. by Songs of PolyGram International, Inc. (BMI)




LET IT BE ME
(written by Mann Curtis, Pierre Delanoe and Gilbert Becaud)
(performed by Jackson Browne and Timothy B. Schmit; from the Bye, Bye Love motion picture soundtrack, 1995)

I bless the day I found you
I want to stay around you
And so I beg you
Let it be me . . .

Don't take this heaven from one
If you must cling to someone
Now and forever
Let it be me . . .

Each time we meet, love
I find complete love
Without your sweet love
What would life be?

So never leave me lonely
Tell me you love me only
And that you'll always
Let it be me . . .

Each time we meet, love
I find complete love
Without your sweet love
What would life be?

So never leave me lonely
Tell me you love me only
And that you'll always
Let it be me . . .

Published by MCA MUSIC PUB., a division of MCA, INC., ASCAP




VOICE OF AMERICA
(written by Little Steven)
(from the B-side of the single "In The Shape Of A Heart"; peformed by Jackson Browne)
Little Steven's version appears on his album of the same name.

Can you hear me? Wake up!
Where's the voice of America?
Somebody help me, we gotta stop a crime
I been betrayed by my own kind
I been quiet, too quiet
While across the borderline
We die

Can you hear me? Wake up!
Where's the voice of America?
I know that we knew right from wrong once upon a time
Everything we stood for has been compromised
I been quiet, too quiet
While across our borderline
My people lie

Can you hear me? Wake up!
Where's the voice of America?
You're quiet, too quiet
Are you still alive
Inside

Can you hear me? Wake up!
We're the voice of America
We're the voice of America
We're the voice of America
We're the voice of America

(c) 1991 RAZOR & TIE MUSIC CORP.




BIRDS OF ST. MARKS
(written by Jackson Browne)
(from the Jackson Browne: Going Home video)

Oh how sadly sound the songs the queen must sing of dying
A prisoner upon her throne of melancholy sighing
If she could see her mirror now
She would be free of those who bow and
Scrape the ground before her feet

Silently she walks among her dying midnight roses
Watches as each moment goes that never really know us
And so it seems she doesn't care
If she has dreams of no one there
Within the shadows of her room

But all my frozen words agree, and say it's time to
Call back, all the birds I sent to
Fly behind her castle walls, and I'm
Weary of the nights I've seen
Inside these empty halls

Wooden lady turn and turn among my weary secrets
And wave within the hours past and other empty pockets
Maybe we've found what we have lost
When we've unwound so many crossed entangling
Misunderstandings; but

All my frozen words agree and say it's time to
Call back all the birds I sent to
Fly behind her castle walls, and I'm
Weary of the nights I've seen
Inside these empty walls

(c) 1970 OPEN WINDOW MUSIC, COMPANION MUSIC AND ATLANTIC MUSIC CORP.




MY PROBLEM IS YOU
(written by Jackson Browne)
(Performed by Jackson Browne and Luis Conte from his album The Road; Original version released on the album I'm Alive; Spanish translation by Jorge Calderón.)

To love and get away before the walls have arisen
You've got to be free
But to go on attempting to break into the prison
You'd have to be me
I wait for the sun to rise over the mountain
I wait for your touch
I wait for your angels to carry me home
But I wait too much
Waiting for you
I have no problem telling right from wrong
Fiction from what's true
No problem telling the dream from the dawn
My problem is you
Waiting here for you

I wanted to live in the realm of the senses
You've got to know how
And for some kinds of pleasure there are no defenses
I know that now
Our love is a crackling ladder of lightning
Our love is a fire
Our love is a wave moving deep in an ocean
Of need and desire
Waiting for you
I have no problem with this crooked world
I play the cards I drew
No problem with the changes life has hurled
My problem is you
Waiting here for you

I need your wonder and I need your light
I need your tender touch to heal the night
I need you laughing and I need you free
And I need to lock you away deep inside of me
Waiting for you

I have no problem telling right from wrong
The way some people do
I know exactly where these arms belong
My problem is you
Waiting here for you

Esperando por ti (waiting for you)

Necesito tu luz (I need your light)
Tu sutil maravilla (your delicate wonder)
La ternura en tu piel (the tenderness in your hair)
Tu sonrisa sencilla (your simple smile)
Quien o que es este milagro (who or what is this miracle)
Viva libre en ti (living free in you)
Necesito encerrarte bien el dentro de mi (I need to lock you well inside of me)

(c) 1993 SWALLOW TURN MUSIC, ASCAP




I'VE BEEN THE ONE
(written by Lowell George)
(Performed by Jackson Browne on the Lowell George tribute album Rock And Roll Doctor;1997)

I've been the one who has been frightened
and almost borne away by the very thoughts
that I feared yesterday
And it must be the dust or smoke that's in my eyes

How can I cry about something from someone I won't see
Oh my friends all say she had her chance
Let's go shoot some pool
Ya know a fool is just a fool
And I've tried everything that whiskey cures
But the pain endures and now I'm feeling that pain
I put my pride in my pocket
That's how I'll spend my loneliest days
and it must be dust or smoke that's in my eyes

Don't know what to do
Hold the lamp above the rafters
These smoke-filled rooms will not replace her
I've been the one who has been frightened
and almost borne away by the very thoughts
that I feared yesterday
and it must be dust or smoke that's in my eyes

(c) 1971 Abraham Music (ASCAP)




KISSES SWEETER THAN WINE
(written by Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert, Lee Hays, Fred Hellerman and Huddie Ledbetter)
(Performed by Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt on the Pete Seeger tribute album Where Have All The Flowers Gone;1998)

Jackson:
When I was a young man I'd never been kissed;
I got to thinking about what I had missed.
I found a girl. I kissed her and then...
Oh Lord, I kissed her again.

Together:
Oooooh, kisses sweeter than wine.
Oooooh, kisses sweeter than wine.

Bonnie:
He asked me to marry and be his sweet wife;
We would be happy -- all of our life.
He begged and he pleaded like a natural man, and then...
Oh Lord, I gave him my hand.

Together:
Oooooh, kisses sweeter than wine.
Oooooh, kisses...

Jackson:
I worked mighty hard and so did my wife;
Working hand in hand to make a good life.
Corn in the field and wheat in the bins, and then...
Oh Lord, I was the father of twins.

Together:
Oooooh, kisses sweeter than wine.
Oooooh, kisses...

Bonnie:
Our children numbered just about four
And they all had sweethearts knocking on the door.
They all got married and they didn't wait, I was...
Oh Lord! A grandmother of eight!

Together:
Oooooh, kisses sweeter than wine.
Oooooh, kisses...

Jackson:
Now we are old and ready to go
Thinking about what happened a long time ago.

Bonnie:
We had lots of kids and trouble and pain, but...
Oh Lord, we'd do it again.

Together:
Oooooh, kisses sweeter than wine.
Oooooh, kisses...
Oooooh, kisses sweeter than wine.
Oooooh, kisses...

(c) TRO-Folkways




REDEMPTION SONG
(written by Bob Marley)
(from the Concert for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame CD; performed by Jackson Browne)

Old pirates, yes, they rob I
Sold I to the merchant ships
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit
But my hand was made strong
By the hand of the Almighty
We forward in this generation triumphantly

Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
'Cause all I ever had, redemption songs, redemption songs

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our minds
Have no fear of atomic energy
'Cause none of them can stop the time
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look?
Yes, some say it's just a part of it
We've got to fulfill the book




IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN
(written by Harold Arlen & E.Y. "Yip" Harburg)
(from the soundtrack album The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Do Come True; performed by Jackson Browne backed by Ry Cooder & David Sanborn)

See, I can't scare anybody.
They come from miles around
To laugh in my face and eat in my field.

Said a scarecrow swinging on a pole,
To some blackbirds sittin' on a fence,
"Oh, the Lord gave me a soul,
But, forgot to give me common sense."

Said the blackbirds, "Well, well, well.
What the thunder would you do with common sense?"
Said the scarecrow,"Would be pleasin'
just to reason out the reason
of the wishes and the whyness and the whence"

If I had an once of common sense...
(If he had an ounce of common sense)

(Well, what would you do Scarecrow?")

I would while away the hours
Conferin' with the flowers
Consultin' with the rain
And my head I'd be scratchin'
While my thoughts were busy hatchin'
If I only had a brain.

I'd unravel every riddle,
For every individle,
In trouble or in pain.
With the thoughts I'd be thinkin',
I could be another Lincoln,
If I only had a brain.

Oh I-- could tell you why,
The ocean's near the shore.
I could think of things I never thought before,
Then I'd sit-- and think some more.

I would not be just a nothin',
my head all full of stuffin',
My heart all full of pain.
I would dance and by merry,
Life would be a dingle derry,
If I only had a brain.

If I only had a brain--
(If he only had a brain.)

I could tell you why
The ocean's near the shore.
I could think of things I never thought before
And then I'd sit-- and think some more.

Ya, it would be kind of pleasin'
To reason out the reason,
for the things I can't explain.
Then perhaps I'd deserve you,
and be even worthy of you,
If I only had a brain.

I could dance and by merry,
Life would be a dingle derry,
If I only had a brain.

If I only had a brain.
(If he only had a brain.)

(c) 1939, 1996 EMI FIEST CATALOG, INC. (ASCAP)




WE'RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD
(written by Harold Arlen & E.Y. "Yip" Harburg)
(from the soundtrack album The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Do Come True; performed by Jackson Browne & Jewel)

We're off to see the Wizard,
the wonderful Wizard of Oz.
We hear he is a wiz of a wiz
If ever a wiz there was.

If ever, oh ever, a wiz there was,
the Wizard of Oz is one because,
because, because, because, because, because--
because of the wonderful things he does.

We're off to see the Wizard,
the wonderful Wizard of Oz.

(c) 1939, 1996 EMI FIEST CATALOG, INC. (ASCAP)




COCAINE (Rehab Version) (by Rev. Gary Davis, additional lyrics by Jackson Browne & Glenn Frey)
(revised lyrics performed by Jackson since the mid 1980s.)

Sittin' here thinking 'bout back when
Everybody I knew, was my best friend
cocaine, running all round my brain

It was you take Sally, and I'll take Sue
and if you let me see your coke, I'll take Sally too
cocaine, running all round my brain
Uh-hu mama, ain't it strange
How a mind can turn, and a life can change
Cocaine, runnin' all round my brain

There was damage to the body
Damage to the soul
Damage to the quality of the Rock n' Roll
And the years spent stumbling around
half knowing something that something was wrong

And it don't help now, but you can look back and see
how some of us damaged are creativity
And there are good friends of mine that are dead and gone

uhhuh, mmmhmmm, cocaine

Now I ain't saying, it wasn't fun at the time
Staying up for days on end, crazed out of my mind
Waking up in strange places
feeling like the army had marched across my tongue

And look at me now, sharp as a tack
Except for a few billion brain cells
I wouldn't mind having back

Now you take Nancy, and I'll take Ron
No telling what kinds of drugs those two are on
Inner city ghetto children, going down slow
Ron and Nancy wanna tell them
you can Just Say No
Then they cancel the school lunch program,
buy a few more tanks
Uh huh, come here quick
The hypocrisy, bout to make me sick

(long fiddle/piano work here by Lindley/JB)

Well ya finally get so tired, of walking around
looking and feeling like shit
You decide Today is the day is the day I quit
Till a little later in the evening
You start thinking about...Whatcha gonna do?

But I wouldn't have been a user, even one more day
If you could have shown me how I was helping
turn a profit for the CIA
Cocaine, runnin' all round my brain




JUST LIKE FOREVER (by Jackson Browne)
(unreleased Jackson Browne song, sung in concert a few times)

It wasn't me at your window, Baby.
It wasn't me at your door.
It must have been some other fool
With his heart in his hand,
Coming back for more.

I was there when you closed your eyes.
But it wasn't me when you came.
I just thought I heard you call my name.

You were there when I needed someone
With your warmth and your style.
I was back in the world again
And it was real for awhile.

I was ready for love to be coming,
But not for what love became,
And I thought I heard you call my name.

Call my name.
Now there was something only we knew together
Far too simple to explain.
Love smiled on us just like forever.

You're always leaving town.
First you come around.
Then you can't be found
It always brings me down.

There's nothing wrong with my heart, Baby.
There's nothing wrong with the world.
If a girl don't feel the same way I feel,
There's nothing wrong with the girl.

Maybe we were too different to love each other.
Maybe too much the same.
Anyway, I thought I heard you call my name.

Call my name.
Like you were drifting away down the river.
All my voices and curses in the pain
Love flows on just like forever.

You're always leaving town.
First you come around.
Then you can't be found
And it always brings me down.

Da da da da da
Da da da dum dum dum
Da da da
Ohhhh no no no no no no
Na na na na na

Just like forever.
Da da da da da
Just like forever.
Just like forever.




YOU ASSHOLE YOU (by Doug Haywood)
(performed by Jackson on rare occasion)

Well it came to me as you came,
You don't even know my name.
You'd just as soon be fucking a doornob,
You asshole you.

You'll fuck anything that moves,
And I'll tell you what that proves:
You just want meat, you don't want me,
You asshole you.

Well you wish that I was stronger,
and could last a little longer.
I get so mad that I could spit.
I don't need that kind of shit.

Well you toyed with my affection,
And you laughed at my errection,
And its lack of circumsection,
You asshole you.




I'LL FLY AWAY (WITHOUT YOU) (by Jackson Browne, Craig Doerge and Rosemary Butler)
(recorded by Nicolette Larson; 1982)

I've been sitting up all night without you
Trying not to think that much about you
How do you expect me not to doubt you
I don't want to but I'm here
And I can't stop this whispering in my ear

I'll fly away without you, I'll fly away without you
I'll fly away without you, babe, without you fly away,
Without you

You know I never wanted to confine you
I always let you come and go your way
Honey, if you let that freedom blind you, you know I won't wait around
It took too long to find this love we found

I'll fly away wthout you, I'll fly away without you
I'll fly away if you don't do something to make me stay
I want to, but I can't be the only one to say I want you

When I think how easily you caught me
Well, it wasn't hard to pull me to the ground
Whether it was something that you taught me
Or just something that I found
Loving you is all that holds me down

I'll fly away without you, I'll fly away without you
I'll fly away if you don't do something to make me stay
I want to, but I can't be the only one to say I want to
And I won't have your love no other way

Chorus

(c)1981 Swallow Turn Music all rights administered by WB Music Corp./Fairstar Music/Channeled Songs ASCAP.




DOOLIN DALTON (by J. Browne, J.D. Souther, G. Frey and D. Henley)
(recorded by the Eagles; 1973)

They were duelin' Doolin-Dalton
High or low it was the same
Easy money an' faithless women
Redeye whiskey for the pain

Go down Bill Dalton it must be God's will
Two brothers lyin' dead in Coffeyville
Two voices call to you from were they stood
Lay down your law books now they're no damn good

Better keep on movin' Doolin-Dalton
'Til your shadow sets you free
An' if you're fast an' if you're lucky
You will never see that hangin' tree

Old towns lay out across the dusty plains
Like graveyards filled with tomb stones waitin' for the names
And a man could his back or use his brains
But some just went stir crazy Lord 'cause nothin' ever changed

'Til Bill Doolin met Bill Dalton
He was workin' cheap just bidin' time
An' then he laughed and said I'm going
And so he left that peaceful life behind

DOOLIN-DALTON (reprise)

Well the stage was set, the sun was sinking lowdown
As they came to town to face another showdown
The lawmen cleared the people from the street
All you blood thirsty bystanders, will you try to find your seat

Watch 'em duelin', Doolin-Dalton
High or low its all the same
Easy money an' faithless women
You will never kill the pain

Go down Bill Doolin don't you wonder why
Sooner or later we all have to die
Sooner or later that's a stone cold fact
Four men ride out and only three ride back




NIGHTINGALE (by Jackson Browne)
(recorded by the Eagles; 1972)

I'm hanging on to my peace of mind
I just don't know
I'm hanging on to those good times, baby
Just want to let them roll
I'm gonna make it to the light and joy
I'll tell you why
I got a woman who can take me there
the apple of my eye
oh, I just don't know, no no, no, no
I love her so
Don't let me see that morning paper
cause I don't need those dues
it's just the same old murder movie
but they call it the news
I'll tell you what would be some story
and what would set me free
Is if the same thing happened to everybody
that just happened to me, oh,
I just don't know, no, no, no, no
I'll never let her go
Every time I hear somebody sneakin'
up behind whoa, I turn around
but I still hear that sound
and just when I'm about to lose my mind
Here comes my baby
singing like a nightingale
Coming my way down along that devastation
trail well tell the Lord above
she's got a brand of love
that cannot fail
I'm hanging on to my peace of mind
that's no lie
I'm hanging on to my special friend
the apple of my eye
my inspiration, too
she's got a lead on my heart and
my soul and she knows just what to do
oh, I just don't know, no ,no, no, no
No, I get so low, and my mind's about to go
but wait a minute, here comes my baby
singing like a nightingale
coming my way down along that devastation trail
Well, let the fires burn, let the
floods return
we will prevail
Hanging on to my peace of mind
I just don't know




Jackson Browne Here Here (by Jackson Browne)
(from the Kevin Spacey film Shrink; 2009)

You wait for the tears to fall, but they won't
You think you should know what to say, but you don't
Here-- at the break of day
The world moving on it's way-- without her.

You're sitting there staring into the distance
Like you're putting up some kind of resistance
But you barely see the dawn
It's like this river that you're on.

Here-- where the sorrows flow
Knowing you will never know about her
Here-- You're here--

The city waking up off in the distance
They're all working on some other existence
But you can't quite seem to care
Like you know they're not going anywhere.

Here-- where the sorrows flow
Here-- where the questions grow
And all you will never know about her--

You wait for the tears to fall but they won't
You think you should know what to say, but you don't
Here-- at the break of dawn
The world moving on-- without her.



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