Jackson Browne Lyrics

Album: Jackson Browne

From Silver Lake Lyrics

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.