by Jackson Browne on album Jackson Browne

Well, I looked into a house I once lived in Around the time I first went on my own When the roads were as many as the places I had dreamed of And my friends and I were one Now the distance is do

by Jackson Browne on album Miscellaneous

Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels Looking back at the years gone by like so many summer fields In sixty-five I was seventeen and running up one-o-one I don't know where I'm running now,

by Jackson Browne on album Miscellaneous

Between the darkness on the street And the houses filling up with light Between the stillness in my heart And the roar of the approaching night Somebody's calling after somebody Somebody turns the co

by Jackson Browne on album Miscellaneous

She was standing at the load-in When the trucks rolled up She was sniffing all around Like a half grown female pup She wasn't hard to talk to Looked like she had nowhere to go So I gave her a pass So

by Jackson Browne on album Jackson Browne

A lady stands before an open window Staring so far away She can almost feel the southern wind blow Almost touching her restless day She turns from her window to me Sad smile her apology Sad ey

by Jackson Browne on album Late For The Sky

In my early years I hid my tears And passed my days alone A drift on an ocean of loneliness My dreams like nets were thrown To catch the love that I'd heard of In books and films and songs Now

by Jackson Browne on album Looking East

Running down around the towns along the shore When I was sixteen and on my own No, I couldn't tell you what the hell those brakes were for I was just trying to hear my song Jimmy found his own s

by Jackson Browne on album The Pretender

Boy of mine as your fortune comes to carry you down the line And you watch as the changes unfold And you sort among the stories you've been told If some pieces of the picture are hard to find And

by Jackson Browne on album Hold Out

Down on the boulevard they take it hard They look at life with such disregard They say it can't be won The way the game is run But if you choose to stay You wind up playing anyway It's okay

by Jackson Browne on album Hold Out

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 wit

by Jackson Browne on album For Everyman

Someone's gonna have to explain it to me I'm not sure what it means My baby's feeling funny in the morning She's having trouble getting into her jeans Her waist-line seems to be expanding Altho

by Jackson Browne on album Miscellaneous

I can't keep up with what's been going on I think my heart must just be slowing down Among the human beings in their designer jeans Am I the only one who hears the screams And the strangled cries of l

by Jackson Browne on album Miscellaneous

Highways and dance halls, a good song takes you far Your write about the moon and you dream about the stars Blues in old motel rooms, girls in daddy's car You sing about the nights and you laugh about

by Jackson Browne on album The Pretender

Here come those tears again just when I was getting over you Just when I was going to make it through another night without missing you Thinking I might just be strong enough after all When I hear

by Jackson Browne on album Jackson Browne

Papers lie there helplessly In a pile outside the door I tried and tried, but I just can't remember What they're for The world outside is tugging Like a beggar at my sleep Ah, that's much too

by Jackson Browne on album For Everyman

Pretty little one How has it all begun? They're teaching you how to walk But you're already on the run Little one-- What you gonna do? Little one-- Honey, it's all up to you Now your daddy's

by Jackson Browne on album I'm Alive

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

by Jackson Browne on album The Pretender

Sometimes I lie awake at night and wonder Where my life will lead me waiting to pass under Sleep's dark and silent gate I found my love too late Running around day after day Looking for the tim

by Jackson Browne on album Miscellaneous

Long before you ever saw your chances You were going to burn this city down Tired of the fashions and the dances Tired of the people standing around Ticking like a bomb in the night And you knew you

by Jackson Browne on album For Everyman

Everybody I talk to is ready to leave with the light of the morning They've seen the end coming down long enough to believe That they've heard their last warning Standing alone each has his own tic