Artist: Jackson Browne

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From Silver Lake

FROM SILVER LAKE

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 above 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.

Mitch C. -- who teaches English at an alternative high school in Herkimer, NY and uses the lyrics to teach a class called 'American Song as Poetry -- compared the above two sets of lrycs while listening to the album numerous times with headsets tells me that the results yeilded:
...COUNTER SONG AT THE END OF "FROM SILVER LAKE"
.....Someone who had been away
.....Suddenly came back today
.....I allowed a hope to stray into my mind.
.....For a moment face to face
.....we looked back upon the place
.....That long ago he meant to chase our careless time.
.....Oh, what do you know
.....not what I've been feeling
.....The past is healing so slow
.....By tomorrow, gone from sorrow.

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Other Songs by this Artist

1. A Child In These Hills
2. About My Imagination
3. Ah But Sometimes
4. Ah, But Sometimes
5. Alive In The World
6. All Good Things
7. And I See
8. Anything Can Happen
9. Baby How Long
10. Before The Deluge
11. Birds Of St. Marks
12. Black And White
13. Boulevard
14. Bound For Colorado
15. Call It A Loan
16. Candy
17. Casino Nation
18. Cast Off All My Fears
19. Chasing You Into Light
20. Cocaine
21. Colors Of The Sun
22. Crow On The Cradle
23. Culver Moon
24. Cut It Away
25. Daddy’s Tune
26. Disco Apocalypse
27. Doctor My Eyes
28. Doctor, My Eyes
29. Don’t You Want to Be There
30. Downtown
31. El Salvador
32. Enough Of The Night
33. Everywhere I Go
34. Farther On
35. First Girl I Loved
36. For A Dancer
37. For A Rocker
38. For America
39. For Everyman
40. For Taking the Trouble
41. Fountain Of Sorrow
42. Fourth And Main
43. From Silver Lake
44. Funny You Should Ask
45. Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight (Medley)
46. Gotta See A Man About A Daydream
47. Here Come Those Tears Again
48. Hold On Hold Out
49. Hold Out
50. Holding
51. How Long
52. I Am A Patriot
53. I Thought I Was A Child
54. I’ll do Anything
55. I’m Alive
56. I’m The Cat
57. I’ve Been Out Walking
58. I’ve Been Out Walking (These Days)
59. I’ve Been The One
60. If I Only Had A Brain
61. In My Time
62. In The Shape Of A Heart
63. Information Wars
64. It Is One
65. It’s Been Raining Here In Long Beach
66. Jamaica Say You Will
67. Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
68. Knock On any Door
69. Late For The Sky
70. Lavender Bassman
71. Lavender Windows
72. Lawless Avenues
73. Lawyers In Love
74. Let It Be Me
75. Lights and virtues
76. Linda Paloma
77. Lives In The Balance
78. Looking East
79. Looking Into You
80. Love Me Lovely
81. Love Me, Lovely
82. Love Needs A Heart
83. Marianne
84. Melissa
85. Miles Away
86. My Opening Farewell
87. My Personal Revenge
88. My Problem Is You
89. My Stunning Mystery Companion
90. Never Stop
91. Nino
92. Nothing But Time
93. Of Missing Persons
94. On The Day
95. Our Lady Of The Well
96. Ready Or Not
97. Red Neck Friend
98. Rock Me On The Water
99. Rosie
100. Running On Empty
101. Say It Isn’t True
102. Sergio Leone
103. Shadow Dream Song
104. Shaky Town
105. She’s A Flying Thing
106. Sing My Songs To Me
107. Sing My Songs To Me (Early Version)
108. Sky Blue And Black
109. Sleep’s Dark And Silent Gate
110. Soldier Of Plenty
111. Some Bridges
112. Somebody’s Baby
113. Someday Morning
114. SOMETHING FINE
115. Somewhere There’s A Feather
116. Song For Adam
117. Stay
118. Take It Easy
119. Take This Rain
120. Tender Is The Night
121. That Girl Could Sing
122. The Barricades Of Heaven
123. The Fairest Of The Seasons
124. The Fuse
125. The Late Show
126. The Light From Your Smile
127. The Load-out
128. The Naked Ride Home
129. The Night Inside Me
130. The Only Child
131. The Painter
132. The Pretender
133. The Rebel Jesus
134. The Road
135. The Road And The Sky
136. The Times You’ve Come
137. The Word Justice
138. These Days
139. Till I Go Down
140. Time Travel Fantasy
141. Too Many Angels
142. Tumble Down
143. Two Of Me, Two Of You
144. Under The Falling Sky
145. Unloved
146. Walking Slow
147. Walking Town
148. We Can Be
149. When the Stone Begins To Turn
150. World In Motion
151. You Didn’t Need A Cloud
152. You Love The Thunder
153. You’ll Get It In The Mail Today
154. You’re A Friend Of Mine
155. You’ve Forgotten
156. Your Bright Baby Blues