Song For The Day - January 20, 2015 After yesterdays 7 minutes of Prog Heaven, I thought it wise to pull back a bit to something a bit more traditional and straightforward. That is not to say however that this tune is not a masterpiece in its own right. Ive been using Jackson Browne lyrics to deal with life since the first time I heard These Days done by Tom Rush. I thought that anybody who could write a song like that in their teens had to have a vision that was worthy of attention......I was right too because that song, at this point in my life, is ever so very true, these days. . Jackson has written more lyrical, heartfelt compositions that just about anybody you can name and hes still at it today. Thank god for longevity. I hope he keeps it up right to the last minute. Ive only seen the man once live and that was in 1977, when this album came out and they were touring to support it. We drove all the way over to Ann Arbor, to a basketball arena I cant recall the name of at the moment......I can close my eyes and still see them break into this tune..... As a side note, David Lindley is just plain awesome on so many different instruments that it probably should be illegal. He has been a large part of Jacksons sound for a lot of years. Time to sing along with this one. Here are the lyrics for those who need them. Im good....... 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-on-one I dont know where Im running now, Im just running on Running on-running on empty Running on-running blind Running on-running into the sun But Im running behind Gotta do what you can just to keep your love alive Trying not to confuse it with what you do to survive In sixty-nine I was twenty-one and I called the road my own I dont know when that road turned into the road Im on Running on-running on empty Running on-running blind Running on-running into the sun But Im running behind Everyone I know, everywhere I go People need some reason to believe I dont know about anyone but me If it takes all night, thatll be all right If I can get you to smile before I leave Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels I dont know how to tell you all just how crazy this life feels I look around for the friends that I used to turn to pull me through Looking into their eyes I see them running too Running on-running on empty Running on-running blind Running on-running into the sun But Im running behind Honey you really tempt me You know the way you look so kind Id love to stick around but Im running behind You know I dont even know what Im hoping to find Running into the sun but Im running behind youtu.be/VuPejEMZdEI
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 06:14:27 +0000
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