1.Before The Deluge
Some of them were dreamers
And some of them were fools
Who were making plans and thinking of the future
With the energy of the innocent
They were gathering the tools
They would need to make their journey back to nature
While the sand slipped through the opening
And their hands reached for the golden ring
With their hearts they turned to each other's heart for refuge
In the troubled years that came before the deluge
Some of them new pleasure
And some of them knew pain
And for some of them it was only the moment that mattered
And on the brave and crazy wings of youth
They went flying around in the rain
And their feathers, once so fine, grew torn and tattered
And in the end they traded their tired wings
For the resignation that living brings
And exchanged love's bright and fragile glow
For the glitter and the rouge
And in the moment they were swept before the deluge
Now let the music keep our spirits high
And let the buildings keep our children dry
Let creation reveal it's secrets by and by
By and by--
When the light that's lost within us reaches the sky
Some of them were angry
At the way the earth was abused
By the men who learned how to forge her beauty into power
And they struggled to protect her from them
Only to be confused
By the magnitude of her fury in the final hour
And when the sand was gone and the time arrived
In the naked dawn only a few survived
And in attempts to understand a thing so simple and so huge
Believed that they were meant to live after the deluge
Now let the music keep our spirits high
And let the buildings keep our children dry
Let creation reveal it's secrets by and by
By and by--
When the light that's lost within us reaches the sky
2.Birds Of St. Marks
(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
3.Crow On The Cradle
(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
4.El Salvador
(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
5.First Girl I Loved
(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
6.Golden Slumbers／carry That Weight(Medley)
(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
7.I've Been The One
written：lowell george
performed：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
8.Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
performed：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...
9.Let It Be Me
performed：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 . . .
10.My Problem Is You
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
11.Rock Me On The Water
Oh people, look around you
The signs are everywhere
You've left it for somebody other than you
To be the one to care
You're lost inside your houses
There's no time to find you now
Your walls are burning and your towers are turning
I'm going to leave you here and try to get down to the sea
somehow
The road is filled with homeless souls
Every woman, child and man
Who have no idea where they will go
But they'll help you if they can
Now everyone must have some thought
That's going to pull them through somehow
Well the fires are raging hotter and hotter
But the sisters of the sun are going to rock me on the water now
Rock me on the water
Sister will you soothe my fevered brow
Rock me on the water
I'll get down to the sea somehow
Oh people, look among you
It's there your hope must lie
There's a sea bird above you
Gliding in one place like jesus in the sky
We all must do the best we can
And then hang on to that gospel plow
When my life is over, i'm going to stand before the father
But the sisters of the sun are going to rock me on the water now
Rock me on the water
Sister will you soothe my fevered brow
Rock me on the water, maybe i'll remember
Maybe i'll remember how
Rock me on the water
The wind is with me now
So rock me on the water
I'll get down to the sea somehow
12.Stay
People stay just a little bit longer
We want to play -- just a little bit longer
Now the promoter don't mind
And the union don't mind
If we take a little time
And we leave it all behind and sing
One more song--
13.The Rebel Jesus
Original recording from the chieftain's 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 that i 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.
14.Unloved
performed：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...
15.Voice Of America
(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
16.You're A Friend Of Mine
performed：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
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
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
Oh you can depend on me
I'll be fine
Cause you're a friend of mine
Yeeaah
I'll be fine
Cause you're a friend of mine
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