The Load Out - The Next Voice You Hear: The Best Of Jackson Browne

Now the seats are all empty Let the roadies take the stage Pack it up and tear it down They’re the first to come and last to leave Working for that minimum wage They’ll set it up in another town Tonight the people were so fine They waited there in line And when they got […]

These Days - The Next Voice You Hear: The Best Of Jackson Browne

Well i’ve been out walking I don’t do that much talking these days These days– These days i seem to think a lot About the things that i forgot to do For you And all the times i had the chance to And i had a lover It’s so hard to risk another these days […]

The Rebel Jesus - The Next Voice You Hear: The Best Of Jackson Browne

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 Pretender - The Next Voice You Hear: The Best Of Jackson Browne

I’m going to rent myself a house In the shade of the freeway I’m going to pack my lunch in the morning And go to work each day And when the evening rolls around I’ll go on home and lay my body down And when the morning light comes streaming in I’ll get up and […]

The Next Voice You Hear - The Next Voice You Hear: The Best Of Jackson Browne

Gather your deeds and your possessions, Whatever certainty you’ve known, Forget your heroes, You don’t really need those lasting lessons. Stand in the open; The next voice you hear will be your own. But, alright, they knew how they could hurt you, And you let them cut you to the bone. But god forbid, You […]

The Barricades Of Heaven - The Next Voice You Hear: The Best Of Jackson Browne

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 sweet sound and won that free guitar We’d all get in the van and play […]

Tender Is The Night - The Next Voice You Hear: The Best Of Jackson Browne

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 corner out of sight Looking for somebody Somewhere in the night Tender is the night When you hold your baby tight Tender […]

Somebody’s Baby - The Next Voice You Hear: The Best Of Jackson Browne

(originally from the fast times at ridgemont high soundtrack) Well, just – a look at that girl with the lights comin’ up in her eyes. She’s got to be somebody’s baby. She must be somebody’s baby. All the guys on the corner stand back and let her walk on by. She’s got to be somebody’s […]

Sky Blue And Black - The Next Voice You Hear: The Best Of Jackson Browne

In the calling out to one another Of the lovers up and down the strand In the sound of the waves and the cries Of the seagulls circling the sand In the fragments of the songs Carried down the wind from some radio In the murmuring of the city in the distance Ominous and low […]

Running On Empty - The Next Voice You Hear: The Best Of Jackson Browne

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, i’m just running on Running on – running on empty Running on – running blind Running on – […]