(by jackson browne) Here’s to lights and virtues Here’s to truths yet to be known Knowledge to light the darkness The search for things of your own Here’s to lights and virtues Here’s to reaching higher ground A life of hope and purpose Here’s to strength yet to be found Honor — though it goes […]
And the river opens for the righteous (5 times) Someday I was walking with my brother And he wondered what’s on my mind I said what i believe in my soul Ain’t what i see with my eyes And we can’t turn our backs this time I am a patriot And i love my county […]
(english translation by jorge calderon) My personal revenge will be the right Of our children in the schools and in the gardens My personal revenge will be to give you This song which has flourished without panic My personal revenge will be to show you The kindness in the eyes of my people Who have […]
A man stands up before god and country Raises his right hand and takes an oath Swears he has acted in the line of duty And he more than anyone wants to tell the truth But there is a need to keep some things a secret Some weapons shipments–some private wars In the future democracy […]
I come here for dr. king Who gave the people a precious thing He found a light in the darkest hour And the strength for speaking truth to power And in the years since they shot him down You see changes that once were a dream Begin to come around When the walls have begun […]
Time will come when we know what happened here Change will come in time and make it clear We learn one thing if we learn at all In the secret wars we call our lives Anything can happen We watch the days, we make our plans We change in ways a life demands But what […]
How Long - Jackson Browne
When you look into a child’s face And you’re seeing the human race And the endless possibilities there Where so much can come true And you think of the beautiful things A child can do How long — would the child survive How long — if it was up to you When you think about […]
Lying next to you in the dark Listening to your pounding heart The sheets are tangled around your waist I watch the dream moving on your face Feel you shake, hear your cries Running in the dark trying to open your eyes Come on baby, wake up I’ve followed you across the days and years […]
You used to stand on the tables You used to shoot out the lights You used to stop trucks on i-19 In your blue leopard tights You got the vote of your high school Most likely to exceed But not likely to ever get enough Enough of what you need Enough of the night Enough […]
Sun going down in the usa Down on main there’s a family sleeping in a doorway Around the corner you can hear the sound People dancing around the golden calf Those who have not, those who have On the billboards and the t.v. screens They got food and cars and toys and trucks and jeans […]
