'Doctor my Eyes'

[BeFree]

Help me out here. I've had this voracious flashback and I can't finish the song or even remember who wrote it, but I know it needs to be heard in these days and times.

I just know one of you good DU'ers can help me remember, right?

[KitchenWitch]

1. Jackson Browne

[rainy]

2. here ya go!

Doctor My Eyes
Jackson Browne
Doctor, my eyes have seen the years
Through the slow parade of tears without crying
Now I want to understand
I have done all that I could
To see the evil and the good without hiding
You must help me if you can

Doctor my eyes
Tell me what is wrong
Was I unwise to leave them open for so long?

As I've wandered through this world
As each moment has unfurled
I've been waiting to awaken from this dream
People go just where they will
I never notice them until I've got this feeling
That it's later than it seems

Doctor my eyes
Tell me what is real
I hear their cries
Just saying "It's too late for me"

GUITAR SOLO

Doctor my eyes
Cannot be disguised
Is this the prize for having learned how not to cry?

[BeFree]

3. Awwwright!

Thanks, rainy.

It always nice when a flashback gets finished off. Whew! Gotta love those memories, eh?

[xmas74]

4. Great song!

[saltpoint]

5. Hey all you guys. It was time to get that song out again --

-- and this thread was the kick in the fanny I needed.

It's a durn nice present this late in the evening. Thanks to all.

[BeFree]

6. Yeah, ain't DU great?

I'd of died trying to remember that song, if it hadn't been for the quick response from DU.

It does need to be heard, eh? After all we have been through, and all the fighting back of the tears for the innocent Iraqis, the trashing of the constitution and the decline of this country into the hellhole of Peak Oil, huge deficits, and increasing hatred from the rest of the world, we need to remember what it is that keeps us from just giving up and giving in to the temptation of becoming facists.

[saltpoint]

8. Extremely well said, BeFree.

Yes. It's a dark time with those guys in charge and we need every warm fire we can find to huddle around.

Loved what you had to say.

[samplegirl]

7. Just heard this the other night

Jackson Browne has always been one of my favorite musicians.
This song sure does apply these days.
I think i have everyone of his albums i was a big J. Browne fan.