I too was very young... Dr. My Eyes! I'm a year older than him. What a fantastic story, Crosby, Still & Nash. Before The Deluge, GREAT!
About 3 years ago I last got to see him in concert here in concert in Florida on his Solo Acoustic Tour. I DID pay $250.00 but it was soooooooo worth it, 2nd row up front. Coming to FL isn't CA and as the audience yelled out songs for him to play I kept yelling "Lives In The Balance" and he looked at me and said "I never thought I'd get a request like that here in FL!" My daughter was with me and we just let out a Yuuuuge Whoop! Her first husband's last name was Brown (without the "e"
and I really tried to get her to name her son Jackson. She wanted to name him after his father. Oh well.
I saw him in St. Pete on his tour right after he released the album Running On Empty, then was able to see one more of his concerts. I remember running out and buying "the vinyl album" as soon as I heard it and actually wore it out and had to buy another one. I have NEVER worn out an album in my life. This was when 8 tracks were popular, but only in cars.
He always comes to mind for me during elections too. Strangely I recently did a Google search and found out his song "In The Shape Of A Heart" wasn't about Daryll Hannah as I had thought it was, but about his first wife, Phyllis Major Browne who committed suicide after the birth of his first son Ethan Zane Browne born 11-1-1973. He has another son Ryan Browne 1-28-1982 by Lynne Sweeney Browne.
"Lives In The Balance" is one of my very, very favorites, but I also love "For America." I have copied some of my favorite songs of his and put them in a folder so that when I die my children will remember what he and his words meant to me.
Of course they DO know as they grew up hearing his music since they were very young. I've cried many tears listening to his music because of how they touched deep into my soul. What's more amazing, some of his songs were written before Iraq and when I listen to them they seem to have been written right then. Especially the the two we're presenting here. There are so many more.
For those here who don't know about Jackson Browne I also want to post the words of "For America." And maybe some here who attack us and say THEY DON'T CARE what happened in the past, you might UNDERSTAND why so many of us support Bernie!
FOR AMERICA...
As if I really didn't understand
that I was just another part of their plan
I went off looking for the promise
Believing in the Motherland
And from the comfort of a dreamer's bed
And the safety of my own head
I went on speaking of the future
While other people fought and bled
The kid I was when I first left home
Was looking for his freedom and a life of his own
But the freedom that he found wasn't quite as sweet
When the truth was known.
I have prayed for America
I was made for America
It's in my blood and in my bones
By the dawn's early light
By all I know is right
We're going to reap what we've sown.
As if freedom was a question of might
As if loyalty was black and white
You here people say it all the time-
"My country wrong or right"
I want to know what that's got to do
With what it takes to find out what's true
With everyone from the President on down
Trying to keep it from you
The thing I wonder about the Dads and Moms
Who send their sons to THE VIET NAMS
Will they really think their way of life
Has been protected as the next war comes?
I have prayed for America
I was made for America
Her shining dreams plays in my mind
By the rockets red glare
A generations blank stare
We'd better WAKE UP to her this time
The kid I was when I left home
Was looking for his freedom and life of his own
But the freedom he found wasn't quite as sweet
As the TRUTH was known
I have prayed for America
I was made for America
I CAN'T LET GO till she comes around
Until the Land Of The Free
Is Awake and Can See
and until her CONSCIENCE has been found!
Sorry for the late reply, was trying to stay away from here, at least for today.
I DO hope people click onto your links and listen, and sincerely hope his words will touch them too. BTW, I'm a white woman who the media has lumped me into as a Hillary supporter! I wonder if she even knows who Jackson Brown is.
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