JACKSON BROWNE - From Silver Lake lyrics

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Did you see our brother<br>He was here the other day<br>But he only came to say that he was leaving<br>Did you see his lady<br>She was looking where he'd gone<br>But she wasn't letting on that she was grieving<br><br>She's bound to go<br>Perhaps she'll find him waiting for his boat in some city far away<br>She's bound to go<br><br>Lately I remember afternoons of smoke and wine<br>There was nothing we could find but peace and pleasure<br>And with a smile he told me<br>That he wanted just to be on his way across the sea no man can measure<br><br>He won't be back,<br>And the sun may find him sleeping in the dust of some ruin far away<br>He won't be back<br><br>Early today as I watched while the skyline was shaking<br>I heard a rumbling<br>Early today the mechanical city was waking<br>And I ran out stumbling, mumbling<br>Out through the laughter of children and dogs<br><br>Did you see our brother<br>He was here the other day<br>But he only came to say that he can't breathe here<br>Did you see his lady<br>She was reaching for his hand<br>Just as if to tell her man that she can't either<br><br>They're bound to go<br>And the sun may find me running after them, seeing something far away<br>We won't be back<br><br>...counter song at the end of from silver lake<br>.....someone who had been away<br>.....suddenly came back today<br>.....and I allowed him home today into my mind<br>.....for a moment face to face<br>.....evil packed upon the place<br>.....long ago he meant to stay out there this time<br>.....oh, what do you know<br>.....the love that I've been feeling<br>.....the past is healing so slow<br>.....by tomorrow, gone from sorrow.<br><br>Please note the the lyrics to the counter song came from two very reliable sources... however, a fan who asked jackson browne for these lyrics was lucky enough to get jackson to writ<br>N the way he remembered the words and jackson came up with the following:<br>Someone who had been away, suddenly came back today.<br>I allowed a hope to stray into my mind.<br>For the moment face to face, we looked back upon the place<br>Where today we went to chase our careless time.<br>Oh, what did we know, not what I've been feeling, the past is healing so slowly.<br>My tomorrow. gone from sorrow.