TFT: Jackson Browne

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Not every song that will be featured here will be what is generally considered as being “Christian” in the eyes of this world.  For some will be anguished cries from the pit of despair while others will be quite obviously fervent rants of rebellion.  Nonetheless, be assured that they will all be of our Heavenly Father (in one way or another) and I hope that you have been given ears to hear the message.

Running On Empty

Jackson Browne

Lookin’ out at the road

Rushin’ under my wheels

Lookin’ back at the years gone by

Like so many summer fields

In ‘65

I was 17

And runnin’ up 101

I don't know where I'm runnin’ now

I'm just runnin’ on

Runnin’ on

Runnin’ on empty

Runnin’ on

Runnin’ blind

Runnin’ on

Running into the sun

But I'm runnin’ behind

Gotta do what you can

Just to keep your love alive

Trying not to confuse it with

What you do to survive

In ‘69

I was 21

And I called the road my own

I don't know when that road

Turned onto the road I'm on

Runnin’ on

Runnin’ on empty

Runnin’ on

Runnin’ blind

Runnin’ on

Running into the sun

But I'm runnin’ behind

Everyone I know

Everywhere I go

People need some reason to believe

I don't know about anyone but me

If it takes all night

That'll be all right

If I can get you to smile

Before I leave

Lookin’ out at the road

Rushin’ under my wheels

I don't know how to tell you all

Just how crazy this life feels

I look around for the friends

That I used to turn to

To pull me through

Lookin’ into their eyes

I see them runnin’ too

Runnin’ on

Runnin’ on empty

Runnin’ on

Runnin’ blind

Runnin’ on

Running into the sun

But I'm runnin’ behind

Honey

You really tempt me

You know the way you look so kind

I wanna know who you are

But I'm runnin’ behind

Runnin’ on

You know I don't even know

What I'm hopin’ to find

Runnin’ behind

Runnin’ into the sun

But I'm runnin’ behind

The Pretender

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 mornin’

And go to work each day

And when the evenin’ rolls around

I'll go on home

And lay my body down

And when the mornin’ light comes streamin’ in

I'll get up

And do it again

Amen

Say it again

Amen

I want to know what became of the changes

We waited for love to bring

Were they only the fitful dreams

Of some greater awakenin’

I've been aware of the time going by

They say in the end

It's the wink of an eye

And when the mornin’ light comes streamin’ in

You'll get up

And do it again

Yeah

Again

Caught between the longin’ for love

And the struggle for the legal tender

Where the sirens sing

And the church bells ring

And the junk man pounds his fender

Where the veterans dream of the fight

Fast asleep at the traffic light

And the children solemnly wait

For the ice cream vendor

Out into the cool of the evenin’

Strolls the pretender

He knows that all his hopes and dreams

Begin and end there

Ah the laughter of the lovers

As they run through the night

Leaving nothin’ for the others

But to choose off and fight

And tear at the world with all their might

While the ships

Bearin’ their dreams

Sail out of sight

I'm going to find myself a girl

Who can show me what laughter means

And we'll fill in the missin’ colors

In each other's paint-by-number dreams

And then we'll put out dark glasses on

And we'll make love until our strength is gone

And when the mornin’ light comes streamin’ in

we'll get up

And do it again

Get it up again

I'm goin’ to be a happy idiot

And struggle for the legal tender

Where the ads take aim

And lay their claim

To the heart and the soul of the spender

And believe in whatever may lie

In those things

That money can buy

Thought true love

Could have been a contender

Are you there

Say a prayer for the pretender

Who started out so young and strong

Only to surrender

Say a prayer

Say a prayer

For the pretender

Are you there

Are you there

For the pretender

Say a prayer

Say a prayer

For the pretender

Are you there

Are you there

For the pretender

Say a prayer

For the pretender

Are you there

For the pretender

Say it

Say a prayer

Lyrics From: [elyrics.net]

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