Album: Late For The Sky (1974)

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• Keep a fire burning in your eye
  Pay attention to the open sky
  You never know what will be coming down
  I don't remember losing track of you
  You were always dancing in and out of view
  I must have thought she'd always be around
  Always keeping things real by playing the clown
  Now you're nowhere to be found
  
  I don't know what happens when people die
  Can't seem to grasp it as hard as I try
  It's like a song I can hear
  Playing right in my ear
  That I can't sing
  I can't help listening
  
  I can't help feeling stupid standing 'round
  Crying as they ease you down
  'Cause I know that you'd rather we were dancing
  Dancing our sorrow away
  (Right on dancing)
  No matter what fate chooses to play
  (There's nothing you can do about it anyway)
  
  Just do the steps that you've been shown
  By everyone you've ever known
  Until the dance becomes your very own
  No matter how close to yours
  Another's steps have grown
  In the end there is one dance you'll do alone
  
  Keep a fire for the human race
  And let your prayers go drifting into space
  You never know what will be coming down
  
  Perhaps a better world is drawing near
  Just as easily, it could all disappear
  Along with whatever meaning you might have found
  Don't let the uncertainty turn you around
  (The world keeps turning around and around)
  Go on and make a joyful sound
  
  Into a dancer you have grown
  From a seed somebody else has thrown
  Go on ahead and throw some seeds of your own
  And somewhere between the time
  You arrive and the time you go
  May lie a reason you were alive
  But you'll never know Writer/s: Jackson Browne
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 9

• Cpg from Hickory NcI’ve often said that Jackson Browne wrote the soundtrack to my life…Late For the Sky at the end of my marriage, now this one suddenly reappeared as I’ve learned to live with the death of my son.
  
  “The Pretender”, “Bright Baby Blues”… his acoustic album was playing in the background as my grandchildren were born.
  
  Even “Lawyers in Love”…
  
  Too many lines that just “fit”.
  
  He and I have a great relationship… he keeps on putting out albums, and I keep on buying them and sometimes re-buying them because I’ve worn them out.
  
  Excited to see him for the sixth time in Vegas in November!
• Stargazer from KentuckyThis song has nothing to do with Phylis Magers death. It was about a Renaissance man who was a friend of his. Just ask Jackson.
• Redhookkid from BrooklynIn 1980 it was known he wrote the song after his girlfriend’s suicide after he broke up with her. She was heartbroken after she found out he was seeing another woman. Now the script has flipped. The statement was published in an article, circa 1980, in Rolling Stone magazine. What Gives?
• Paul Dreher from Ballwin MissouriSuch a beautiful and touching song. There are not many songs that can bring me to tears... but this is one of them.
• Jim Thomson from Clifton, VaJB also sang this song at the Nicolette Larson tribute concert in February, 1998.
• Tony Carfagno from Cherry Hill NjSince the late 60's his music, his words, his sound captured and healed every emotion i had. Still to this day, i know where i was, what i was doing and thinking, with each tune he recorded. You could feel the ups and downs in his life, as if it were mine. Jackson is a very special person, he truly lived his life through his songs. As i have many times before, i send my best to you and your Family and may God Bless you. Thanks for the healing of the lives of many
• Bruce from Spokane, Wa, UsaJB is one of the best song writers in American rock music. His words and music and yes, his voice speak loudly and soulfully to me and millions more. I’ve leaned on his music to help me through some tough times and to help me understand the full beauty of life around me. I’ve been listening to his music since the early 70s and continue to listen today. Thank you Jackson for your gifts! If you are unfamiliar with his work, check it out. It’s amazing and stands the test of time for remaining relevant.
  
• AnonymousI love Jackson Brown, his songs touch my soul always has a way of making me think of life and it’s meanings.
• Andy from Osa Península, Costa RicaAll of JB’s songs were instrumental in getting me through troubled times or relationships as I matured. Interesting how I’m finding solace with his music again during this pandemic.
  Gracias hermano!

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