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From Silver Lake

This version of From Silver Lake was released by Jackson Browne in 1972.

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Did you see our brother
He was here the other day
But he only came to say that he was leaving
Did you see his lady
She was looking where he’d gone
But she wasn’t letting on that she was grieving

She’s bound to go
Perhaps she’ll find him waiting for his boat in some city far away
She’s bound to go

Lately I remember afternoons of smoke and wine
There was nothing we could find but peace and pleasure
And with a smile he told me
That he wanted just to be on his way across the sea no man can measure

He won’t be back,
And the sun may find him sleeping in the dust of some ruin far away
He won’t be back

Early today as I watched while the skyline was shaking
I heard a rumbling
Early today the mechanical city was waking
And I ran out stumbling, mumbling
Out through the laughter of children and dogs

Did you see our brother
He was here the other day
But he only came to say that he can’t breathe here
Did you see his lady
She was reaching for his hand
Just as if to tell her man that she can’t either

They’re bound to go
And the sun may find me running after them, seeing something far away
We won’t be back

…..Someone who had been away
…..Suddenly came back today
…..And I allowed him home today into my mind
…..For a moment face to face
…..Evil packed upon the place
…..Long ago he meant to stay out there this time
…..Oh, what do you know
…..The love that I’ve been feeling
…..The past is healing so slow
…..By tomorrow, gone from sorrow.

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About Lyrics and From Silver Lake by Jackson Browne

The lyrics to From Silver Lake are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Jackson Browne used when the song was created in 1972. The lyrics to From Silver Lake have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Jackson Browne and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to From Silver Lake by Jackson Browne. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to From Silver Lake" means the words set to the music of From Silver Lake, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Jackson Browne. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to From Silver Lake and the lyrics to From Silver Lake are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Jackson Browne who came here looking just for the lyrics to From Silver Lake, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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