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“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“When you've found another soul who see's in to your own...take good care of each other..and remember to be kind..”
― Jackson Browne

“Looking through a photograph I found inside a drawer
I was taken by a photograph of you.”
― Jackson Browne

“Let the disappointments pass
Let the laughter fill your glass
Let the illusions last until they shatter
Whatever you might hope to find
among the thoughts that crowd your mind
There won't be many that ever really matter.”
― Jackson Browne

“The Pretender"

I'm going to rent myself a house
In the shade of the freeway
I'm going to pack my lunch in the morning
And go to work each day
And when the evening rolls around
I'll go on home and lay my body down
And when the morning light comes streaming 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 awakening
I've been aware of the time going by
They say in the end it's the wink of an eye
And when the morning light comes streaming in
You'll get up and do it again
Amen

Caught between the longing 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 evening
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 nothing for the others
But to choose off and fight
And tear at the world with all their might
While the ships bearing 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 missing colors
In each other's paint-by-number dreams
And then we'll put our dark glasses on
And we'll make love until our strength is gone
And when the morning light comes streaming in
We'll get up and do it again
Get it up again

I'm going 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
Though 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

Jackson Browne, The Pretender (1976)”
― Jackson Browne, Jackson Browne -- The Pretender: Piano/Vocal/Chords

“We may lose and we may win, but we will never be here again.”
― Jackson Browne

“They say it can't be won,
The way the game is run.
But if you choose to stay
You wind up playin' anyway.”
― Jackson Browne

“Doctor, my eyes cannot see the sky. Is this the prize for having learned how not to cry?”
― Jackson Browne

“Waiting here for Everyman
Make it on your own if you think you can
If you see somewhere to go I understand
I'm not trying to tell you
That I've seen the plan
Turn and walk away if you think I am
But don't think too badly
Of one who's left holding sand
He's just another dreamer,
Dreaming 'bout Everyman.”
― Jackson Browne

“No one ever talks about their feelings anyway
Without dressing them in dreams and laughter
I guess it's just too painful otherwise”
― Jackson Browne