The truth 🙏

I am not a Morrisey fan but I quite liked the way he sung this. On the other hand, I wish he had not replaced some of the lyrics to more banal ones. I am OK with him changing 'Jagger' to 'David Johansen' but 'Point towards another phone' instead of the original 'Pour me out another phone' is not an improvement. Maybe he just did not know the correct lyrics because he made many changes that served no purpose.

Best cover of this song I have heard. I like the picture also.

Under-appreciated Bowie song. Nice that Morrissey noticed and gave it some attention..

Perfect.

Everyone I've ever known has wished me well Anyway, that's how it seems, it's hard to tell Maybe people only ask you how you're doing 'Cause that's easier than letting on how little they could care But when you know that you've got a real friend somewhere Suddenly all the others are so much easier to bear Now, to see things clear it's hard enough, I know While you're waiting for reality to show Without dreamin' of the perfect love And holding it so far above If you stumbled onto someone real, you'd never know (You'd never know) You could be with somebody who is lonely too (Sometimes it doesn't show) He might be trying to get across to you (Words can be so slow) When your own emptiness is all that's gettin' through There comes a point when you're not sure why you're still talking I passed that point long ago (Long ago) I'm so tired of all this circling And all these glimpses of the end (You know it's useless to pretend) That's all the voices say, you'll go right on circling Until you've found some kind of friend Well, I saw you through the laughter and the noise You were talking with the soldiers and the boys While they scuffled for your weary smiles I thought of all the empty miles And the years that I've spent looking for your eyes (Looking for your eyes) Now I'm sitting here wondering what to say (That you might recognize) Afraid that all these words might scare you away (Break through the disguise) No one ever talks about their feelings anyway Without dressing them in dreams and laughter I guess it's just too painful otherwise Look, it's like you're standing in the window Of a house nobody lives in And I'm sitting in a car across the way (Let's just say) It's an early model Chevrolet (Let's just say) It's a warm and windy day You go and pack your sorrow The trash man comes tomorrow Leave it at the kerb and we'll just roll away

So underrated

I'm so tired of all this circling! People only ask how I am doing cuz it's easier than letting on how little they could care! No one ever talks about their feelings anyway. I guess it's just too painful.... I keep packing my sorrow. Dragging it to the curb. But I sure wish I had a real friend somewhere....it would help make all this easier to bear. Jackson. You write the words and sing the tune for millions of us. I feel less alone because of you.

I'm sure I've heard this in the past, but I've never REALLY heard it until this week. I revisited Late for the Sky after its recent induction into the National Recording Registry. This song came back to me at a time in my life when it perfectly encapsulates some intense feelings of the past few weeks. Sometimes it be like dat.

Listening a lot to this album now, definitely my favorite Jackson browne album and maybe my favorite album ever of all the music I have heard

Do I hear some Eagles in the background there?

I first heard this album on cassette in the mid to late 90’s. It seemed like true brilliance then and still does today.

Maybe people only ask you how you're doing 'Cause that's easier than letting on how little they could care Hard to think of many better lyrics than that.

He pulls at my heart strings. He leaves me begging for more! He has been food for my soul since I was 16. It's as if he is me!

OMG- this is the greatest folk rock album of all time, maybe behind only Joni Mitchell's Blue

Its like your standing in a window.

I recently counted by favorite bands/musicians, got to 50 and still counting. Jackson Browne always starts at #1, and will be till the day I die. PERIOD

I love so many of his songs, but I think this one speaks more truths than most artists are lucky to get out in a career. Just magnificent. Still!

The resignation of truth is so sad on this one.

These lyrics are super powerful. It’s kind of a song that fits a lot of different meanings.

Look, it's like you're standing in the window of a house nobody lives in, and I'm sitting in car car across the way. Let's just say, it's an early model Chevrolet. Let's just say, it's a warm and windy day. You go and pack your sorrows, Trash man comes tomorrow. We'll just leave it at the them on the curb pull away.

Jackson Browne is timeless, his music will reach beyond our generation,God bless him, he got me through my heartaches and i have no doubt he will heal my grandkids heartaches also.

For my Lizzie.

He is timeless. I held his song in my heart now for so many years and just means more as the years go by😇

My freshman year in college I worked in the cafeteria at dinner time. When I was done I'd go back to the dorm, shower and listen to this album probably 5 to 6 days a week. This song brings those old feelings back.

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This is the top for me !!

This is my favorite song of all time.

This is perfect 🍷🎶♥️

Jackson Browne is one of the best song writer/singer there has ever been.

Great Poet 😍

Karen and I liked this song...........35 years ago

This album is freaking beautiful. One of the few I have listened to from beginning to end, just stunning. When Springsteen inducted JB into the RRHoF in '04, he specifically mentioned the car doors slamming at the end of this song.

How did I not discover this until now? It's magic.

All time favorite, The Late Show, 1974♥️

Best album in history (recent anyway) of music, what happened to people that could write and sing with their heart, he touched so many lives

Mis dos amores desde que era una mina de 5 años, Morrissey y Bowie. 😍

I can't believe some new country sensation hasn't raided Jackson Browne's catalog and given songs like this the attention and praise they deserve.

Speechless...this song reminds me of my abusive dad. Just spot on...jackson. all you're stuff is real in a fake world.

That’s great. Onya Mozza 👍🏽

I always loved this song but only recently got it. Of course I guess we all put our own meanings to things but having just recently lost the possibility of a relationship with someone this will always haunt me. The future seemed so great when we talked about it and finally admitted our feelings but too many obstacles in the present from making it happen. We were so close to making it happen...it's like she was standing in a window of house nobody lives in and was sitting in a car across the way.

Soundtrack to my life! This song was played incessantly (this whole album actually) on my way back up to school in Connecticut from visits back home in Joyzee in the mid 1970s. I can still picture the parts of the northbound Merritt Parkway I passed during parts of this song. ;) MAGICAL lyrics, and YES, Dave's mournful lap steel is some of the best work on that instrument I've EVER heard!!

I carry these words with me everyday it's called the truth

My best friend died tonight, we spent many wonderful hours listening to this album together..I'll always love you.

The finale always gives me a thrill. Harmonies, violins, and above all... David Lindley

Those lyrics are just soo good HOW!? *cries himself to sleep*

look.

always crashing the same car

i have seen him soo many times!! shook hands with him.

I wouldn't be here without him. Thank you for everything. MLH&R