Song For Adam (LP Version)

Song Song For Adam (LP Version)
Artist Jackson Browne
Album Jackson Browne

Lyrics

[00:24.81] Though Adam was a friend of mine,
[00:28.15] I did not know him well
[00:30.98] He was alone into his distance
[00:34.46] He was deep into his well
[00:39.48] I could guess what he was laughing at,
[00:42.89] But I couldn't really tell
[00:46.30] Now the story's told that Adam jumped,
[00:49.76] But I've been thinking that he fell
[00:58.65] Together we went traveling,
[01:01.87] As we received the call
[01:04.77] His destination India,
[01:08.38] And I had none at all
[01:13.00] Well, I still remember laughing
[01:16.42] With our backs against the wall
[01:19.73] So free of fear, we never thought
[01:23.53] That one of us might fall
[01:27.99] I sit before my only candle,
[01:33.92] But it's so little light to find my way
[01:39.95] Now this story unfolds before my candle
[01:47.12] Which is shorter every hour
[01:49.98] As it reaches for the day
[01:54.10] But I feel just like a candle in the way
[01:59.76] I guess I'll get there, but
[02:03.98] I wouldn't say for sure
[02:21.69] When we parted we were laughing still,
[02:25.00] As our goodbyes were said
[02:27.91] And I never heard from him again
[02:31.47] As each our lives we led
[02:36.45] Except for once in someone else's
[02:40.06] Letter that I read
[02:43.37] Until I heard the sudden word
[02:46.73] That a friend of mine was dead
[02:52.01] I sit before my only candle,
[02:57.89] Like a pilgrim sits beside the way
[03:03.56] Now this journey appears before my candle
[03:10.33] As a song that's growing fainter
[03:14.14] The harder that I play
[03:17.16] But I fear before I end I'll fade away
[03:22.57] But I guess I'll get there,
[03:26.98] Though I wouldn't say for sure
[03:44.55] Though Adam was a friend of mine,
[03:47.61] I did not know him long
[03:50.82] And when I stood myself beside him,
[03:54.23] I never though I was as strong
[03:59.30] Still it seems he stopped his singing
[04:02.62] In the middle of his song
[04:05.78] Well I'm not the one to say I know,
[04:09.50] But I'm hoping he was wrong
[04:14.17] I'm holding out my only candle,
[04:20.18] Though it's so little light to find my way
[04:26.49] Now this story's been laid beneath my candle
[04:33.66] And it's shorter every hour
[04:36.87] As it reaches for the day
[04:40.18] Yes, I feel just like a candle in the way
[04:45.90] I hope I'll get there,
[04:50.21] But I never pray