Friday, March 9, 2007

Jackson Browne - Nina Demos

I downloaded or traded for this set a long time ago but am just getting around to listening to it. 30 tracks that Browne recorded in 1966 and 1967. Doesn't sound like Browne at all vocally (his voice was deeper then). Some songs have similar tunes to later ones. These Days from 1973's For Everyman appears here as I've Been Out Walking with different lyrics.

http://jrp-graphics.com/jb/nina.html

I've been out walking
I don't do too much talking these days
These days
These days I seem to think a lot
About the things that I forgot to do
And all the times I had the chance to

I stopped my ramblin'
I don't do too much gamblin' these days
These days
These days I seem to think about
How all the changes came about my way
And I wonder if I'll see another highway

And I had a lover
I don't think I'll risk another these days
These days
And if I seem to be afraid
To live the life that I have made in song
Well it's just 'cause I've been losing so long

Well I'll stop my dreamin'
I don't do too much schemin' these days
These days
These days I'll sit on cornerstones
And count the time in quartertones to ten
Please don't confront me with my failures
I had not forgotten them


http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/jackson_browne/these_days.html

Well I've been out walking
I don't do that much talking these days
These days-
These days I seem to think a lot
About the things that I forgot to do
For you
And all the times I had the chance to

And I had a lover
It's so hard to risk another these days
These days-
Now if I seem to be afraid
To live the life I have made in song
Well it's just that I've been losing so long

I'll keep on moving
Things are bound to be improving these days
These days-
These days I sit on corner stones
And count the time in quarter tones to ten, my friend
Don't confront me with my failures
I had not forgotten them

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