Song For Adam
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Version 1 is a full studio recording. This song was written by Jackson Browne and originally released on his self titled debut album
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lyrics version 1
That was a double header written by the great white fox himself, Leon Russell an' now we've got a tender tune coming up for you here by ah, someone I'm sure you all know and love, Jackson Browne. He's ah hailed as ah a prophet of the seventies by some and then, some say he's just making a profit in the seventies. Haha [Spoken]
Though Adam was a friend of mine I did not know him well
He was alone into his distance, he was deep inside his well
I could guess what he was laughing at but I couldn't really tell
Now the story goes that Adam jumped but I'm thinking that he fell
Together we went travelling, as we received the call
His destination India and I had none at all
But I still remember laughing with our backs against the wall
So free of fear he never thought that one of us might fall
I sit before my only candle
Though it's so little light to find my way
Now this story unfolds before my candle
Which gets shorter every hour as it reaches for the day
And I feel just like a candle in a way
I guess I'll get there
But I can't say for sure
When we parted we were laughing still as our goodbyes were said
And I never heard from him again, as each our lives we led
Except for once in someone else's letter that I read
And then I heard the sudden word that a friend of mine was dead
I sit beside my only candle
Like a pilgrim sits beside the way
Now this journey appears before my candle
Like a song that's growing fainter the harder that I play
Till I fear before I end I'll fade away
I guess I'll get there
But I can't say for sure
Though Adam was a friend of mine I did not know him well
He was alone into his distance, he was deep inside his well
I could guess what he was laughing at but I couldn't really tell
Now the story goes that Adam jumped but I'm thinking that he fell
Together we went travelling, as we received the call
His destination India and I had none at all
But I still remember laughing with our backs against the wall
So free of fear he never thought that one of us might fall
I sit before my only candle
Though it's so little light to find my way
Now this story unfolds before my candle
Which gets shorter every hour as it reaches for the day
And I feel just like a candle in a way
I guess I'll get there
But I can't say for sure
When we parted we were laughing still as our goodbyes were said
And I never heard from him again, as each our lives we led
Except for once in someone else's letter that I read
And then I heard the sudden word that a friend of mine was dead
I sit beside my only candle
Like a pilgrim sits beside the way
Now this journey appears before my candle
Like a song that's growing fainter the harder that I play
Till I fear before I end I'll fade away
I guess I'll get there
But I can't say for sure