Running down along the towns along the shore When I was sixteen and on my own No I couldn't tell you what the hell those breaks were for I was just trying to hear my song Jimmy found his own sweet sound when he won that free guitar And we'd all get in the van and play Life became the Paradox, the Bell, the Rouge et noir And the stretch of road running to L.A. Pages turning Pages we were years from learning Straight into the night our hearts were flung Better bring your own redemtion when you come To the barricades of heaven where I'm from All the world was shining from those hills With the stars above and the lights below Among those there to test their fortune and their will I lost track of the score long ago Pages turning ... Childhood comes for me at night The voices of my friends Your face bathing me in light I hope that never ends Pages turning Pages torn and pages burning Faded pages open in the sun Pages turning ...

Looking through some photographs I found inside a drawer I was taken by a photograph of you There were one or two I know that you would have liked a little more But they didn?t show your spirit quite as true You were turning ?round to see who was behind you And I took your childish laughter by surprise And at the moment that my camera happened to find you There was just a trace of sorrow in your eyes Now the things that I remember seem so distant and so small Though it hasn?t really been that long a time What I was seeing wasn?t what was happening at all Although for a while, our path did seem to climb But when you see through love?s illusions, there lies the danger And your perfect lover just looks like a perfect fool So you go running off in search of a perfect stranger While the loneliness seems to spring from your life Like a fountain from a pool Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light You?ve known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight You?ve had to hide sometimes, but now you?re all right And it?s good to see your smiling face tonight Now for you and me it may not be that hard to reach our dreams But that magic feeling never seems to last And while the future?s there for anyone to change, still you know it?s seems It would be easier sometimes to change the past I?m just one or two years and a couple of changes behind you In my lessons at love?s pain and heartache school Where if you feel too free and you need something to remind you There?s this loneliness springing up from your life Like a fountain from a pool Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light You?ve known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight You?ve had to hide sometimes but now you?re all right And it?s good to see your smiling face tonight Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light You?ve known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight You?ve had to struggle, you?ve had to fight To keep understanding and compassion in sight You could be laughing at me, you?ve got the right But you go on smiling so clear and so bright

Well, I'm a runnin' down the road try'n' to loosen my load I got seven women on my mind; Four that wanna own me, two that wanna stone me, One says she's a friend of mine. Take it easy, take it easy, Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy. Lighten up while you still can, don't even try to understand. Just find a place to make your stand and take it easy. Now, I'm a standin' on a corner in Winston, Arizona With such a fine sight to see; It's a girl my Lord, in a flat-bed Ford Slowin' down to have a look at me. Come on, baby, don't say maybe. I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me. We may lose and we may win, but we will never be here again. Oh, open up, I'm climbin' in to take it easy. Well, I'm runnin' down the road try'n' to loosen my load, Got a world of trouble on my mind. I'm lookin' for a lover who won't blow my cover; She's just a little hard to find. Take it easy, take it easy, Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy. Come on baby, don't say maybe. I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me.

Well I've been out walkin' And 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 a chance to Well I had a lover I don't think I'll risk another, these days. These days. These days I seem to be afraid To live th life that I have made in song But it's just that I have been loosing, so long These days I sit on corner stones Count the time in quarter tones till ten, my friend And I believe I've come to see myself again These days I sit on corner stones Count the time in quarter tones till ten, my friend Please don't confront me with my failures I'm aware of them.