Long before you ever saw your chances You were going to burn this city down Tired of the fashions and the dances Tired of the people standing around
(Greg Copeland & Wally Stocker) Daughter of a woman who comes and goes Candy Daughter of a man she barely knows Candy All grown up about the things
As if I really didn't understand That I was just another part of their plan I went off looking for the promise Believing in the Motherland And from the
What she was living without People speak of love don't know what they're thinking of Wait around for the one who fits just like a glove Speak in terms of a life and the living
(Jorge Calderon & Jackson Browne) Papa hit him, Mama kissed him Made him go to Catechism With the sisters in their black and white And all the time
friends These governments killing their own? Or the people who finally can't take any more And they pick up a gun or a brick or a stone There are lives in the balance
God is great, God is good He guards your neighborhood Though it's generally understood Not quite the way you would You try to take the slack Stay awake
Till I go down Till I go down Till I go down I'm not gonna shut my eyes Till I go down I'm not gonna shut my eyes I've already seen the lies On the
friends These governments killing their own? Or the people who finally can't take anymore So they pick up a gun, or a brick, or a stone And there are lives in the balance
Traduzione: Jackson Browne. Lives In The Balance.