Runnin’ On Empty: Jackson Browne

Monday Morning, Jackson Browne worries about a fuel shortage.

Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels
Looking back at the years gone by like so many summer fields
In ’65, I was 17 and running up 101
I don’t know where I’m running now, I’m just running on…

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These Days: Jackson Browne

Already a terrific songwriter at age 16…

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Jackson Browne: Stay

Monday morning Jackson Browne and his crew load out with the wish to do one more, if only they could…

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These Days: Carson and Josh

Mr. Mckee and Mr. Turner with a lovely version of Jackson Browne’s song, written when Browne was 16 years old.

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Ophthalmology Lesson: Jackson Browne

Monday’s doctor appointment gets him out of bed. Doctor, my eyes.

Like Paul Simon, Jackson Browne is a master of using ambiguity in a song lyric to create multiple meanings. This is the first Jackson Browne song I ever heard, and it’s still one of my favorites. I don’t think anyone before or since has tackled the subject in quite this way.

And did you catch that there are two letter “h”s  in ophthalmology?