Jackson Browne: Late for the sky
[Verse 1]
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Of the words that all've been spoken,
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somehow the feeling still wasn't right,
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and still we continued on through the night.
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Tracing our steps from the beginning,
F C
till they vanished into the air.
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Trying to understand how our lives had led us there.
[Refrain]
F Am G F G
Looking hard into your eyes, there was nobody I'd ever known.
F Am G
Such an empty surprise to feel so alone.
[Verse 2]
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Now for me, some words come easy
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but I know that they don't mean that much,
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compared with the things that are said when lovers touch.
C G
You'll never knew what I loved in you,
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I don't know what you loved in me.
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Maybe the picture of somebody you were hoping I might be.
[Chorus]
F Am G C G
Awake again, I can't pretend and I know I am alone.
F Am G C G
And close to the end of the feeling we've known.
F C
How long have I been sleeping?
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How long have I been drifting alone through the night?
F Am
How long have I been dreaming I
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could make it right if I close my eyes
F Am
and try with all my might to be the one you need ...
[Chorus]
F Am G C G
Awake again, I can't pretend and I know I am alone.
F Am G C G
And close to the end of the feeling we've known.
F C
How long have I been sleeping?
F Am G C
How long have I been drifting alone through the night?
F Am
How long have I been running for
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that morning flight through the whispered promises
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in the changing light of the bed where we both lie,
C
late for the sky.
