These Days

Jackson Browne was 16 and full of teenage angst when he wrote this - it has been recorden by Nico, Jackson and the Allman Brothers

Well I've been out walking
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 the chance to

And I had a lover
It's so hard to risk another these days
These days--
Now if I seem to be afraid
To live the life I have made in song
Well it's just that I've been losing for so long

I'll keep on moving
Things are bound to be improving these days
One of these days--
These days I sit on corner stones
And count the time in quarter tones to ten, my friend
Don't confront me with my failures
I had not forgotten them

The Tallest Man on Earth

I haven't thought of Jackson Browne for a while then a columnist writes about this song with its final words

'Please don't confront me with my failures/I have not forgotten them'

Nico released a version in 1967 - this is a nice little video


Good starter music can of course be bought at Amazon
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