Jackson Browne / Late For The Sky (Asylum Records, 7E-1017) <September 13, 1974>

Jackson Browne / Late For The Sky (Asylum Records, 7E-1017) <September 13, 1974> MAT; A5 / B4

16歳ぐらいのころに誕生日にもらって聴いたのがジャクソン・ブラウンとの出会いでした。当時は全然わからず、何となく聴いていたものです。今では2-5作目はどれも好きで、多分次回作"The Pretender"が一番好きですが、でも出会いのきっかけになったこの作品には特別な思い入れがあります。当時は気が付かなかったけど、マグリットを模したジャケもいいですね。

人気盤だけあって、あとジャケが暗いのでリングウエアが目立つものが多く、状態の良い白ラベルを見つけるのは至難の業です。いいのは多分1万円クラスですね。僕の場合、たまたま最初に出会った盤の状態が素晴らしかったので、買い直しは考えていませんが。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqYiHkx7ils

"Late For The Sky"

The words had all been spoken
And somehow the feeling still wasn't right
And still we continued on through the night
Tracing our steps from the beginning
Until they vanished into the air
Trying to understand how our lives has led us there

Looking hard into your eyes
There was nobody I'd ever known
Such an empty surprise to feel so alone

Now for me some words come easy
But I know that they don't mean that much
Compared with the things that are said when lovers touch
You never knew what I loved in you
I don't know what you loved in me
Maybe the picture of somebody you were hoping I might be

Awake again I can't pretend and I know I'm alone
And close to the end of the feeling we've known

How long have I been sleeping
How long have I been drifting alone through the night
How long have I been dreaming I could make it right
If I closed my eyes and tried with all my might
To be the one you need

Awake again I can't pretend and I know I'm alone
And close to the end of the feeling we've known

How long have I been sleeping
How long have I been drifting alone through the night
How long have I been running for that morning flight
Through the whispered promises and the changing light
Of the bed where we both lie
Late for the sky