Jackson Browne with David Crosby, Graham Nash & David Lindley

[Ptah]

I've been waiting for something to happen
For a week or a month or a year
With the blood in the ink of the headlines
And the sound of the crowd in my ear
You might ask what it takes to remember
When you know that you've seen it before
Where a government lies to a people
And a country is drifting to war

And there's a shadow on the faces
Of the men who send the guns
To the wars that are fought in places
Where their business interest runs
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I want to know who the men in the shadows are
I want to hear somebody asking them why
They can be counted on to tell us who our enemies are
But they're never the ones to fight or to die
And there are lives in the balance
There are people under fire
There are children at the cannons
And there is blood on the wire

[olddots]

1. i could watch that 400 or 500 more times.

thanks

[Granny M]

2. I love that song.

When I think that it was written in the mid eighties I feel sad that we are worse off now, and every word of the song is even more true today.

[hamsterjill]

9. Ditto!

Love the song, and hear what you're saying!

[BigBearJohn]

3. Ah yes, God bless these artists.

Back when music meant something to me.
Makes me feel young again.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Always true. Saw him perform that in Santa Cruz over 20 years ago. Possibly the greatest song

Saw him perform that in Santa Cruz over 20 years ago at a piano. It is possibly the greatest song he ever made, and he has made many great songs.

"Lives in the Balance" is always true and will probably be true for a few more generations.

[Hotler]

5. .........

[faye]

6. Seen it

Having served in Viet Nam I have seen this. Kill and rape.

[midnight]

8. Welcome....So did my Uncle..

[drynberg]

7. MAY THIS FINE SONG BE BUT ONE

Battle Cry in the Streets, as we struggle for freedom from the true Evil Doers.