For Taking the Trouble (LP版)

For Taking the Trouble (LP版) - Jackson Browne

For taking the trouble

For hanging on and tryin'

You've been working through the rubble of a shattered mind

Yeah baby

Tell me why the tears are falling from your eye

Tears of laughter

Tears of grief

Are they the tears of a captured thief

You thought that you were home free

Thought you had her well in hand

But there were things about her you didn't understand

Yeah baby

Tell me how

You're gonna keep that promise now

To live your life

Without regret

And make it work with what you get

You didn't then but now you know

When she began to lie

You really should have let her go

You're learnin' how to talk about it

You're learnin' how to bend

It's like you're learning how to walk all over again

Yeah baby tell me who you're gonna give your lovin' to

That girl who catches every eye

Or the one you can set your compass by

You set it by her soulful smile

The fire in her eye

And the way she goes that extra mile

The love you wanted this to be

Is somewhere down the line

You'll find her eventually

Your grandma and her grandma

Sittin' 'round heaven discussin' the law

Lovin' that girl was not your crime

Livin' without her gonna take some time

Lovin' that girl next thing you knew

You'd turned away from the thing you do

Lovin' that girl you couldn't see

Living without her gonna make you free