For Taking the Trouble [Oviedo Sound Check] Lyrics

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, you 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 are 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
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Cover art for For Taking the Trouble [Oviedo Sound Check] lyrics by Jackson Browne

“Rockabye Sweet Baby” Jackson Browne. Who else can “Baby” be? This is so intimate either he is a master therapist for “Baby,” or he is a classic, immaculate confessor of his own soul’s autobiographical journey. Either way, Theologian Jackson’s verbatim should be taught in every pastoral counseling class there is. He can call himself “a heathen and a pagan,” but author of, “The Rebel Jesus,” offers more than enough truth, hope, and healing to humble any believer with ears to hear, eyes to see, and hearts with room to listen. But that’s just the lyrics …

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Cover art for For Taking the Trouble [Oviedo Sound Check] lyrics by Jackson Browne

Baby: "Like learning how to walk all over again." Is this a more sophisticated version of, "I'm Alive?"

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