The Only Child Lyrics

Lyric discussion by jeboyd 

Cover art for The Only Child lyrics by Jackson Browne

The song is to Ethan - "the only child" of Jackson and Phyllis Browne after Phyllis committed suicide. He's telling his son to care for her memory regardless of what he hears about her. Phyllis died while Browne was recording The Pretender album and it influenced several songs including Daddy's Tune and Sleep's Dark and Silent Gate.

Negative
Subjective
Sadness
Loss
Family
Memory
Grief
Influence