Fountain of sorrow lyrics

Artist  : Jackson browne 
Song : Fountain of sorrow
 

Looking through some photographs I found inside a
drawer
I was taken by a photograph of you
There were one or two I know that you would have
liked a little more
But they didn`t show your spirit quite as true

You were turning `round to see who was behind you
And I took your childish laughter by surprise
And at the moment that my camera happened to find
you
There was just a trace of sorrow in your eyes

Now the things that I remember seem so distant
and so small
Though it hasn`t really been that long a time
What I was seeing wasn`t what was happening at
all
Although for a while, our path did seem to climb
But when you see through love`s illusions, there
lies the danger
And your perfect lover just looks like a perfect
fool
So you go running off in search of a perfect
stranger
While the loneliness seems to spring from your
life
Like a fountain from a pool

Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light
You`ve known that hollow sound of your own steps
in flight
You`ve had to hide sometimes, but now you`re all
right
And it`s good to see your smiling face tonight

Now for you and me it may not be that hard to
reach our dreams
But that magic feeling never seems to last
And while the future`s there for anyone to
change, still you know it`s seems
It would be easier sometimes to change the past
I`m just one or two years and a couple of changes
behind you
In my lessons at love`s pain and heartache school
Where if you feel too free and you need something
to remind you
There`s this loneliness springing up from your
life
Like a fountain from a pool

Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light
You`ve known that hollow sound of your own steps
in flight

You`ve had to hide sometimes but now you`re all
right
And it`s good to see your smiling face tonight

Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light
You`ve known that hollow sound of your own steps
in flight
You`ve had to struggle, you`ve had to fight
To keep understanding and compassion in sight
You could be laughing at me, you`ve got the right
But you go on smiling so clear and so bright