Election 2006: It Ain't Over Until It's Over

DOCTOR MY EYES
By Jackson Browne

Doctor, my eyes have seen the years
And the slow parade of fears without crying
Now I want to understand

I have done all that I could
To see the evil and the good without hiding
You must help me if you can

Doctor, my eyes
Tell me what is wrong
Was I unwise to leave them open for so long

‘Cause I have wandered through this world
And as each moment has unfurled
I’ve been waiting to awaken from these dreams
People go just where there will
I never noticed them until I got this feeling
That it's later than it seems

Doctor, my eyes
Tell me what you see
I hear their cries
Just say if its too late for me

Doctor, my eyes
I cannot see the sky
Is this the prize for having learned how not to cry?

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This is another in our series of anti-war and political songs appropriate for the trying times in which we live.

I've been playing a lot of musicians who have strong political and anti-war bents, including Bruce Cockburn, Joan Baez and Gil Scott-Heron because their words and music have much more meaning than even when they were first written and performed.

I'll be posting the lyrics to more great political and anti-war songs from time to time.