Tracks 9 & 10 from his second album “For Everyman” released in 1973 copyright Asylum Records. It was recorded at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Studio One in Doraville, Georgia and Wally Heider Studios in Los Angeles. This album was the first to feature David Lindley, a multi-instrumentalist who would also appear on four more of Browne’s albums. It also featured a number of the best musicians of the day. "Take It Easy" written with Glenn Frey had been released the year before as The Eagle's first single. Several artists had recorded the song "These Days" but Browne felt that Gregg Allman's version had captured the essence of the song the best so he used Allman's arrangement for his first recorded version. The album received above average reviews and was considered a worthy follow-up to his debut, with improved vocal technique and song writing. It reached No. 43 on the Billboard album chart and achieved Gold status in 1975. It was certified Platinum in 1989. Written and produced by Jackson Browne. RIP Pete Kleinow, Wilton Felder, Glenn Frey, Mickey McGee & David Lindley. Featuring:
Jackson Browne – Lead vocals, acoustic guitars, piano & rhythm guitars
David Lindley – Slide, lead, rhythm & acoustic guitars, electric violin on “Ready or Not”
Doug Haywood – Bass
Jim Keltner – Drums
Sneaky” Pete Kleinow – Pedal steel guitar on “Take It Easy” & “Our Lady of the Well”
Mike Utley – Hammond B-3 organ on “Sing My Songs to Me/For Everyman”
Spooner Oldham – Hammond B-3 organ on “Colors of the Sun”
Bill Payne – Piano on “I Thought I Was a Child”
David Paich – Piano on “These Days”
Elton John – Piano on “Redneck Friend”
Joni Mitchell – Piano on “Sing My Songs to Me”
Craig Doerge – Piano on “For Everyman”
Leland Sklar – Bass on “The Times You’ve Come” & “For Everyman”
Wilton Felder – Bass on “Sing My Songs to Me”
Mickey McGee – Drums on “Take It Easy”
Gary Mallaber – Drums on “Colors of the Sun” & “Sing My Songs to Me”
Russ Kunkel – Drums on “The Times You’ve Come” & “For Everyman”
Don Henley – Background vocal on “Colors of the Sun”
Glenn Frey – Background vocal on “Redneck Friend”
Bonnie Raitt – Background vocal on “The Times You’ve Come”
David Crosby – Background vocal on “For Everyman”
Sing my songs to me, sing them to me softly
Sing me sunlight and shadows, orange groves and meadows
Let your voice ring back my memories
Sing my songs to me
Bring my dreams to me, bring them from the darkness
Let the minutes and hours show my mind strange new flowers
But I'd like to know where they go when the morning comes
Bring my dreams to me
Because it seems to me that there may never be a better chance to see who I am
Come timelessly dancing through my dreams to me
Everybody I talk to is ready to leave with the light of the mornin'
They've seen the end comin' down long enough to believe that they've heard their last warning
(Standing alone, each has his own) ticket in his hand
And as the evening descends I sit thinking about every man
Seems like I've always been looking for some other place to get it together
Where with a few of my friends I could give up the race and maybe find something better
(But all my fine dreams, well-thought-out schemes to gain the motherland)
(Have all eventually come down to waiting for every man)
(Waiting here for every man, make it on your own if you think you can)
(If you see somewhere to go, I understand, waiting here for every man)
(Don't ask me if he'll show) baby, I don't know
Make it on your own if you think you can
Somewhere later on you'll have to take a stand
Then you're gonna need a hand
Everybody's just waiting to hear from the one who can give them the answers
And lead them back to that place in the warmth of the sun where sweet childhood still dances
(Who'll come along and hold out that strong but gentle fathers hand?)
(Long ago I heard someone say something bout every man)
(Waiting here for every man, make it on your own, make it if you think you can)
(If you see somewhere to go, I understand)
I'm not tryin' to tell you that I've seen the plan, turn and walk away if you think I am
But don't think too badly of one who's left holding sand
He's (just another dreamer dreamin' 'bout every man) …...more
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