[ti:Looking East] [ar:Jackson Browne] [al:The Very Best of Jackson Browne] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Looking East - Jackson Browne (杰克逊·布朗) [00:11.43]Written by:Luis Conte/Kevin McCormick/Scott Thurston [00:22.87]Standing in the ocean with the sun burning low in the west [00:29.90]Like a fire in the cavernous darkness [00:32.85]At the heart of the beast [00:37.19]With my beliefs and possessions [00:39.50]Stopped at the frontier in my chest [00:44.37]At the edge of my country [00:46.63]My back to the sea looking east [00:55.20]Where the search for the truth [00:57.15]Is conducted with a wink and a nod [01:02.71]And where power [01:03.89]And position are equated with the grace of God [01:09.91]These times [01:11.40]Are famine for the soul while for the senses it's a feast [01:17.34]From the edge of my country [01:19.40]As far as you see looking east [01:24.93]Hunger in the midnight [01:26.83]Hunger at the stroke of noon [01:32.03]Hunger in the mansion [01:33.92]Hunger in the rented room [01:39.33]Hunger on the tv [01:41.14]Hunger on the printed page [01:46.00]And theres a godsized hunger [01:48.41]Underneath the laughing and the rage [01:53.44]In the absence of light [01:56.96]And the deepening night [02:00.62]Where I wait for the sun [02:04.46]Looking east [02:23.45]How long have I left my mind [02:27.23]To the powers that be [02:30.97]How long will it take to find [02:34.49]The higher power moving in me [02:52.02]Power in the insect [02:53.85]Power in the sea [02:55.63]Power in the snow falling silently [02:59.31]Power in the blossom [03:01.00]Power in the stone [03:02.93]Power in the song [03:04.30]Being sung alone [03:06.34]Power in the wheatfield [03:08.25]Power in the rain [03:10.13]Power in the sunlight and the hurricane [03:13.58]Power in the silence [03:15.35]Power in the flame [03:17.25]Power in the sound of the lovers name [03:20.41]The power of the sunrise [03:22.78]And the power of a prayer released [03:27.31]On the edge of my country [03:29.44]I pray for the ones with the least [03:34.82]Hunger in the midnight [03:36.85]Hunger at the stroke of noon [03:42.01]Hunger in the banquet [03:43.93]Hunger in the bride and groom [03:49.23]Hunger on the tv [03:51.10]Hunger on the printed page [03:56.20]And theres a godsized hunger [03:58.48]Underneath the questions of the age [04:03.35]And an absence of light [04:06.94]In the deepening night [04:10.55]Where I wait for the sun [04:14.22]Looking east