Jackson Browne The Fuse with Lyrics in Description

Описание: Track 1 from his fourth album “The Pretender” released in 1976 copyright Asylum Records. It was recorded at Sunset Sound in Hollywood. The album’s sense of despair was shaped by the tragic death of Browne’s wife, Phyllis Major, a successful fashion model, who overdosed on pills at their Hollywood Hills home early in the recording process. The couple’s son Ethan was only two years old at the time. The single “Here Come Those Tears Again,” co-written with Major’s mother, was dedicated to her memory. The album received above average reviews and reached No. 5 on the Billboard chart. It achieved Gold status almost immediately, Platinum status within five months and was certified 3X Platinum in 2006. Written by Jackson Browne and produced by Jon Landau. RIP Lowell George, Jeff Porcaro, Dick Hyde & David Lindley. Featuring:

Jackson Browne – Lead vocals, acoustic guitar on “The Fuse” & “Your Bright Baby Blues”
Special Guests:
Craig Doerge – Piano
Fred Tackett – Acoustic & rhythm guitars
Leland Sklar – Bass
Jeff Porcaro – Drums
David Lindley – Slide guitar on “The Fuse” & “Daddy’s Tune,” violin on “The Only Child”
Lowell George – Slide guitar & background vocal on “Your Bright Baby Blues”
Roberto Gutierrez – Guitarron, violin & background vocal on “Linda Paloma”
Luis Damian – Acoustic guitar & background vocal on “Linda Paloma”
John Hall – Lead guitar on “Here Come Those Tears Again”
Albert Lee – Lead guitar on “The Only Child”
Waddy Wachtel – Rhythm guitar on “Daddy’s Tune”
Bill Payne – Piano on “Here Come Those Tears Again” & “The Only Child,” Hammond B-3 organ on “Your Bright Baby Blues”
Roy Bittan – Piano on “Your Bright Baby Blues”
Michael Utley – Hammond B-3 organ on “Here Come Those Tears Again”
Quitman Dennis – Sax on “Daddy’s Tune”
Jim Horn – Sax & horn arrangement on “Daddy’s Tune”
Dick Hyde – Trombone on “Daddy’s Tune”
Chuck Findley – Trumpet on “Daddy’s Tune”
Arthur Gerst – Harp, background vocal & arrangement on “Linda Paloma”
Chuck Rainey – Bass on “Your Bright Baby Blues” & “The Only Child”
Bob Glaub – Bass on “Here Come Those Tears Again” & “The Pretender”
Jim Gordon – Drums on “Your Bright Baby Blues” & “Here Come Those Tears Again”
Russ Kunkel – Drums on “The Fuse”
Don Henley – Background vocal on “The Only Child”
J.D. Souther – Background vocal on “The Only Child”
David Crosby – Background vocal on “The Pretender”
Graham Nash – Background vocal on “The Pretender”
Bonnie Raitt – Background vocal on “Here Come Those Tears Again”
Rosemary Butler – Background vocal on “Here Come Those Tears Again”
David Campbell – String arrangements on “Sleep’s Dark and Silent Gate” & “The Pretender”

It's coming from so far away, it's hard to say for sure
Whether what I hear is music or the wind through an open door
There's a fire high in the empty sky where the sound meets the shore
There's a long distance loneliness rolling out over the desert floor

And the years that I spent lost in the mystery
Fall away leaving only the sound of the drum
Like a part of me (it speaks to the heart of me)
Forget what life used to be (you are what you choose to be)
It's whatever it is you see that life will become

Whatever it is you might think you have, you have nothin' to lose
Through every dead and living thing time runs like a fuse
And the fuse is burning and the earth is turning

Though the years give way to uncertainty
And the fear of living for nothing strangles the will
There's a part of me (that speaks to the heart of me)
Though sometimes it's hard to see (it's never far from me)
Alive in eternity that nothing can kill

Oh, Lord, are there really people starving still?
Look out beyond the walls of Babylon (how long) will their needs go unfilled?
I wanna say right now (I'm gonna be around)
When the walls and towers are crumbling (when the towers are tumbling down)
And I will tune my spirit to the gentle sound (I wanna hear the sound)
Of the waters lapping on the higher ground (of the children laughing)

(Say yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)