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Artist/Band: Jackson Browne
Lyrics for Song: How Long
Lyrics for Album: World in Motion [1989]



When you look into a child s face

And you're seeing the human race

And the endless possibilities there

Where so much can come true

And you think of the beautiful things

A child can do



How long, would the child survive

How long, if it was up to you



When you think about the money spent

On defense by a government

And the weapons of destruction we ve built

We're so sure that we need

And you think of the millions and millions

That money could feed



How long, can you hear someone crying

How long, can you hear someone dying

Before you ask yourself why?

And how long will we hear people speaking

About missiles for peace

And just let it go by

How long will they tell us these weapons

Are keeping us free

That s a lie



If you saw it from a satellite

With it's green and it's blue and white

The beauty of the curve of the earth

And it's oceans below

You might think it was paradise

If you didn t know

You might think that it's turning

But it's turning so slow



How long, can you hear someone crying

How long, can you hear someone dying

Before you ask yourself why?

And how long will it be till we ve turned

To the tasks and the skills

That we ll have to have learned

If we re going to find our place in the future

And have something to offer

Where this planet s concerned

How long?


Album Lyrics: World in Motion [1989]


Jackson Browne
"World in Motion [1989]"


1. World in motion
2. Chasing you into the light
3. How Long
4. anything can happen
5. When the stone begins to turn
6. My personal revenge
7. Lights and virtues