Looking East - Jackson Browne (杰克逊·布朗)

Written by：Luis Conte/Kevin McCormick/Scott Thurston

Standing in the ocean with the sun burning low in the west

Like a fire in the cavernous darkness

At the heart of the beast

With my beliefs and possessions

Stopped at the frontier in my chest

At the edge of my country

My back to the sea looking east

Where the search for the truth

Is conducted with a wink and a nod

And where power

And position are equated with the grace of God

These times

Are famine for the soul while for the senses it's a feast

From the edge of my country

As far as you see looking east

Hunger in the midnight

Hunger at the stroke of noon

Hunger in the mansion

Hunger in the rented room

Hunger on the tv

Hunger on the printed page

And theres a godsized hunger

Underneath the laughing and the rage

In the absence of light

And the deepening night

Where I wait for the sun

Looking east

How long have I left my mind

To the powers that be

How long will it take to find

The higher power moving in me

Power in the insect

Power in the sea

Power in the snow falling silently

Power in the blossom

Power in the stone

Power in the song

Being sung alone

Power in the wheatfield

Power in the rain

Power in the sunlight and the hurricane

Power in the silence

Power in the flame

Power in the sound of the lovers name

The power of the sunrise

And the power of a prayer released

On the edge of my country

I pray for the ones with the least

Hunger in the midnight

Hunger at the stroke of noon

Hunger in the banquet

Hunger in the bride and groom

Hunger on the tv

Hunger on the printed page

And theres a godsized hunger

Underneath the questions of the age

And an absence of light

In the deepening night

Where I wait for the sun

Looking east