Doctor My Eyes Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Doctor, my eyes have seen the years
And the slow parade of fears without crying
Now I want to understand

I have done all that I could
To see the evil and the good without hiding

You must help me if you can

[Chorus]
Doctor, my eyes
Tell me what is wrong
Was I unwise to leave them open for so long?

[Verse 2]
'Cause I have wandered through this world
And as each moment has unfurled
I've been waiting to awaken from these dreams

People go just where they will
I never noticed them until I got this feeling
That it's later than it seems

[Chorus]
Doctor, my eyes
Tell me what you see
I hear their cries
Just say if it's too late for me

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Genius Annotation

Jackson Browne’s “Doctor My Eyes” appears on his 1972 debut album, Saturate Before Using.

Above: A doctor checks for possible brain injury.

The song is a first person monologue about a world-weary man who’s seen too much and doesn’t want the pain anymore.

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