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Artist: Jackson Browne
Track: Doctor My Eyes

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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

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

'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

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

Doctor, my eyes
They cannot see the sky
Is this the prize
For having learned how not to cry?
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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
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Clyde Jackson Browne (born 9 October 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Born in Heidelberg, Germany, his father Clyde Jack Browne, was an American serviceman. He