Lyrics Looking Into You (Remastered) - Live - Jackson Browne , The Eagles

Well, I looked into a house I once lived in
'Round the time I first went on my own
When the roads were as many as the places I had dreamed of
And my friends and I were one
Now the distance is done, and the search has begun
I've come to see where my beginnings have gone

Well, the walls and the windows were still standing
And the music could be heard at the door
Where the people who kindly endured my odd questions
Asked if I came very far
And when my silence replied, they took me inside
Where their children sat playing on the floor

Well, we spoke of the changes that we'd find as farther on
And it left me so warm and so high
As I stepped back outside to the grey morning sun
I heard the highway whisper and sigh
"Are you ready to fly?"

And I looked into faces all passing by
It's an ocean that will never be refilled
And the house that grows older and finally crumbles
That even love cannot rebuild
It's a hotel at best, you're here as a guest
You ought to make yourself at home, while you're waiting for the rest

Well, I looked into the dream of the man
That one day the search will be through
Now here I stand at the edge of my embattled illusions
Looking into you

Ah, the great song traveller passed through here
And he opened my eyes to the view
And I was among those who called him a prophet
And I asked him what was true
'Til the distance had shown how the road remains alone
Now I'm looking in my life for a truth that is my own

Well, I looked to the sky for my anthem
And the words and the music came through
But words and music will never touch the beauty that I've seen
Looking into you
And that's true