Jackson Browne - Casino Nation

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Song Lyrics

In a weapons producing nation under Jesus
In the fabled crucible of the free world
Camera crews search for clues amid the detritus
And entertainment shapes the land
The way the hammer shapes the hand

Gleaming faces in the checkout counter at the Church of Fame
The lucky winners cheer Casino Nation
All those not on TV only have themselves to blame
And don`t quite seem to understand
The way the hammer shapes the hand

Out beyond the ethernet the spectrum spreads
DC to daylight, the cowboy mogul rides
Never worry where the gold for all this glory`s gonna come from
Get along dogies, it`s coming out of your hides

The intentional cultivation of a criminal class
The future lit by brightly burning bridges
Justice fully clothed to hide the heart of glass
That shatters in a thousand Ruby Ridges
And everywhere the good prepare for perpetual war
And let their weapons shape the plan
The way the hammer shapes the hand

Lyrics by Jackson Browne
Music by Jackson Browne, Kevin McCormick, Mark Goldenberg, Mauricio Lewak, Jeff Young
(Swallow Turn Music, ASCAP; Eye Cue Music, ASCAP; Bossypants Music/Songs of Windswept Pacific, BMI; Bateria Music, ASCAP; Glad Brad Music, Inc., ASCAP)

Release History

2008

Solo Acoustic Vol. 2

1. Never Stop
2. Intro (2:20)
3. The Night Inside Me
4. Enough of The Night (4:56)
5. Something Fine (3:47)
6. Sky Blue and Black (6:06)
7. In The Shape of a Heart (5:39)
8. Alive in The World (4:51)
9. Casino Nation
10. All Good Things (4:28)
11. Somebody's Baby (4:43)
12. Redneck Friend (4:31)
13. My Stunning Mystery Companion

2002

The Naked Ride Home

1. The Naked Ride Home
2. The Night Inside Me
3. Casino Nation
4. For Taking The Trouble
5. Never Stop
6. Walking Town
7. About My Imagination
8. Sergio Leone
9. Don't You Want to Be There
10. My Stunning Mystery Companion