A few more counterpoint songs

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I knew I was forgetting something; early Jackson Browne is full of multiple melody lines.

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Jackson Browne, Sleep's Dark and Silent Gate from "The Pretender."

The typical Browneian song of love and regret. Bonnie Raitt also has a lovely version of this. (I think I prefer hers, actually, but it doesn't have the counterpoint arrangement.)

Never should have had to try so hard to make a love work out,
I guess.
I don't know what love has got to do with happiness
But the times when we were happy
were the times we never tried.

Jackson Browne, From Silver Lake from "Late for the Sky"

I'm a little embarrassed at how much I love this song, because really it's got the seventies smeared all over it.

He's bound to go,
And the sun may find him sleeping in the dust
Of some ruin far away.
He's bound to go.

Jackson Browne, For a Dancer, from "Late for the Sky"

A beautiful song about a dead friend.

Keep a fire for the human race.
Let your prayers go drifting into space.
You never know what will be coming down.