Lyrics

Here come those tears again  
Just when I was getting over you  
Just when I was going to make it through  
Another night without missing you  
Thinking I might just be strong enough after all  
When I hear your footsteps echoing in the hall  
Baby here we stand again  
Like we've been so many times before  
Even though you looked so sure  
As I was watching you walking out my door  
But you always walk back in like you did today  
Acting like you never even went away  
Well I don't know if I can  
Open up and let you in baby  
Here come those tears  
Here come those tears again  
I can hear you telling me  
How you needed to be free  
And you had some things to work out alone  
Now you're standing here telling me  
How you have grown  
Here come those tears again  
Now you'll tell me how to hold them in  
Here come those tears  
Here come those tears again  
Some other time baby  
When I'm strong and feeling fine maybe  
When I can look at you without crying  
You might look like a friend of mine  
But I don't know if I can  
Open up enough to let you in  
Here come those tears  
Here come those tears again  
Just walk away  
I'm going back inside and turning out those light  
And I'll be in the dark but you'll be out of sight

Song details

Artist: Jackson Browne

Writer(s): Jackson Browne, Nancy Farnsworth

Album: The Pretender

Release information: album: "The Pretender" (1976)