If I Could Be Anywhere Lyrics - Standing In The Breach - Jackson Browne

If I Could Be Anywhere-Jackson Browne 

Sliding on the shimmering surface between two worlds 

Standing at the center of time as it uncurls 

Cutting through the veil of illusion 

Moving beyond past conclusions 

Rendering all doubt and confusion clear 

If I could be anywhere 

If I could be anywhere 

If I could be anywhere right now 

I would want to be here 

Searching for the future among the things we're throwing away 

Swimming through the ocean of junk we produce every day 

You have to admit it's clever 

Maybe the pinnacle of human endeavor 

When things are made to throw away but never made to disappear 

If I could be anywhere 

If I could be anywhere 

If I could be anywhere in time 

I would want to be here 

The Romans, the Spanish, the British, the Dutch 

American exceptionalism - so out of touch 

Successions of empire repeating its course 

Extracting the wealth and ruling by force 

On and on through time 

But the world can't take it very much longer 

And we won't make it 'less we're smarter and stronger 

The world's going to shake itself free of our greed somehow 

If I could be anywhere 

If I could be anywhere in time 

If I could be anywhere and change things 

It would have to be now 

They say nothing lasts forever 

But all the plastic ever made is still here 

And no amount of closing our eyes will make it disappear 

And the world can't take it very much longer 

And we won't make it 'less we're smarter and stronger 

The world's going to shake itself free of our greed somehow 

And the world can't take it, that you can see 

If the oceans don't make it neither will we 

The world's going to shake itself all the way free somehow 

If I could be anywhere 

If I could be anywhere in time 

If I could be anywhere and change the outcome 

It would have to be now 

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