"For Everyman", terzo lavoro di Browne edito nel 73, si apre con "Take It Easy", portata alla notorietà dagli Eagles. Il brano, dal tono piuttosto allegro, come si può facilmente evincere già dal titolo, traccia subito le caratteristiche del sound del disco: un solido impianto folk rock, con la chitarra acustica (poi anche il piano) a sorreggere il tutto, e i preziosi ricami della slide dell'inseparabile David Lindley.

Senza soluzione di continuità si passa a "Our Lady Of The Well", più asciutta ed acustica nel sound, con un testo malinconico e fortemente evocativo. Questo è uno dei brani dell'album che più mi tocca, con bellissime immagini sapientemente piazzate su dei cambi di accordi con bassi discendenti piuttosto frequenti in Browne. In questo pezzo credo di ravvisare una delle caratteristiche che a mio avviso rendono più personale il lavoro di Browne e più facile il processo di identificazione nelle sue storie: la capacità di far sembrare i normali avvenimenti della vita di ognuno eventi epici, romanzeschi, degni di essere cantati in una grande canzone e di sucitare grandi emozioni. Sulla stessa falsariga "I Thought I Was A Child", con i temi ricorrenti del rimpianto per qualcosa di perso, occasioni non sfrutatte e sentimenti non seguiti fino in fondo.

In "These Days" affiora la volontà di guardare avanti nonostante le delusioni del passato. Il pezzo è caratterizzato da un lavoro davvero magistrale del solito David Lindley alla slide, con solo finale da brividi.

La conclusione è affidata a "Sing My Songs To Me", splendido pezzo sul potere immaginifico della musica, che dopo un break dal sapore funky sfocia nella lunga title track, classica elegia universale di Browne sulla disillusione, chiusa da una coda strumentale con, ancora una volta, Lindley a guidare le danze.

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01   Take It Easy (03:51)

Well I'm a-running down the road trying to loosen my load
I've got seven women on my mind
Four that want to own me, two that want to stone me
One says she's a friend of mine

Take it easy, take it easy
Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy
Lighten up while you still can
Don't even try to understand
Just find a place to make your stand and take it easy

Well I'm a-standin' on the corner in Winslow, Arizona
With such a fine sight to see
It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford
Slowin' down to take a look at me

Come on baby, don't say maybe
I've got to know if your sweet love is gonna save me
We may lose and we may win
But we will never be here again
Open up I'm climbin' in to take it easy

Well I'm a-running down the road trying to loosen my load
Got a world of trouble on my mind
Lookin' for a lover who won't blow my cover
She's just a little hard to find
Take it easy, take it easy
Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy
Come on baby, don't say maybe
I've got to know if your sweet love is gonna save me

You know we got it easy
We oughta take it easy

02   Our Lady of the Well (03:39)

03   Colors of the Sun (04:17)

04   I Thought I Was a Child (03:44)

05   These Days (04:42)

06   Red Neck Friend (03:59)

07   The Times You've Come (03:39)

08   Ready or Not (03:35)

09   Sing My Songs to Me (03:25)

10   For Everyman (06:11)

Everybody I talk to is ready to leave
With the light of the morning
They've seen the end coming down long enough to believe
That they've heard their last warning
Standing alone
Each has his own ticket in his hand
And as the evening descends
I sit thinking 'bout Everyman

Seems like I've always been looking for some other place
To get it together
Where with a few of my friends I could give up the race
And maybe find something better
But all my fine dreams
Well though out schemes to gain the motherland
Have all eventually come down to waiting for Everyman

Waiting here for Everyman--
Make it on your own if you think you can
If you see somewhere to go I understand
Waiting here for Everyman--
Don't ask me if he'll show -- baby I don't know

Make it on your own if you think you can
Somewhere later on you'll have to take a stand
Then you're going to need a hand

Everybody's just waiting to hear from the one
Who can give them the answers
And lead them back to that place in the warmth of the sun
Where sweet childhood still dances
Who'll come along
And hold out that strong and gentle father's hand?
Long ago I heard someone say something 'bout Everyman

Waiting here for Everyman--
Make it on your own if you think you can
If you see somewhere to go I understand

I'm not trying to tell you that I've seen the plan
Turn and walk away if you think I am--
But don't think too badly of one who's left holding sand
He's just another dreamer, dreaming 'bout Everyman

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