Music Friday: "Never Know" & "Good People"

I tend to think of Jack Jackson as this era's version of James Taylor except that he usually has a number of songs that have some strong social commentary. 

Today I'm featuring a couple of those from In Between Dreams. I've also provided the lyrics of  "Never Know" if you're feeling like contemplating humanity and our place in the universe.  





We're just moments.
We're clever, but we're clueless.
We're just human,
amusing but confusing.

Never Know

I heard this old story before
where the people keep killing for the metaphors.
Don't leave much up to the imagination,
so I wanna give this imagery back,
but I know it just ain't so easy like that.
So, I turn the page and read the story again
and again and again.
It sure seems the same with a different name.
We're breaking and rebuilding
and we're growing,
always guessing

Never knowing,
shocking, but we're nothing,
We're just moments,
we're Clever, but we're clueless.
We're just human,
amusing but confusing.
Were trying, but where is this all leading?
Never Know. 

It all happened so faster
than you could say disaster.
Wanna take a time lapse
and look at it backwards.
From the last one
and maybe that's just the answer
that we're after.
But after all
we're just a bubble in a boiling pot,
just one breath in a chain of thought.
The moments just combusting.
Feel certain, but we'll never never know.
Sure seems the same,

give it a different name.
We're begging and we're needing,
and we're trying and we're breathing.

Never knowing,
shocking, but we're nothing.
We're just moments.
We're clever, but we're clueless.
We're just human,
Amusing but confusing.
Helping, we're building,
and we're growing.
Never Know.

Knock knock on the door to door.
Tell ya that the metaphor is better than yours.
And you can either sink or swim.
Things are looking pretty grim.
If you don't believe in what this one feeding,
it's got no feeling,
So I read it again
and again and again.
Just seems the same,
too many different names.
Our hearts are strong, our heads are weak,
we'll always be competing, never knowing.

Never knowing,
shocking, but we're nothing.
We're just moments.
We're Clever, but we're clueless.
We're just human,
amusing but confusing.
But the truth is
all we got is questions.
We'll Never Know.
Never Know.
Never Know.