What with all my expectations long abandoned

And a future I no longer saw my hand in

How I found you is beyond my understanding

My stunning mystery companion



I know that you don't want to be 

Out here forever on this road

Or live among the boxes 

Where all my past lives have been stowed

Maybe you're thinking of someplace 

With a garden by the sea

Where we could slow down 

And you could put a little more work in on me



What with all my expectations long abandoned

My solitary nature notwithstanding 

You're the one who pulled me 

Out of that crash landing

My stunning mystery companion



Right now I can't quite remember 

The cause of all my tears

I hear you laughing and somehow 

The past just disappears

Maybe you were joking when you said 

You'd take me for ten years and no more

Maybe you've had the best of me 

But you could take another ten years and be sure



What with all my expectations long abandoned

And a life that just gets more and more demanding

There's no doubt that you're the reason I'm still standing

My stunning mystery companion



Words and Music By Jackson Browne

(Swallow Turn Music, ASCAP)