Jackson Browne - Looking East - Food for Love benefit

Jackson Browne performs “Looking East” for the Food for Love virtual benefit concert, Valentine's Weekend, February 13, 2021, benefitting the New Mexico Association of Food Banks. Filmed, recorded and mixed by Kevin Smith Click here to learn more and to donate now: https://foodforlove.org Poverty levels in New Mexico have reached a crisis point. Since COVID-19 struck, New Mexico food banks are overloaded with requests, and have struggled to keep up with demand. Unemployment in New Mexico has reached record levels. Families are caught between paying overdue bills or putting food on the table. One in three children and one in five adults are in danger of going to bed hungry. This is why, on February 13, 2021, dozens of generous musicians and special guests came together to create Food for Love, a virtual concert to raise money to provide emergency food relief in every county, Native American Nation and Pueblo in New Mexico, where poverty ranks 49th in the United States. 100% of every dollar raised goes directly to feed the hungry. *** From the album, “Looking East” http://hyperurl.co/u9fky1 Subscribe to the official Jackson Browne’s YouTube channel:    / @jacksonbrowneofficial   Watch more videos by Jackson Browne:    • Jackson Browne - Top Tracks   Follow Jackson Browne: Facebook:   / jacksonbrowne   Instagram:   / jacksonbrowne   Twitter:   / jacksonbrowne   Visit Jackson’s website: https://www.jacksonbrowne.com LYRICS Standing in the ocean with the sun burning low in the west Like a fire in the cavernous darkness at the heart of the beast With my beliefs and possessions, stopped at the frontier in my chest At the edge of my country, my back to the sea, looking east Where the search for the truth is conducted with a wink and a nod And where power and position are equated with the grace of God These times are famine for the soul while for the senses it's a feast From the edge of my country, as far as you see, looking east Hunger in the midnight, hunger at the stroke of noon Hunger in the mansion, hunger in the rented room Hunger on the TV, hunger on the printed page And there's a God-sized hunger underneath the laughing and the rage In the absence of light And the deepening night Where I wait for the sun Looking east How long have I left my mind to the powers that be? How long will it take to find the higher power moving in me? Power in the insect Power in the sea Power in the snow falling silently Power in the blossom Power in the stone Power in the song being sung alone Power in the wheatfield Power in the rain Power in the sunlight and the hurricane Power in the silence Power in the flame Power in the sound of the lover's name The power of the sunrise and the power of a prayer released On the edge of my country, I pray for the ones with the least Hunger in the midnight, hunger at the stroke of noon Hunger in the banquet, hunger in the bride and groom Hunger on the TV, hunger on the printed page And there's a God sized hunger underneath the questions of the age And an absence of light In the deepening night Where I wait for the sun Looking east Written by Jackson Browne, Jeff Young, Kevin McCormick, Scott Thurston, Mark Goldenberg, Mauricio Lewak, Luis Conte. (Swallow Turn Music, ASCAP / Glad Brad Music, Inc / Eye Cue Music, adm. By Almo Music Corp. / Bateria Music / Irague Music, ASCAP / Neurp Songs / Faux Music / Longitude Music Co., BMI) Swallow Turn Music is administrated by Drive Music Publishing.