Top Songs By Pops Staples
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Pops Staples
Vocals
Hutch Hutchinson
Bass
Jackson Browne
Vocals
Bonnie Raitt
Vocals
Rickie Fataar
Drums
Debra Dobkin
Percussion
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jackson Browne
Songwriter
Craig Doerge
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Ed Cherney
Mixing Engineer
Jackson Browne
Producer
Paul Dieter
Engineer
Doug Sax
Mastering Engineer
Alan Yoshida
Mastering Engineer
Bonnie Raitt
Producer
Kevin Smith
Engineer
Lyrics
Sun going down in the USA
Down on Main there's a family sleeping in a doorway
Around the corner you can hear the sound
People dancing around the golden calf
Those who have not, those who have
On the billboards and the TV screens
They got food and cars, toys and trucks and jeans
Like a homeless child's fitful dreams
Smiling faces free from wanting
Life's abundances beyond counting (Yeah)
World in motion—speed your changes
Close your distances, find your angels
Lose your fears and meet your dangers
World in motion
Once we were running through smoke and fire
Running into the sun
In the rush of youth, for love and truth
Our deeds were done
Now we awake with a world at stake
And a race we run
We run
Sun going down on the USA
Sun coming up a hundred years away
On another world and another time
Things like hunger, greed and hatred
One way or another, gonna be eradicated
World in motion—speed your changes
Close your distances, drive your angels
Lose your fears and meet your dangers
World in motion
'Til the world I look out at this world and see
Is the world I know this world can be
Ooh, you have a volunteer in me
Now come on
Written by: Craig Doerge, Jackson Browne