The Long Way Around

This song begins with Browne crooning, "I don't know what to say about these days," and continues with a couple of introspective verses. The third verse, however, is more direct, a stark statement about guns: "It's never been that hard to buy a gun. Now they'll sell a Glock 19 to just about anyone." "I admit that the gun reference arrives quite suddenly," Browne told The Independent. "But it was a very brief opportunity to say something about it."