Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949) is an American actor, musician, producer, photographer, cartoonist, storyteller, and occasional vintner. He comes from a well-known acting family and began his first televised acting in 1958 as child with his father, Lloyd Bridges, and brother Beau on television's Sea Hunt. Some of his best-known major motion films include: Tron (and its sequel) , Fearless, Iron Man, Contender, TheThe Contender, Starman, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Jagged Edge, Against All Odds, Fisher King, TheThe Fisher King, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Seabiscuit, and The Big Lebowski. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Otis "Bad" Blake in the 2009 film Crazy Heart and earned his sixth Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of Rooster Cogburn in 2010's True Grit.
Jeffrey Leon Bridges was born in Los Angeles, California on December 4, 1949. He is son of showbiz parents, actor Lloyd Bridges. and actress and writer Dorothy Bridges (née Simpson). His older brother, Beau Bridges, is also an actor. He has a younger sister, Lucinda, and had another brother, Garrett, who died of sudden infant death syndrome in 1948. Growing up, Bridges shared a close relationship with his brother Beau, who acted as a surrogate father when their father was working. Bridges and his siblings were raised in the Holmby Hills section of Los Angeles. He graduated from University High School (Los Angeles, California) in 1967. At age fourteen, Jeff toured with his father in a stage production of Anniversary Waltz.
I don't cross the path as much anymore
It's not the same as it was before
Well, I'd like to think that I did my best
But I had to learn like all the rest
Until you seen it all, you ain't seen nothing yet
I know no streams are gonna stay ahead rain
I don't pretend it much matters anyway
But in all my days I never thought
That I'll ever have to hitch my beds
I just double down and let it ride
But I ain't seen nothing yet
These days the world
Don't seem to amount to much
But there's a lot more here
Than what we seen in text
It's just the realm of the senses, it's all we know
Everything I've learned came hot in snow
And if it's as bad or as good as it can get
Well, you ain't seen nothing yet
We'd all like to think that we gave our best
But you'll have to learn like all the rest
Until you seen it all, you ain't seen nothing yet
We'd all like to think that we gave our best
But you'll have to learn like all the rest
Until you seen it all, you ain't seen nothing yet
You ain't seen nothing yet
Looking down that highway
Far as I can see
Where I lived
So much of me
It's gone, gone, gone
It's how it has to be
Went in the ditch
Going 9 to 5
I can't believe that I
I walked away alive
I was going too fast
In the break-down lane
I may be walking
I may be walking
I get there just the same**
The woman I love
She never let me down
Never said that my dream
Could not be found
I had to burn
Before I could learn
She let me go
She let me go
She let me return
This is the place where
I was meant to be
Movin' on with you
Next to me
And when that highway
Comes to a tame me
Either way
It's a mystery
Walking down that highway
Far as I can see
Where I lived
So much of me
It's gone, gone, gone
Well it rained last night
and the stars shone bright
and way off yonder
we heard the whippoorwill.
At the first light of dawn
we heard that he was gone.
Our hearts was empty
and our eyes was filled.
Open the gates;
welcome him in.
There's a brand new angel,
a brand new angel
with an old idea.
In music we heard
all the songs of the birds.
And he said that some songs
is like clear fall days.
But he played his last refrain
oh but the song will remain.
Though he's put his pole down
and closed his case.
Open the gates;
welcome him in.
'Cause there's a brand new angel,
there's a brand new angel
I used to be somebody but now I am somebody else
Who'm might be tomorrow is anybody's guess
What was thought to be the right way turned out the wrong
way after all
what I took to be the high road was only leading to a
fall
I used to be a preacher, with women, fame, and wealth
From a mighty congregation, to talking to myself
I was cleared of all the charges with money, women and my
health
Now that I'm a brand-new man, you belong with someone
else
I used to be somebody but now I am somebody else
I know somebody whose life is tough.
I help a little, but it isn't enough
Cuz I go an' spend money on stupid stuff
When I know he's strugglin' to stay above.
An' I have so many chances to be
The hero I believe's inside of me
But I get busy and I get distracted
And I do nothin' when I could've acted
I laid low when I could've stood high.
I said nothin' when I should've asked why.
I saw somethin' that I might've done and I didn't,
A chance to speak my truth and I hid it.
Inside, I'd like to believe I'm cool,
Easy to love and hard to fool,
But I know there's more I could've enjoyed.
Sometimes I find myself thinkin'
Maybe I missed the point.
So many times I turned down love,
Stayed in the dark when I could've lit it up,
But every time I did take a chance
Makes me happy when I'm lookin' back
I'm not sayin' my whole life feels like a joke
But I've been a master of mirrors and smoke
And I don't wanna live
I don’t know baby where we stand
Where's the future that we planned, so long ago
I don’t know
I don’t know if you’re my friend
Or a long lost lover coming back again
Where did you go
Baby I don’t know
You’d think by now that I would know better
But I ain’t got a lot to show
I could write a song I could write a letter
I could write a book about I don’t know
Watch my life fall through the cracks
Like a long gone train that ain’t coming back
Where did it go?
Baby I don’t know
You’d think by now that I would know better
But I ain’t got a lot to show
I could write a song I could write a letter
I could write a book about I don’t know
My past is pretty rocky
And my future ain’t long
Why do I think we got a chance at all
Where does the wind blow?
I’ve been loved
And I’ve been alone
All my life I’ve been a rollin’ stone
Done everything that a man can do
Everything but get a hold on you
Done everything that a man can do
Everything but get a hold on you
I’ve been blessed
And I’ve been cursed
All my lies have been unrehearsed
All the fire that I’ve walked through
Only tryin’ to get a hold on you
All the fire that I walked through
Only tryin’ to get a hold on you
I saw you waitin’ at the gate
But I arrived a moment late
I saw you shed a single tear
And still I can’t get there from here
I’ve been high
And I’ve been low
I’ve been beaten but I don’t know
Been to China and old Peru
Only tryin’ to get a hold on you
Been to China and to Peru
I’m only tryin’ to get a hold on you
I was goin' where I shouldn't go
Seein' who I shouldn’t see
Doin' what I shouldn’t do
And bein' who I shouldn’t be
A little voice told me it's all wrong
Another voice told me it's all right
I used to think that I was strong
But lately I just lost the fight
It's funny how fallin' feels like flyin'
Even for a little while
Funny how fallin' feels like flyin'
Even for a little while
I got tired of being good
start missing to feel that i am free
Stopped actin' like I thought I should
Went on back to bein' me
I never meant to hurt no one
I just had to have my way
If there's such a thing as too much fun
This must be the price to pay
It's funny how fallin' feels like flyin'
Even for a little while
Funny how fallin' feels like flyin'
Even for a little while
Never see it comin' till it's gone
It all happens for a reason
Even when it's wrong
Especially when it's wrong
It's funny how fallin' feels like flyin'
Even for a little while
Funny how fallin' feels like flyin'
Even for a little while
I was goin' where I shouldn't go
Seein' who I shouldn’t see
Doin' what I shouldn’t do
You can have a mansion
You can have twenty million dollars in the bank
You can have a twelve car garage,
Golden fixtures and a marble sink
You can have everything
But it just won't be enough
If you have
Everything but love
Yes you can have desires
That are ignited by someone you see
But if it isn't a two way street
You gotta move on though you still believe
Could have been everything
But it just wasn't the one
When it's
Everything but love
'Cause all our dreams turn into ashes
In the flames of loneliness
When the only thing that's missing
Is what makes the rest make sense
And the moon cries on the mountains
When it looks down from above
And it sees
Everything but love
You can win the lottery
Sittin' on top of the world one day
Just as quickly as it all came in
The tide can carry it away
If I lost everything
I know I could give it up
Chorus:
I know that you've been feeling down and blue,
*But there ain't nothing really wrong with you*,
You just need a little *tendin to*
Let me show you what a little bit of love can do!
It's amazing what a little bit of love can do!
I've been told someone needs a little help,
Having trouble getting *on with* someone else
*I'm here to tell you* that everything is gonna be fine!
Yeah I know you're *hurtin, cause* your heart is breaking!
An' I think that I can *alleviate the situation*
Look in my eyes and listen to me baby, *put your little hand in mine*
Chorus:
*I know* that you've been feeling down and blue,
*But there ain't* nothing really wrong with you!
You just need a little *tendin to*
Let me show you what a little bit of love can do!
Take your time, listen to what *all that I'm saying, *
*I've got a hunch that *loving you is worth the waiting
I'm gonna prove it to you before this night is through
There's a way, to turn your* pain right into pleasure*,
Drastic times, seem to call for drastic measures,
You need to know, girl I can fix you *if the remedy is tried and true.*
Chorus: (x3)
I know that you've been feeling down and blue,
*But there ain't* nothing really wrong with you
You just need a little tendin' to
Let me show you what a little bit of love can do!
It's amazing what a little bit of love can do,
The river is wide
Deeper than deep
On one side they're cryin'
on the other they're asleep
And it's all a dream
Least it seems like to me
Might never wake up
Listen to the steam
As the big wheel turns
Are we headed up stream?
The fog's too thick
To really see
All I know is I still float
Slow boat
Slow boat
I got my coat
I brought my chaps
In case we land
I'm gonna need 'em for that
'Cause there might he a horse
I might need to ride
Carry your message
Carry the flag
To where we're goin'
Or am I goin' alone
Are you there
Pick up the phone
I can't make out what you wrote
Slow boat
Slow boat
All I know is I still float
All I know ...
I don't know, baby, where we stand
With the future that we planned, so long ago
I don't know.
I don't know if you're my friend
Or a long gone lover coming back again
Where did you go
Baby I don't know.
You'd think by now that I would know better
But I ain't got a lot to show
I could write a song, I could write a letter
I could write a book about what I don't know.
Watch my life fall through the cracks
Like a long gone train that ain't coming back
Where did it go?
I don't know.
You'd think by now that I would know better
But I ain't got a lot to show
I could write a song, I could write a letter
I could write a book about what I don't know.
My past is pretty rocky
And my future ain't long
Why do I think we got a chance at all?
Where does the wind blow?
Baby I don't know...
Where does the wind blow?
I'm driving my blue car baby
Down from the mountain so high
I'm driving my blue car baby
Down from the mountain so high
I'm driving my blue car baby
Coming down gonna say goodbye
The sunrise is a miracle
But it can't hold a candle to you
Uh huh the sunrise is a miracle
But it can't hold a candle to you
Do you remember them rides in my blue car
Back when it was brand new
Well it's a good old car
But the clutch is a little loose
And the brakes are screaming
A song called 'what's the use'
But it's good for one more trip
One more trip to you
You know the lightning's meant to strike
The tall pine trees
And the birds are meant to cry
And wheel in the breeze
But some things baby
I guess they just ain't meant to be
When I get back up on the mountain
I'll close my door against the wind
When I get back up on the mountain
I'll close my door against the wind
I'll park my old blue car
I might fall down the mountain
But I will never fall in love again
I'm driving my blue car baby
Down from the mountain so high
I'm driving my blue car baby
Down from the mountain so high
I'm driving my blue car baby
Coming down gonna say goodbye
Here is the freedom
I have been sent
I'm delighted
I'm buddhistly bent
Wonderful newness
The past is a dream
The future is hiding
Ice and steam
Here is my seat
I do not pay rent
I'm delighted
I'm buddhistly bent
Wonderful mind
Outside of time
Aimlessly playing
A tumbling vine
Shining, opening mind
Beetle's black back on a tumbling vine
Where the sun shines
It's night all the time
Behind my mind it's dawn
It's gone
It's gone
Gone
I falling short or do I fly
While I miss the mark do I hit the sky
And in my wondering do I answer why
I'm alive
To make a space - bushwhack a path -
Leave a sign - dodge the wrath
Of myself and leave the math to God
(go on as above)
Falling short i've hit the spot
Of the place where I was shot
From the womb of my mother
I've fallen short but is there another
Place where I could be
Is short just the place for me to see
What I can do
What I've been given
My holy view of hell an heaven
Am I falling short or do I fly
While I miss the mark do I hit the sky
In my wondering do I answer why
I'm alive
I'm alive
Well, I came out swinging at the center field wall
And I caught a fast ball and I touched them all
But I burned down my engines needed to break
Where all that's required is the time that we take
Now I'm done doing nothing, I'm weary of rest
And I've got to get back to the quest
I've ran out of reasons for laying so low
My memories will stay but my body must go
Back to the thunder, the rock and the eagle
And the truths on my love, only time will reveal
And I've just been forgiven and I'm all confessed
So I've got to get back to the quest
In one hand a ticket, in the other, a bag
Times have been good, it makes goodbye a drag
But I wasn't born to be standing still alone
You know, one day my tombstone will say 'born to be gone'
Now my posse is waiting
Out to the west
Yes, it's time to get back to the quest
Nothing's cookin' but the rain
The rain that's pouring down
I can tell you when the silence came
But now it's hanging to the ground
All slow motion and hazy here
Inside this room of mine
If the morning don't disappear
Faith will take me down the line
I wish I was Jeff Bridges
Moving down the highway
With the wind blowing through my hair
If you're getting tired of faking it
Why don't you do go fuck someone else?
If you're getting tired of losin' it
Don't ask me to come and help
I believe that we can all escape
I believe the light will shine
I wish I was Jeff Bridges
Moving down the highway
With the wind blowing through my hair
All I would ask of you
Remember me for what I've done
And not for what I didn't do
And not for what I didn't do
I wish I was Jeff Bridges
Moving down the highway
With the wind blowing through my hair
I wish I was Jeff Bridges
Moving down the highway
On a road that's taking me somewhere