| "Lives in the Balance" | ||||
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| Single by Jackson Browne | ||||
| from the album Lives in the Balance | ||||
| B-side | "Candy" | |||
| Released | 1986 | |||
| Recorded | 1985 | |||
| Genre | Rock, world music, neo soul | |||
| Length | 4:12 | |||
| Label | Asylum Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jackson Browne | |||
| Producer(s) | Jackson Browne | |||
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"Lives in the Balance" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne, the title track of his 1986 album, Lives in the Balance. A live version is also found on Browne's Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1. The song is written in the key of G minor with a rate of 138 BPMs. The song has a dark theme and lyrically it is about, “A country lying to its people and war.”