# Please help identify this song about suicide

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**Created:** [March 9, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-this-song-about-suicide/615277 "2012-03-09T15:34:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Meltdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-this-song-about-suicide/615277/1 "2012-03-09T15:34:58Z")

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I heard it on the radio yesterday. It sounded a lot like Jackson Browne, but I can’t be completely certain it was him, and nothing’s jumping out from a quick scan of his discography on Wikipedia.

The first verse centers on a guy on a ledge, or the top of a building, thinking about jumping, and when asked why he’s doing it he says something like “it’s because of everything.”

And it’s not “The Ledge” by the Replacements, nor is it “Jumper” by Third Eye Blind. It’s slower, more acoustic, and, well, more Jackson Browne-y.

Googling the phrase “it’s because of everything” isn’t helping, and I might not even have that phrase correct.

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-this-song-about-suicide/615277/2 "2012-03-09T15:35:48Z")

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Dawes - A Little Bit of Everything

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sTYlsi0IlH4/maxresdefault.jpg "Dawes - A Little Bit of Everything (Live on 89.3 The Current)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTYlsi0IlH4)

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**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-this-song-about-suicide/615277/3 "2012-03-09T15:41:39Z")

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Could it be [Song For Adam](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/j/jackson+browne/song+for+adam_20068551.html) by Jackson Browne? [Youtube link.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb75Jwil0Zg)

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**Author:** ![Meltdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-this-song-about-suicide/615277/4 "2012-03-09T15:43:12Z")

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It’s Dawes. Thanks, **Trom**!

On a second listen, it doesn’t sound as much like Jackson Browne as I remembered. Maybe it was the piano. But, yeah, that’s definitely the song.

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**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-this-song-about-suicide/615277/5 "2012-03-09T15:46:42Z")

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> [@Meltdown](#):
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> It’s Dawes. Thanks, **Trom**!
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> On a second listen, it doesn’t sound as much like Jackson Browne as I remembered. Maybe it was the piano. But, yeah, that’s definitely the song.

Check out the studio version. It has an actual piano, not a keyboard.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/6-sD2qviLMw?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-this-song-about-suicide/615277/6 "2012-03-09T15:49:28Z")

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One. Minute.

We’re good at this.