| Eagles Lyrics |
| And their 500 lawyers. Some solo material as well. In order of release... |
| Take It Easy Peaceful Easy Feeling Tequila Sunrise Desperado Already Gone James Dean The Best of My Love One Of These Nights Lying Eyes Take It To The Limit Life's Been Good (Joe Walsh) Funk #49 (Joe Walsh) Hotel California Wasted Time Pretty Maids All In A Row The Last Resort The Long Run I Can't Tell You Why In the City All Night Long Seven Bridges Road The One You Love (Glenn Frey) The Boys of Summer (Don Henley) Not Enough Love in the World (Don Henley) The End of the Innocence (Don Henley) The Last Worthless Evening (Don Henley) New York Minute (Don Henley) The Heart of the Matter (Don Henley) Taking You Home (Don Henley) Love Will Keep Us Alive Learn To Be Still No More Cloudy Days |
| Take It Easy Well, I'm running down the road trying to loosen my load, I've got seven women on my mind. Four that wanna own me, two that wanna stone me, one says she's a friend of mine. Take it easy, take it easy. Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy. Lighten up while you still can, don't even try to understand. Just find a place to make your stand and take it easy. Well, I'm a standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona and such a fine sight to see- it's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford slowing down to take a look at me. Come on, baby, don't say maybe. I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me. We may lose and we may win though we will never be here again. so open up, I'm climbing in, so take it easy. Well I'm running down the road trying to loosen my load, got a world of trouble on my mind. looking for a lover who won't blow my cover, she's so hard to find. Take it easy, take it easy, don't let the sound of your own wheels make you crazy. Come on baby, don't say maybe. I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me. Oh, we got it easy. We oughta take it easy. Peaceful Easy Feeling I like the way your sparkling earrings lay, against your skin, so brown. And I wanna sleep with you in the desert tonight with a billion stars all around. Cause I got a peaceful easy feeling and I know you won't let me down cause I'm already standing on the ground. And I found out a long time ago what a woman can do to your soul. Ah, but she can't take you any way you don't already know how to go. And I got a peaceful, easy feeling and I know you won't let me down cause I'm already standing on the ground. I get this feeling I may know you as a lover and a friend. but this voice keeps whispering in my other ear, tells me I may never see you again. 'cause I get a peaceful, easy feeling and I know you won't let me down Cause I got a peaceful easy feeling and I know you won't let me down cause I'm already standing, I'm already standing, I'm already standing on the ground. Tequila Sunrise It's another tequila sunrise staring slowly 'cross the sky, said goodbye. He was just a hired hand working on the dreams he planned to try, the days go by. Every night when the sun goes down, just another lonely boy in town, and she's out running 'round. She wasn't just another woman and I couldn't keep from coming on, it's been so long. Oh, and it's a hollow feeling when it comes down to dealing friends, it never ends. Take another shot of courage, wonder why the right words never come, you just get numb. It's another tequila sunrise, this old world still looks the same, another frame. Desperado Desperado, why don't you come to your senses? You been out riding fences for so long now. Oh, you're a hard one, I know that you got your reasons. These things that are pleasing you can hurt you somehow. Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy, she'll beat you if she's able. You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet. Now it seems to me, some fine things have been laid upon your table but you only want the ones that you can't get. Desperado, oh, you ain't getting no younger. Your pain and your hunger, they're driving you home. And freedom, oh freedom well, that's just some people talking. Your prison is walking through this world all alone. Don't your feet get cold in the wintertime? The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine. It's hard to tell the night time from the day. You're losing all your highs and lows, ain't it funny how the feeling goes away? Desperado, why don't you come to your senses? Come down from your fences, open the gate. It may be raining, but there's a rainbow above you. You better let somebody love you, you better let somebody love you, before it's too late. Already Gone Well, I heard some people talking just the other day and they said you were gonna put me on a shelf. But let me tell you I got some news for you and you'll soon find out it's true and then you'll have to eat your lunch all by yourself. Cause I'm already gone and I'm feeling strong, I will sing this victory song, woo, hoo, hoo, woo, hoo, hoo. The letter that you wrote me made me stop and wonder why but I guess you felt like you had to set things right. Just remember this, my girl, when you look up in the sky, you can see the stars and still not see the light (that's right). And I'm already gone and I'm feeling strong. I will sing this victory song. Well, I know it wasn't you who held me down. Heaven knows it wasn't you who set me free. So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains and we never even know we have the key. But me, I'm already gone and I'm feeling strong. I will sing this victory song cause I'm already gone. Yes, I'm already gone and I'm feeling strong. I will sing this victory song cause I'm already gone. Yes, I'm already gone, already gone, all right, nighty-night... James Dean James Dean, James Dean, I know just what you mean. James Dean, you said it all so clean. And I know my life would look all right if I could see it on the silver screen. You were the lowdown rebel if there ever was even if you had no cause. James Dean, you said it all so clean and I know my life would look all right if I could see it on the silver screen. We'll talk about a low-down bad refrigerator, you were just too cool for school. Sock hop, soda pop, basketball and auto shop, the only thing that got you off was breaking all the rules. James Dean, James Dean, so hungry and so lean. James Dean, you said it all so clean and I know my life would look all right if I could see it on the silver screen. Little James Dean, up on the screen, wondering who he might be. Along came a Spyder and picked up a rider and took him down the road to eternity. James Dean, James Dean, you bought it sight unseen. You were too fast to live, too young to die, bye-bye. You were to fast to live, too young to die, bye-bye... The Best of My Love Every night I'm lying in bed, holding you close in my dreams, thinking about all the things that we said and coming apart at the seams. We try to talk it over but the words come out to rough. I know you were trying to give me the best of your love. Beautiful faces and loud, empty places, look at the way that we live. Wasting our time on cheap talk and wine left us so little to give. That same old crowd was like a cold dark cloud that we could never rise above. But here in my heart I give you the best of my love. Oh, sweet darling you get the best of my love. Oh, sweet darling you get the best of my love. I'm going back in time and it's a sweet dream. It was a quiet night and I would be all right if I could go on sleeping. But every morning I wake up and worry, what's gonna happen today? You see it your way and I see it mine but we both see it slipping away. You know we always had each other baby, I guess that wasn't enough. Oh, but here in my heart, I give you the best of my love. Oh, sweet darling you get the best of my love. Oh, sweet darling you get the best of my love. Every night and day, you get the best of my love. Oh, sweet darling you get the best of my love. Oh, sweet darling you get the best of my love... One Of These Nights One of these nights, one of these crazy old nights, we're gonna find out, pretty mama, what turns on your lights. The full moon is calling, the fever is high and the wicked wind whispers and moans. You got your demons, you got desires, well, I got a few of my own. Oo, someone to be kind to in between the dark and the light. Oo, coming right behind you, swear I'm gonna find you one of these nights. One of these dreams, one of these lost and lonely dreams, we're gonna find one, one that really screams. I've been searching for the daughter of the devil himself, I've been searching for an angel in white. I've been waiting for a woman who's a little of both, And I can feel her but she's nowhere in sight. Oo, loneliness will blind you in between the wrong and the right. Oo, coming right behind you, swear I'm gonna find you one of these nights. One of these nights, in between the dark and the light. Coming right behind you, swear I'm gonna find you, get you baby one of these nights. One of these nights, one of these nights, I can feel it, I can feel it. One of these nights, coming right behind you , swear I'm gonna find you now... Lying Eyes City girls just seem to find out early how to open doors with just a smile. A rich old man and she won't have to worry. She'll dress up all in lace and go in style. Late at night a big old house gets lonely, I guess every form of refuge has its price. And it breaks her heart to think her love is only given to a man with hands as cold as ice. So she tells him she must go out for the evening to comfort an old friend who's feeling down. But he knows where she's going as she's leaving, she's headed for the cheating side of town. You can't hide your lying eyes and your smile is a thin disguise. I thought by now you'd realize, there ain't no way to hide your lying eyes. On the other side of town a boy is waiting with fiery eyes and dreams no one could steal. She drives on through the nice anticipating cause he makes her feel the way she used to feel. She rushes to his arms, they fall together. She whispers that it's only for awhile. She swears that soon she'll be coming back forever, she pulls away and leaves him with a smile. You can't hide your lying eyes and your smile is a thin disguise. I thought by now you'd realize, there ain't no way to hide your lying eyes. She gets up and pours herself a strong one and stares out at the stars up in the sky. Another night, it's gonna be a long one, she draws the shade and hangs her head to cry. She wonders how it ever got this crazy, she thinks about a boy she knew in school. Did she get tired or did she just get lazy? She's so far gone she feels just like a fool. My, oh my, you sure know how to arrange things, you set it up so well, so carefully. Ain't it funny how your new life didn't change things, you're still the same old girl you used to be. You can't hide your lying eyes and your smile is a thin disguise. I thought by now you'd realize, there ain't no way to hide your lying eyes. There ain't no way to hide your lying eyes. Honey, you can't hide your lying eyes. Take It To The Limit All alone at the end of the of the evening and the bright lights have faded to blue. I was thinking 'bout a woman who might have loved me and I never knew. You know I've always been a dreamer, spent my life running 'round. And it's so hard to change, can't seem to settle down. But the dreams I've seen lately keep on turning out and burning out and turning out the same. So put me on a highway and show me a sign and take it to the limit one more time. You can spend all your time making money, you can spend all your love making time. If it all fell to pieces tomorrow, would you still be mine? And when you're looking for your freedom, nobody seems to care. And you can't find the door, can't find it anywhere. When there's nothing to believe in, still you're coming back, you're running back, you're coming back for more. So put me on a highway and show me a sign and take it to the limit one more time. Take it to the limit, take it to the limit, take it to the limit one more time. Take it to the limit, take it to the limit, take it to the limit one more time... Life's Been Good (Joe Walsh) I have a mansion, forget the price. Ain't never been there they tell me it's nice. I live in hotels tear out the walls. I have accountants pay for it all. They say I'm crazy but I have a good time, I'm just looking for clues at the scene of the crime. Life's been good to me so far. My Maserati does 185, I lost my license, now I don't drive. I have a limo ride in the back, I lock the doors in case I'm attacked. I'm making records, my fans they can't wait. They write me letters, tell me I'm great. So I got me an office gold records on the wall. Just leave a message, maybe I'll call. Lucky I'm sane after all I've been through. (Everybody sing) I'm cool (He's cool). I can't complain but sometimes I still do, life's been good to me so far. I go to parties sometimes until four, it's hard to leave when you can't find the door. It's tough to handle this fortune and fame, everybody's so different, I haven't changed. They say I'm lazy but it takes all my time (Everybody sing) Oh yeah (Oh yeah). I keep on going guess I'll never know why, life's been good to me so far. Funk #49 (Joe Walsh) Sleep all day, out all night, I know where you're going. I don't think that's acting right, you don't think it's showing. Jumping up, falling down, don't misunderstand me. You don't think that I know your plan, what you trying-a hand me? Out all night, sleep all day, I know what you're doing. If you're gonna act that way, I think there's trouble brewing. Hotel California On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair, warm smell of Colitis rising up through the air. Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light. My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim, I had to stop for the night. There she stood in the doorway, I heard the mission bell. And I was thinking to myself, this could be Heaven or this could be Hell. Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way. There were voices down the corridor, I thought I heard them say- Welcome to the Hotel California. Such a lovely place, such a lovely face. Plenty of room at the Hotel California. Any time of year, you can find it here. Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes Benz. She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends. How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat. Some dance to remember, some dance to forget. So I called up the Captain, 'Please bring me my wine.' He said, 'We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty-nine.' And still those voices are calling from far away, wake you up in the middle of the night just to hear them say- Welcome to the Hotel California. Such a lovely place, such a lovely face. They living it up at the Hotel California. What a nice surprise, bring your alibis. Mirrors on the ceiling, the pink champagne on ice. And she said 'We are all just prisoners here, of our own device.' And in the master's chambers, they gathered for the feast. They stab it with their steely knives but they just can't kill the beast. Last thing I remember, I was running for the door. I had to find the passage back to the place I was before. 'Relax,' said the night man, we are programmed to receive. You can checkout any time you like, but you can never leave. Wasted Time Well baby, there you stand with your little head, down in your hand. Oh, my God, you can't believe it's happening again. Your baby's gone, and you're all alone and it looks like the end. And you're back out on the street and you're trying to remember. How will you start it over? You don't know if you can. You don't care much for a stranger's touch, but you can't hold your man. You never thought you'd be alone this far down the line. And I know what's been on your mind- you're afraid it's all been wasted time. The autumn leaves have got you thinking about the first time that you fell. You didn't love the boy too much, no, no, you just loved the boy to well, farewell. So you live from day to day, and you dream about tomorrow, oh. And the hours go by like minutes and the shadows come to stay so you take a little something to make them go away. And I could have done so many things, baby if I could only stop my mind from wondering what I left behind and from worrying 'bout this wasted time. Ooh, another love has come and gone. Ooh, and the years keep rushing on. I remember what you told me before you went out on your own: "Sometimes to keep it together, we got to leave it alone." So you can get on with your search, baby, and I can get on with mine and maybe someday we will find that it wasn't really wasted time. Pretty Maids All In A Row Hi there, how are you? It's been a long time. Seems like we've come a long way. My, but we learn so slow and heroes, they come and they go and leave us behind as if we're supposed to know why. Oh, tell me why? Why do we give up our hearts to the past and why must we grow up so fast? And all you wishing well fools with your fortunes, someone should send you a rose with love from a friend, it's nice to here from you again and the storybook comes to a close. Gone are the ribbons and bows. Things to remember, places to go. Pretty maids all in a row. The Last Resort She came from Providence, the one in Rhode Island where the old world shadows hang heavy in the air. She packed her hopes and dreams like a refugee, just as her father came across the sea. She heard about a place people were smiling, they spoke about the red man's way and how they loved the land. And they came from everywhere to the Great Divide, seeking a place to stand or a place to hide. Down in the crowded bars, out for a good time, can't wait to tell you all what it's like up there. And they called it paradise, I don't know why. Somebody laid the mountains low while the town got high. Then the chilly winds blew down across the desert through the canyons of the coast to the Malibu. Where the pretty people play, hungry for power to light their neon way and give them things to do. Some rich men came and raped the land, nobody caught 'em. Put up a bunch of ugly boxes, and Jesus, people bought 'em. And they called it paradise, the place to be. They watched the hazy sun sinking in the sea. You can leave it all behind and sail to Lahaina just like the missionaries did so many years ago. They even brought a neon sign: "Jesus is coming." Brought the white man's burden down, brought the white man's reign. Who will provide the grand design? What is yours and what is mine? Cause there is no more new frontier, we have got to make it here. We satisfy our endless needs and justify our bloody deeds in the name of destiny and the name of God. And you can see them there on Sunday morning, they stand up and sing about what it's like up there. They call it paradise, I don't know why. You call someplace paradise, kiss it goodbye. The Long Run I used to hurry a lot, I used to worry a lot, I used to stay out till the break of day. Oh, that didn't get it, it was high time I quit it, I just couldn't carry on that way. Oh, I did some damage, I know it's true, didn't know I was so lonely, till I found you. Who can go the distance? We'll find out in the long run (in the long run). We can handle some resistance if our love is a strong one (is a strong one). People talking about us, they got nothing else to do. When it all comes down we will still come through in the long run, oh, I want to tell you, it's a long run. You know I don't understand why you don't treat yourself better, do the crazy things that you do. Cause all the debutantes in Houston, baby, couldn't hold a candle to you. Did you do it for love? Did you do it for money? Did you do it for spite? Did you think you had to, honey? Who is gonna make it? We'll find out in the long run (in the long run). I know we can take it if our love is a strong one (is a strong one). Well, we're scared, but we ain't shaking. Kinda bent, but we ain't breaking in the long run. Oh, I want to tell you, it's a long run, in the long run, in the long run... I Can't Tell You Why Look at us baby, up all night, tearing our love apart. Aren't we the same two people who live through years in the dark? Every time I try to walk away, something makes me turn around and stay and I can't tell you why. When we get crazy, it just ain't to right (try to keep you head, little girl), girl, I get lonely, too. You don't have to worry just hold on tight (don't get caught in your little world) cause I love you. Nothing's wrong as far as I can see, we make it harder than it has to be and I can't tell you why, no, baby, I can't tell you why, I can't tell you why. Every time I try to walk away, something makes me turn around and stay and I can't tell you why. No, no, baby, I can't tell you why, I can't tell you why... In The City Somewhere out there on that horizon, out beyond the neon lights, I know there must be something better but there's nowhere else in sight. It's survival in the city when you live from day to day. City streets don't have much pity, when you're down, that's where you'll stay. In the city, oh, oh. In the city. In the city, oh, oh. In the city. I was born here in the city with my back against the wall. Nothing grows, and life ain't very pretty. No one's there to catch you when you fall. Somewhere out on that horizon, faraway from the neon sky, I know there must be something better, and I can't stay another night. In the city, oh, oh. In the city. In the city, oh, oh. In the city. All Night Long We get up early and we work all day. We put our time in cause we like to stay up all night long, all night long. We keep on grinning till the weekend comes, just a pinch between your cheek and gum. All night long, all night long. Start in the morning and get the job done, Take care of business and we have some fun all night long, all night long. We like a long neck and a good old song, turn it up and then we sing along, sing along we're all staying up all night long, all night long. All night long, all night long, all night long... Seven Bridges Road There are stars in the Southern sky, southward as you go. There is moonlight and moss in the trees down the Seven Bridges Road. Now I have loved you like a baby, like some lonesome child. And I have loved you in a tame way and I have loved you wild. Sometimes there's a part of me, has to turn form here and go, running like a child from these warm stars down the Seven Bridges Road. There are stars in the Southern sky and if ever you decide you should go, there is a taste of time sweetened honey down the Seven Bridges Road. The One You Love (Glenn Frey) I know you need a friend, someone you can talk to who will understand what you're going through. When it comes to love, there's no easy answer, only you can say what you're gonna do. I heard you on the phone, you took his number. Said you weren't alone, but you'd call him soon. Isn't he the guy, the guy who left you crying? Isn't he the one who made you blue? When you remember those nights in his arms, you know you gotta make up your mind. Are you gonna stay with the one who loves you or are you going back to the one you love? Someone's gonna cry when they know they've lost you, someone's gonna thank the stars above. What you gonna say when he comes over? There's no easy way to see this through. All the broken dreams, all the disappointment, oh girl, what you gonna do? Your heart keeps saying, it's just not fair, but still you gotta make up your mind. Are you gonna stay with the one who loves you or are you going back to the one you love? Someone's gonna cry when they know they've lost you, someone's gonna thank the stars above. The Boys of Summer (Don Henley) Nobody on the road, nobody on the beach. I feel it in the air, the summer's out of reach. Empty lake, empty streets, the sun goes down alone. I'm driving by your house, though I know you're not home. But I can see you, your brown skin shining in the sun, you got your hair combed back and your sunglasses on, baby. And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong after the boys of summer have gone. I never will forget those nights, I wonder if it was a dream. Remember how you made me crazy? Remember how I made you scream? Now I don't understand what's happened to our love, but babe, I'm gonna get you back, I'm gonna show you what I'm made of. I can see you, your brown skin shining in the sun. I see you walking real slow and you're smiling at everyone. I can tell you my love for you will still be strong after the boys of summer have gone. Out on the road today I saw a "Deadhead" sticker on a Cadillac. A little voice inside my head said, "Don't look back. You can never look back." I thought I knew what love was, what did I know? Those days are gone forever, I should just let them go but I can see you, your brown skin shining in the sun, you got that top pulled down and that radio on, baby. And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong after the boys of summer have gone. I can see you, your brown skin shining in the sun. You got that hair slicked back and those Wayfarers on, baby. I can tell you my love for you will still be strong after the boys of summer have gone. Not Enough Love In The World (Don Henley) Sometimes I wonder where it is love goes. I don't know if even Heaven knows. But I know you had some dreams that didn't quite come true, and now I'm not the one, little girl, who's keeping you. I was either standing in your shadow or blocking your light. Though I kept on trying I could not make it right for you girl, there's just not enough love in the world. I know people hurt you so bad, they don't know the damage they can do and it makes me so sad. How we knock each other down just like children on a playground even after that old sun went down. I was either standing in your shadow or blocking your light. Though I kept on trying I could not make it right for you girl, there's just not enough love in the world. Oh darling, this is still a shady little town and sometimes it's so hard to smile for the world, for the camera and still have something left. You don't have to prove nothing to nobody, just take good care of yourself. I'm not easy to live with, I know that it's true. You're no picnic either, babe and that's one of the things I loved about you. But a time will come around when we need to settle down. Got to get of this merry-go-round. I was either standing in your shadow or blocking your light. Though I kept on trying I could not make it right for you girl, there's just not enough love in the world. The End of the Innocence (Don Henley) Remember when the days were long and rolled beneath a deep blue sky? Didn't have a care in the world with mommy and daddy standing by. When "happily ever after" fails and we've been poisoned by these fairy tales, the lawyers dwell on small details since daddy had to fly. But I know a place where we can go that's still untouched by man. We'll sit and watch the clouds roll by and the tall grass wave in the wind. You can lay your head back on the ground and let your hair fall all around me. Offer up your best defense but this is the end, this is the end of the innocence. Oh, beautiful, for spacious skies but now those skies are threatening. They're beating plowshares into swords for this tired old man that we elected king. Armchair warriors often fail and we've been poisoned by these fairy tales. The lawyers clean up all details since daddy had to lie. But I know a place where we can go and was away this sin. We'll sit and watch the clouds roll by and the tall grass wave in the wind. Just lay your head back on the ground and let your hair spill all around me, offer up your best defense but this is the end, this is the end of the innocence. Who knows how long this will last, now we've come so far, so fast. But, somewhere back there in the dust, that same small town in each of us. I need to remember this so baby, give me just one kiss. And let me take a long last look before we say good bye. Just lay your head back on the ground and let your hair fall all around me. Offer up your best defense but this is the end, this is the end of the innocence. The Last Worthless Evening (Don Henley) I know you broke up with him and your heart's still on the shelf. It's been over two years for me and I'm still not quite myself. You can't be with someone new and you can't go back to him. You're beginning to realize that it's sink or swim. I see you around sometimes and my heart just melts. You're looking like if you had your wish, you'd be somewhere else. And it just breaks my heart to see you here this way. Someday I'll get the nerve to walk up to you and say this is the last worthless evening that you'll have to spend. Just gimme a chance to show you how to love again. This is the last worthless evening that you'll have to spend. Cause I'll be there when your broken heart is on the mend. Every night it's the same old crowd in smoky rooms. You catch a faint glimpse of love sometimes but it never blooms. I've been around this block a time or two and I've made some big mistakes but girl I promise you, I promise you that this is the worthless evening that you'll have to spend. Just gimme a chance to show you how to love again. This is the last worthless evening that you'll have to spend cause it won't be long till your little heart is on the mend. Time, time ticking, ticking, ticking away... People inside their houses with the shades pulled down. God knows, we could use some romance in this sleepy bedroom town. I know you're still afraid to rush into anything but there're just so many summers and just so many springs. And this is the last worthless evening that you'll have to spend Just gimme a chance to show you how to love again. This is the last worthless evening that you'll have to spend cause it won't be long till your little heart is on the mend. Uh, huh, that you'll have to spend. Just gimme a chance, gimme a chance to show you how to love again. This is the last worthless evening that you'll have to spend cause it won't be long till your little heart is on the mend... New York Minute (Don Henley) Harry got up, dressed all in black, went down to the station and he never came back. They found his clothing scattered somewhere down the track and he won't be down on Wall Street in the morning. He had a home, the love of a girl but men get lost sometimes as years unfurl. One day he crossed some line and he was too much in this world but I guess it doesn't matter anymore. In a New York minute, everything can change. In a New York minute, things can get pretty strange. In a New York minute, everything can change, in a New York minute. Lying here in the darkness, hear the sirens wail. Somebody going to emergency, somebody's going to jail. If you find somebody to love in this world, you better hand on tooth and nail. The wolf is always at the door. In a New York minute, everything can change. In a New York minute, things can get pretty strange. In a New York minute, everything can change, in a New York minute. And in these days when darkness falls early and people rush home to the ones they love, you better take a fool's advice and take care of your own. One day they're here, next day they're gone. I pulled my coat around my shoulders and took a walk down through the park. The leaves were falling around me, the groaning city in the gathering dark. On some solitary rock a desperate lover left his mark, "Baby, I've changed. Please come back." What the head makes cloudy, the heart makes very clear. The days were so much brighter in the time when she was here. But I know there's somebody, somewhere, make these dark clouds disappear. Until that day, I have to believe, I believe, I believe. In a New York minute, everything can change. In a New York minute, things can get pretty strange. In a New York minute, everything can change, in a New York minute... The Heart of the Matter (Don Henley) I got the call today, I didn't wanna hear, but I knew that it would come. An old, true friend of ours was talking on the phone, she said you found someone. And I thought of all the bad luck and the struggles we went through and how I lost me and you lost you. What are these voices outside love's open door? Make us throw off our contentment and beg for something more? I'm learning to live without you now but I miss you sometimes. The more I know, the less I understand. All the things I thought I knew, I'm learning again. I've been trying to get down to the heart of the matter but my will gets weak and my thoughts seem to scatter but I think it's about forgiveness, forgiveness, even if, even if you don't love me anymore. These times are so uncertain, there's a yearning undefined and people filled with rage. We all need a little tenderness, how can love survive in such a graceless age? The trust and self-assurance that lead to happiness, they're the very things we kill, I guess. Pride and competition cannot fill these empty arms and the work I put between us, you know it doesn't keep me warm. I'm learning to live without you now but I miss you, baby. The more I know, the less I understand. All the things I thought I'd figured out, I have to learn again. I've been trying to get down to the heart of the matter but everything changes and my friends seem to scatter but I think it's about forgiveness, forgiveness even if, even if you don't love me anymore. There are people in your life who've come and gone. They let you down, you know they hurt your pride. Better put it all behind you babe, cause life goes on. You keep carrying that anger, it'll eat you up inside, baby. I've been trying to get down to the heart of the matter but my will gets weak and my thoughts seem to scatter but I think it's about forgiveness, forgiveness, even if, even if you don't love me. I've been trying to get down to the heart of the matter because the flesh will get weak and the ashes will scatter so I'm thinking about forgiveness, forgiveness even if, even if you don't love me. Love Will Keep Us Alive I was standing all alone against the world outside. You were searching for a place to hide. Lost and lonely, now you've given me the will to survive. When we're hungry, love will keep us alive Don't you worry, sometimes you've just gotta let it ride. The world is changing right before your eyes. Now I've found you, there's no more emptiness inside. When we're hungry, love will keep us alive. I would die for you, climb the highest mountain. Baby, there's nothing I wouldn't do. I was standing all alone against the world outside. You were searching for a place to hide. Lost and lonely, now you've given me the will to survive. When we're hungry, love will keep us alive I would die for you, climb the highest mountain. Baby, there's nothing I wouldn't do. I was standing all alone against the world outside. You were searching for a place to hide. Now I've found you, there's no more emptiness inside. When we're hungry, love will keep us alive. When we're hungry, love will keep us alive. When we're hungry, love will keep us alive. Learn To Be Still It's just another day in paradise as you stumble to your bed. You'd give anything to silence those voices ringing in your head. You thought you could find happiness just over that green hill. You thought you would be satisfied but you never will learn to be still, learn to be still. We are like sheep without a shepherd, we don't know how to be alone. So we wander 'round this desert and wind up following the wrong gods home. But the flock cries out for another and they keep answering that bell. And one more starry-eyed messiah meets a violent farewell. Learn to be still, learn to be still. Now the flowers in your garden, they don't smell so sweet, so sweet. Maybe you've forgotten the heaven lying at your feet. There are so many contradictions in all these messages we send. We keep asking how do I get out of here? Where do I fit in? Though the world is torn and shaken, even if your heart is breaking, it's waiting for you to awaken and someday you will learn to be still, learn to be still. You just keep on running, keep on running... Taking You Home (Don Henley) I had a good life before you came. I had my friends and my freedom, I had my name. Still there was sorrow and emptiness till you made me glad. Oh, in this love I found strength I never knew I had. And this love is like nothing I have ever known. Take my hand, love, I'm taking you home, taking you home. There were days, lonely days when the world, wouldn't throw me a crumb, no no. But I kept on believing that this day would come. And this love is like nothing I have ever known. Take my hand, love, I'm taking you home, taking you home where we can be with the ones who really care. Home, where we can grow together, keep you in, my heart forever. Oh, and this love is like nothing I have ever known. Take my hand, love, I'm taking you home, taking you home... No More Cloudy Days Sitting by a foggy window, staring at the pouring rain falling down like lonely teardrops, memories of love in vain. These cloudy days, make you wanna cry. It breaks your heart when someone leaves and you don't know why. I can see that you've been hurting, maybe I've been lonely too. I've been out here lost and searching, looking for a girl like you. Now I believe the sun is gonna shine. Don't you be afraid to fall in love, put your hand in mine. Baby, I would never make you cry, I would never make you blue. I would never let you down, I would never be untrue. I know a place where we can go, where true love always stays, there's no more stormy nights, no more cloudy days. I believe in second chances, I believe in angels, too. I believe in new romances, baby, I believe in you. These cloudy days are coming to an end. And you don't have to be afraid to fall in love again. Baby, I would never make you cry, I would never make you blue. I would never let you down, I would never be untrue. I know a place where we can go, where true love always stays, there's no more stormy nights, no more cloudy days. |