Take It To The Limit
(Don Henley/Glenn Frey/Randy Meisner)

All alone at the end of the evening
And the bright lights have faded to blue
I was thinking about 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 turnin' 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
You 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 ....

from One Of These Nights (1975)

New Kid In Town
(Don Henley/Glenn Frey/J.D. Souther)

There's talk on the street, it sounds so familiar
Great expectations, everybody's watching you
People you meet they all seem to know you
Even your old friends treat you like you're something new

Johnny-come-lately, the new kid in town
Everybody loves you, so don't let them down

You look in her eyes, the music begins to play
Hopeless romantics, here we go again
But after a while you're looking the other way
It's those restless hearts that never mend

Oh, Johnny-come-lately, the new kid in town
Will she still love you when you're not around?

There's so many things you should have told her
But night after night you're willing to hold her
Just hold her, tears on your shoulder

There's talk on the street, it's there to remind you
That it doesn't really matter which side you're on
You're walking away and they're talking behind you
They will never forget you till somebody new comes along

Where you been lately? There's a new kid in town
Everybody loves him, don't they? Now he's holding her
And you're still around, oh my my
There's a new kid in town, just another new kid in town

Oo-hoo, everybody's talking 'bout the new kid in town
Oo-hoo, everybody's walking like the new kid in town
There's a new kid in town, I don't want to hear it
There's a new kid in town, I don't want to hear it
There's a new kid in town, there's a new kid in town
There's a new kid in town, everybody's talking
There's a new kid in town, people started walking
There's a new kid in town, there's a new kid in town ....

from Hotel California (1976)

Hotel California
(Don Henley/Glenn Frey/Don Felder)

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas 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 and 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, 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 1969
And still those voices are calling me 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
Living it up at the hotel California
What a nice surprise, bring you alibis

Mirrors on the ceiling, pink champagne on ice
We are all just prisoners here of our own device
And in the master's chambers, they gathered for the feast
They stabbed 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 nightman, we are programmed to receive
You can check out any time you please, but you can never leave

from Hotel California (1976)

Life In The Fast Lane
(Don Henley/Glenn Frey/Joe Walsh)

He was a hard-headed man, he was brutally handsome
And she was terminally pretty
She held him up and he held her for ransom
In the heart of the cold, cold city
He had a nasty reputation as a cruel dude
They said he was ruthless, said he was crude
They had one thing in common, they were good in bed
She'd say, "faster, faster, the lights are turning red"

Life in the fast lane, surely make you lose your mind
Life in the fast lane, yeah
Are you with me so far

Eager for action and hot for the game
The calling attraction, the drop of the name
They knew all the right people, they took all the right pills
They threw outrageous parties, they paid heavenly bills
There were lines on the mirror, lines on her face
She pretended not to notice, she was caught up in the race
Out every evenin' until it was light
He was too tired to make it, she was too tired to fight about it

Life in the fast lane, surely make you lose your mind
Life in the fast lane, yeah
Life in the fast lane, everything all the time
Life in the fast lane, oho

Blowin' and burnin', blinded by thirst
They didn't see the stop sign, took a turn for the worst
She said, "listen, baby, you can hear the engine ring
We've been up and down this highway
Haven't seen a god-damn thing"
He said, "call the doctor, I think I'm gonna crash
The doctor say he's coming but you gotta pay in cash"
They were rushing down that freeway, messed around and got lost
They didn't care, they were just dyin' to get off

And it was life in the fast lane, surely make you lose your mind
Life in the fast lane, oho
Life in the fast lane, everything all the time
Life in the fast lane, oho

Life in the fast lane - life in the fast lane

from Hotel California (1976)

Heartache Tonight
(D. Henley/G. Frey/B. Seger/J.D. Souther)

Somebody's gonna hurt someone
Before the night is through
Somebody's gonna come undone
There's nothin' we can do

Everybody wants to touch somebody
If it takes all night
Everybody wants to take a little chance
And make it come out right

There's gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know
There's gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know
Lord, I know

Some people like to stay out late
Some folks can't hold out that long
But nobody wants to go home now
There's too much goin' on

This night is gonna last forever
Last all, last all summer long
Sometimes before the sun comes up
The radio is gonna play that song

There's gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know
There's gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know
Lord, I know

There's gonna be a heartache tonight
The moon's shinin' bright
So turn out the light
And we'll get it right
There's gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know

Somebody's gonna hurt someone (somebody)
Before the night is through
Somebody's gonna come undone
There's nothin' we can do (everybody)

Everybody wants to touch somebody
If it takes all night
Everybody wants to take a little chance
And make it come out right

There's gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know
There's gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know
Let's go

We can beat around the bushes
We can get down to the bone
We can leave it in the parkin' lot
But either way there's gonna be a
Heartache tonight, a heartache tonight
I know, oh, I know
There'll be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know

from Long Run (1979)

The Long Run
(Don Henley/Glenn Frey)

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 talkin' about us, they got nothin' else to do
When it all comes down, we will still come through
In the long run
Ooh, 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 shakin'
Kinda bent, but we ain't breakin'
In the long run
Ooh, I want to tell you, it's a long run
Oh yeah, in the long run
Ooh ah yeah, in the long run

Gonna find out - ooh fi-fi-fi-find out
Long-long-long-long, long-long-long
Ooh, run on my way, run run way
Long long long long ....

from Long Run (1979)

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