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Sunset Grill

Man, I can’t believe this album is twenty years old.

SUNSET GRILL

Words and Music by Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar, and Ben Tench

Let’s go down to the Sunset Grill
We can watch the working girls go by
Watch the “basket people” walk around and mumble
And stare out at the auburn sky
There’s an old man there from the Old World
To him, it’s all the same
Calls all his customers by name

Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill

You see a lot more meanness in the city
It’s the kind that eats you up inside
Hard to come away with anything that feels like dignity
Hard to get home with any pride
These days a man makes you somethin’
And you never see his face
But there is no hiding place

Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill

Respectable little murders pay
They get more respectable every day
Don’t worry girl, I’m gonna stick by you
And someday soon we’re gonna get in that car and get outa here

Let’s go down to the Sunset Grill
Watch the working girls go by
Watch the “basket people” walk around and mumble
And gaze out at the auburn sky
Maybe we’ll leave come springtime
Meanwhile, have another beer
What would we do without all these jerks anyway?
Besides, all our friends are here

Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill

From EaglesFans.Com

  1. Kurt Cobain has been dead for 10 years now…wow!

    Scoot-Dogg

  2. I, like Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski, HATE The Eagles!!!

  3. Attention, dude. This is not the Eagles, this is Don Henley. And besides, it dates from a time when I was an Eagles fan.

  4. Dude, you’re so wrong. It was:
    Down at the Sunset Grill
    Down at the Sunset Grill
    Down at the Sunset Grill
    Down at the Sunset Grill
    Down at the Sunset Grill

    NOT:
    Down at the Sunset Grill
    Down at the Sunset Grill
    Down at the Sunset Grill
    Down at the Sunset Grill

  5. Truth is, the best part of the song is the bridge. Really takes some vocal range. Its fun to belt out while I’m driving to work.

  6. I’m so damned happy that there isn’t a link to streaming audio of you singing in the car … I would listen to it … kinda like when you slow down to look at an auto accident!!!

  7. I’ll admit that its not often pretty. 🙂

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