You’re still the same old girl you used to be My, oh my, you sure know how to arrange thingsĪin’t it funny how your new life didn’t change things She’s so far gone she feels just like a fool She thinks about a boy she knew in schoolĭid she get tired or did she just get lazy? She draws the shade and hangs her head to cry She gets up and pours herself a strong oneĪnd stares out at the stars up in the sky There ain’t no way to hide you lyin’ eyes She pulls away and leaves him with a smile She swears that soon she’ll be comin’ back forever ‘Cause he makes her feel the way she used to feel She drives on through the night anticipating With fiery eyes and dreams no one could steal On the other side of town a boy is waiting There ain’t no way to hide your lyin eyes She is headed for the cheatin’ side of town To comfort an old friend who’s feelin’ downīut he knows where she’s goin’ as she’s leavin’ So she tells him she must go out for the evening Only given to a man with hands as cold as ice I guess every form of refuge has its priceĪnd it breaks her heart to think her love is Late at night a big old house gets lonely She’ll dress up all in lace and go in style The technology of the day didn’t involve touchscreens or keyboards, you simply had to pick up the arm of the record-player and place it gently on the record and if you had good control and eyesight you could seamlessly jump straight to the song of choice, and in my case it was often Lyin’ Eyes. I miss that nowadays with digital downloads – we knew exactly where our favourite tracks lay on every piece of vinyl. I have just double-checked but already knew that Lyin’ Eyes was track number 3 on side 1. If a boy you weren’t too keen on asked you to dance, but you were far too polite to refuse, it was a very long song.īy the time we got to 6th year at school, everyone owned their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 album and many an evening was spent hanging out with friends listening to it. Their repertoire of choice tended to be cover versions of songs by soft rock bands such as The Eagles, and Lyin’ Eyes (all 6 minutes of it) was most definitely a favourite. I was still at school, and not really old enough for pubs and clubs, but local bands were regularly booked to play the town and village halls in our area. If this blog is supposed to reflect the soundtrack to my life, Lyin’ Eyes definitely played a large part in forming the soundtrack to the mid ’70s. I have decided therefore to make today’s featured song Lyin’ Eyes from 1975 as it was one of The Eagles’ early ones where Frey performed lead vocals. Again, as with Bowie, I am really sorry for his family and friends who will no longer be able to spend time with him but for the rest of us, we will always have those fantastic songs. I don’t know the details of his death and don’t really want to delve into all that, but a pattern is definitely emerging here. Got me thinking that we are maybe at the tipping point, where our post-war baby boomers who entered the music industry in the ’60s and ’70s and by their own admission lived a hedonistic drug-fuelled lifestyle, are now maybe running out of luck. Woke up this morning to the news that Glenn Frey from The Eagles had died yesterday aged 67. After last week’s shock news of the death of David Bowie, I had hoped it would be some time before the blog would end up being about the death of another ’70s rock legend but here we are again.
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