Don Henley

Donald Hugh Henley is an American rock musician who is the drummer and one of the lead singers and songwriters of the band Eagles. He has since had a successful solo career and has played a founding role in several charitable causes.

The End of the Innocence (1989)

• When happily ever after fails
  And weve 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
  Thats still untouched by man
  Well 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.
  • "The End of the Innocence" (co-written with Bruce Hornsby)

• 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.
  • "The Last Worthless Evening" (co-written with John Corey and Stan Lynch)

• I've been tryin' 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.
  • "The Heart of the Matter" (co-written with Mike Campbell and J. D. Souther) - YouTube video

• I've been 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 them again.
  • "The Heart of the Matter"

• I've been tryin' to get down to the Heart of the Matter
  Because the flesh will get weak
  And the ashes will scatter
  So I'm thinkin' about forgiveness
  Forgiveness
  Even if you don't love me anymore.
  • "The Heart of the Matter"

Unsourced

• People always claim that we seem to be "too perfect". That's a compliment. Perfection is by no means a flaw.

• Someone once criticized the way in which we [The Eagles] move around the stage. We were marked as "loitering" What you have to remember is this isn't the 70's anymore, us guys are in our late 50's. You can't go prancing around the stage like a young buck, it's much more dignified to loiter.

• Who's guitar is this? It's mine? Oh...I like my guitar.

• When we get new leadership in our country [USA], we hope that it will be wiser.
  • Farewell I tour before playing Hole in the world.

• Are you pukin'?

• Why do men go to war? Because the women are watching.
  • Interview with Charlie Rose