Don Henley

Released: November 19, 1984

Songwriter: Don Henley Danny Kortchmar Benmont Tench

Producer: Don Henley Danny Kortchmar Greg Ladanyi

[Verse 1]
Let's go down to the Sunset Grill
We can watch the working girls go by
Watch the basket people walk around and mumble
Stare out at the auburn sky

[Pre-Chorus 1]
There's an old man there from the old world
To him, it's all the same
Calls all his customers by name

[Chorus]
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill

[Verse 2]
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

[Pre-Chorus 2]
These days a man makes you somethin'
And you never see his face
But there is no hiding place

[Chorus]
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill

[Bridge]
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 outta here

[Solo]

[Verse 1 (reprise)]
Let's go down to the Sunset Grill
Watch the working girls go by
Watch the basket people walk around and mumble
Gaze out at the auburn sky

[Pre-Chorus 3]
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

[Chorus]
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill

[Instrumental Outro]

Don Henley (22 July 1947 -) is an American singer-songwriter and producer, best known as a founding member of the Eagles and as a solo artist. Henley was the drummer and a lead vocalist for the Eagles from 1971–1980, when the band broke up, and from 1994–present. He’s enjoyed the same success in his solo career, with five studio albums.

Henley is also well known for his political and social positions, and his philanthropy. He founded the Walden Woods Project to help protect “Walden Woods” from development, the Thoreau Institute provides for research and education regarding Henry David Thoreau, the Caddo Lake Institute underwrites ecological education and research, the Recording Artists' Coalition protects musicians' rights against certain music industry business practices, and he’s a major supporter of The Race to Erase MS.

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From the albums

Building the Perfect Beast (1984)
Actual Miles: Henley’s Greatest Hits (1995)
One of These Nights (2001)
The Very Best of Don Henley (2009)
The Concert for Walden Woods (2015)

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