Eagles

Released: November 7, 1980

Songwriter: J. D. Souther Don Henley Glenn Frey

Producer: Bill Szymczyk

[Verse 1]
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

[Chorus]
Johnny-come-lately
The new kid in town
Everybody loves you
So don't let them down

[Verse 2]
You look in her eyes
The music begins to play
Hopeless romantics
Here we go again
But after awhile
You're lookin' the other way
It's those restless hearts
That never mend

[Chorus]
Oh, Johnny-come-lately
The new kid in town
Will she still love you
When you're not around?

[Bridge]
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

[Verse 3]
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
'Til somebody new comes along

[Chorus]
Where you've been lately?
There's a new kid in town
Everybody loves him, don't they?
And he's holding her
And you're still around

[Outro]
Oh, my, my
There's a new kid in town
Just another new kid in town
Everybody's talking 'bout
The new kid in town
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, ah ooh
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

one of the most popular and successful bands of all time. Originating in Los Angeles in 1971, its founding members were Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner. They saw the coming and going of various members, including Frey who passed away in 2016.

Eagles were a success from the start. Their eponymous debut album, Eagles (1972), saw three singles enter the Top 40: “Take It Easy”, “Witchy Woman”, and “Peaceful Easy Feeling”, reaching respective peaks of 12, 9, and 22.

At this point, however, the Eagles were just getting started. Their second album, Desperado (1973), featured two of their most popular songs of all “Tequila Sunrise” and title track “Desperado”. Additionally, the other songs were critically acclaimed for other reasons, such as Leadon’s performance on “Saturday Night”. You’d be wrong if you thought the Eagles were settling down after back-to-back triumphs. Their next album, On the Border (1974), had on it their first “Best of My Love”.

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