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]
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]
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- One of These Nights (2001)
- The Very Best of Don Henley (2009)
- The Concert for Walden Woods (2015)