The Eagles recorded their albums relatively quickly in their first years of existence, their albums succeeding each other by less than a year. One of These Nights, their fourth album, was released in June 1975, more than 14 months after its predecessor. Anticipation had been heightened by the belated chart-topping success of the third album's "The Best of My Love"; taking a little more time, the band generated more original material, and that material was more polished. More than ever, the Eagles seemed to be a vehicle for Don Henley (six co-writing credits) and Glenn Frey (five), but at the same time Randy Meisner was more audible than ever, his two lead vocals including one of the album's three hit singles, "Take It to the Limit," and Bernie Leadon had two showcases, among them the cosmic-cowboy instrumental "Journey of the Sorcerer" (later used as the theme music for the British television series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy). Nevertheless, it was the team of Henley and Frey that stood out, starting with the title track, a number one single, which had more of an R&B — even disco — sound than anything the band had attempted previously, and continuing through the ersatz Western swing of "Hollywood Waltz" to "Lyin' Eyes," one of Frey's patented folk-rock shuffles, which became another major hit. One of These Nights was the culmination of the blend of rock, country, and folk styles the Eagles had been making since their start; there wasn't much that was new, just the same sorts of things done better than they had been before. In particular, a lyrical stance — knowing and disillusioned, but desperately hopeful — had evolved, and the musical arrangements were tighter and more purposeful. The result was the Eagles' best-realized and most popular album so far.
THE EAGLES
ONE OF THESE NIGHTS
Asylum 7E-1039June 10/1975
Produced by Bill Szymczyk
Glenn Frey - guitar/keyboards/vocalsDon Henley - drums/vocals
Bernie Leadon - guitar/steel/banjo/vocals
Randy Meisner - bass/vocals
Don Felder - guitar/organ
Jim Ed Norman - piano
David Sanborn - sax
Albhy Galuten - synthesizer
David Bromberg - violin
Recorded:
Jan/1974, Mac Emmerman's Criteria Studios, Miami and Record Plant, LA
1.
ONE OF THESE NIGHTS
(Don Henley - Glenn Frey) « © '75 Cass County Music, BMI / Red Cloud Music, BMI »One of these nights one of these crazy old nights
We're gonna find out pretty mama what turns on your lights
The full moon is calling the fever is high and the wicked wind whispers and moans
You got your demons you got your desires well I got a few of my own
Ooh someone to be kind to in between the dark and the light
Ooh coming right behind you swear I'm gonna find you one of these nights
One of these dreams one of these lost and lonely dreams now
We're gonna find one mhm one that really screams
I've been searching for the daughter of the devil himself
I've been searching for an angel in white
I've been waitin' for a woman who's a little of both
And I can feel her but she's nowhere in sight
Ooh loneliness will blind you in between the wrong and the right
Ooh coming right behind you swear I'm gonna find you one of these nights
[ guitar ] One of these nights ooh in between the dark and the light
Coming right behind you swear I'm gonna find you
Get you baby one of these nights
One of these nights ooh one of these nights...
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2.
TOO MANY HANDS
(Randy Meisner - Don Felder) « © '75 Nebraska Music, ASCAP / Fingers Music, ASCAP »She's one of a kind sometimes hard to find like a rainbow
Well she's lost all her glory and could tell you some stories that we all should know
And there's too many hands being laid on her too many eyes will never see
That it's dragging her down but you won't hear a sound as she turns round
Her beauty all af light it always seems to turn the tide at midnight
And for her there is no rest we are doing what is best for our future
One of these days she may not be so good to you
One of these days she might chain you to the ground
But her fire is still burning and her heart is still yearning to be found
[ guitar ] There's too many hands...
[ guitar ] Too many hands
[ guitar ] **********
3.
HOLLYWOOD WALTZ
(Don Henley - Glenn Frey - Bernie Leadon - Thom Leadon) « © '75 Cass County Music, BMI / Red Cloud Music, BMI /Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI / Likely Story Music, ASCAP »
Springtime the acacias are blooming
Southern California will see one more day
Dreamland and business is booming
The birds are a singing as I drift away
She looks another year older
From too many lovers who used her and ran
But some nights oh she looks like an angel
And she's always willing to hold you again
So give her this dance she can't be forsaken
Learn how to love her with all of her faults
She gave more than she's taken
And I'll go down doing the Hollywood waltz
[ steel ] Springtime and the lady is grieving
The lovers just stand there with nothing to say
They got what they wanted they're packing and leaving
To look for another to love the same way
So give her this dance...
Hollywood waltz Hollywood waltz
Hollywood waltz Hollywood waltz
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4.
JOURNEY OF THE SORCERER
(Bernie Leadon) « © '75 Likely Story Music, ASCAP »[ instrumental ] **********
5.
LYIN' EYES
(Don Henley - Glenn Frey) « © '75 Cass County Music, BMI / Red Cloud Music, BMI »City girls just seem to find out early
How to open doors with just a smile
A rich old man and she won't have to worry
She'll dress up all in lace and go in style
But late at night a big old house gets lonely
I guess every form of refuge has its price
And it breaks her heart to think her love is only
Given to a man with hands as cold as ice
So she tells him she must go out for the evening
To comfort an old friend who's feeling down
But he knows where she's going as she's leaving
She is headed for the cheatin' side of town
You can't hide your lyin' eyes and your smile has been disguised
I thought right now you'd realize
That there ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes
[ guitar ] On the other side of town a boy is waiting
With fiery eyes and dreams no one could steal
She drives on through the night anticipating
Cause he makes her feel the way she used to feel
She rushes to his arms they fall together
She whispers it's only for a while
She swears that soon she'll be coming back forever
She goes away and leaves him with a smile
You can't hide your lyin' eyes...
[ guitar ] She gets up and pours herself a small one
And stares out at the stars up in the sky
Another night it's gonna be a long one
She draws the shade and hangs her head to cry
She wonders how it ever got this crazy
She thinks about a boy she knew in school
Did she get tired or did she just get lazy
She's so far gone she feels just like a fool
My oh my you sure know how to arrange things
You set it up so well so carefully
Ain't it funny how you knew life didn't change things
You're still the same old girl you used to be
You can't hide your lyin' eyes...
There ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes
Funny you can't hide your lyin' eyes
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6.
TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT
(Don Henley - Glenn Frey - Randy Meisner) « © '75 Cass County Music, BMI / Red Cloud Music, BMI »All alone at the end of the evening and the bright lights have faded to blue
I was thinking bout a woman who might have loved me and I never knew
You know I've always been a dreamer spent my life running round
And it's so hard to change can't seem to settle down
But the dreams I've seen lately
Keep on turning out and burning out and turning out the same
So put me on a highway and show me a sign
And take it to the limit one more time
[ strings ] You can spend all your time making money
You can spend all your love making time
If it all fell to pieces tomorrow would you still be mine
And when you're looking for your freedom nobody seems to care
And you can't find the door can't find it anywhere
When there's nothing to believe in
Still you're coming back you're running back you're coming back for more
So put me on a highway and show me a sign
And take it to the limit one more time
Take it to the limit take it to the limit
Take it to the limit one more time
Take it to the limit...
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7.
VISIONS
(Don Henley - Don Felder) « © '75 Cass County Music, BMI / Fingers Music, ASCAP » »Visions that you stir in my soul visions that will never grow old
Sweet baby I had some visions of you if I can't have it all just a taste will do
[ guitar ] Go ahead and live all your fantasies
(Don't you ever think about the other side)
Helps you get from where you are to where you want to be
(You and me oughta be taking a ride)
You do the best you can and you make your mistakes
(If you don't like it you can say that you tried)
Cause all I have to give is whatever it takes
[ guitar ] Play on El Chingadero play on olay on El Chingadero
Dance angel dance till you wear out your blues
(Only thing that's gonna save you now)
Take another chance you got nothing to lose
(The boy didn't love you anyhow)
Girl you drive me wild when you do what you do
(Something makes me want to take you down)
If I can't have it all just a taste will do just a taste will do
[ guitar ] **********
8.
AFTER THE THRILL IS GONE
(Don Henley - Glenn Frey) « © '75 Cass County Music, BMI / Red Cloud Music, BMI »Same dancers in the same old shoes some habits that you just can't lose
It's no telling what a girl might use after the thrill is gone
The flame rises but it soon descends empty pages and a frozen pen
You're not quite lovers and you're not quite friends
After the thrill is gone oh after the thrill is gone
What can you do when your dreams come true and it's not quite like you planned
What have you done to be losing the one you held him so tight in your hand
Time passes and you must move on half the distance take you twice as long
So you keep on singing for the sake of a song after the thrill is gone
[ guitar ] You're afraid you might fall out of fashion and you're feeling cold and small
Any kinda love without passion ah ain't no kinda lovin' at all
Same dancers in the same old shoes you get too careful with the steps you choose
You don't care about winning but you don't wanna lose after the thrill is gone
After the thrill is gone after the thrill is gone
After the thrill is gone ah after the thrill is gone
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9.
I WISH YOU PEACE
(Bernie Leadon - Patti Davis) « © '75 Likely Story Music, ASCAP »I wish you peace when the cold winds blow warmed by the fire's glow
I wish you comfort in the lonely times arms to hold you when you ache inside
I wish you hope when things are going bad kind words when times are sad
I wish you shelter from the raging wind cooling waters at the fever's end
I wish you peace when times are hard a light to guide you through the dark
And when storms're high and your dreams are low
I wish you the strength to let love grow
I wish you the strength to let love grow
[ strings ] I wish you peace when times are hard...
I wish you the strength to let love grow
I wish you the strength to let love grow
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