Artist: Don Henley
Track: Workin' It
Lyrics
Ah, it's open season here my friend
It always is; it always has been
Welcome, welcome to the U.S.A.
We're partying fools in the autumn of our heyday
And though we're running out of everything
We can't afford to quit
Before this binge is over
We've got to squeeze off one more hit
We're workin' it
Workin' it
Soon you will be dancing face-to-face
With the limits of ambition and the scars of the marketplace
Welcome to the land of flame and fizz
Where you will learn that packaging is all that heaven is
We got the little black car, the little black dress
Got the guru, the trainer, the full court press
We got the software, hard drive, CD-ROM
We got the exploitation.com
We got the pager, cell phone, bootleg methaqualone
The media, the message: you are what you own
We got the agent, lawyer, lapdog, voyeur
Talk show, book deal, round mouth, square meal
We're so busy covering our asses, we just can't commit
"Oh, back off, don't bother me, baby
Can't you see I'm workin' it?
Workin' it
It's plain to see Miss Liberty has not yet come of age
But, she loves to feed the animals as long as they're locked up in the cage
And everybody knows the girl's got balls of brass
Aw, kiss my ass
We've got a whole new class of opiates
To blunt the stench of discontent
In these corporation nation-states
Where the loudest live to trample on the least
They say it's just the predatory nature of the beast
But, the barons in the balcony are laughing
And pointing to the pit
They say, "Aw look, they've grown accustomed to the smell
Now, people love that shit
And we're workin' it?
Workin' it
We got the short-term gain, the long-term mess
We got the suffocating, quarterly consciousness
Yes man, run like a thief
New York to Hollywood, hype and glory
Special effects, no story
Yes man, run like a thief
Workin' it
Workin' it
Well, you don't know who the enemy is
You don't know
You don't know who the enemy is
Company man
Eight for me, one for you?
(Workin' it)
Very fair?
Business as usual, business as usual
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Don Henley – Workin' It
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Ah, it's open season here my friend / It always is; it always has been / Welcome, welcome to the U.S.A / We're partying fools in the autumn of our heyday / And though we're running
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Don Henley – Inside Job
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While you were sleeping / They came and took it all away / The lanes and the meadows / The places where you used to play / It was an inside job / By the well-connected / Your
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Don Henley – Everything Is Different Now
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I hate to tell you this, but I'm very, very happy / And I know that's not what you'd expect from me at all / I'm not the kind to smile and bow out gracefully / I always wanted to
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Don Henley (Ft. Vince Gill) – No, Thank You
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“No, Thank You” by Don Henley appears on his 2015 album, Cass County.
This is a moral story you can take several ways. Given the tenor of the rest of the album, he’s likely
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Don Henley (Ft. Merle Haggard) – The Cost of Living
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“The Cost of Living” by Don Henley appears on his 2015 album, Cass County.
This is a duet with Merle Haggard, and he lends a significant sense of life’s lessons to some
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Don Henley – For My Wedding
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For my wedding, I will dress in black / And never again will I look back / Ah, my dark angels we must part / For I've made a sanctuary of my heart / To want what I have / To take
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Don Henley – My Thanksgiving
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A lot of things have happened / Since the last time we spoke / Some of them are funny / Some of 'em ain't no joke / And I trust you will forgive me / If I lay it on the line / I
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Don Henley – Taking You Home
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I had a good life / Before you came / I had my friends and my freedom / I had my name / Still there was sorrow and emptyness / Till you made me glad / Oh and this love / I found
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Eagles – Tequila Sunrise
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The county-ish sad saga of the lost love; the title is the suggested immediate solution to the problem…
It was the first single out of the Desperado album.
There were a few
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Don Henley – The Genie
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Is this what you wanted? / Did you even think twice? / Didn't they tell you that anything that feels this good / Comes with a price / It gave you such a rush / Now you think you've
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Don Henley – Miss Ghost
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On a misbegotten, moonless night / I stumbled in my door / Disgusted with my circumstance / Soaked to every pore / When floating from my bedroom / Came a moaning and a sigh / "Oh
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Don Henley – Goodbye to a River
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The rains have come early, they say / We're all gonna wash away / Well, that's all right with me / If heaven's torrent can wash clean / The arrogance that lies unseen / In the
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Don Henley – They're Not Here, They're Not Coming
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From the Arizona desert / To the Salisbury Plain / Lights on the horizon / Patterns on the grain / Anxious eyes turned upward / Clutching souvenirs / Carrying our highest hopes
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Don Henley – Damn It, Rose
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Maybe just a good night's sleep / Would have changed your troubled mind / From that rather permanent decision / So tragic, so unkind / Now, pain is what you've given / And sleep is
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Don Henley – Nobody Else in the World But You
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You live in a house of mirrors / Reflecting your splendid isolation / You have so much of everything / Except for true consideration / The way you dance / The way you walk / The
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Molly Hatchet – Tequila Sunrise
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[Verse 1] / It's another tequila sunrise / Starin' slowly 'cross the sky, I said goodbye / He was just a hired hand / Workin' on the dreams he planned to try / The days go by / [
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Eagles – Doolin-Dalton (reprise)
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They were duelin', Doolin-Dalton / High or low, it was the same: / Easy money and faithless women / Red-eye whiskey for the pain / Go down, Bill Dalton, it must be God's will / Two
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Eagles – Take It Easy
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“Take It Easy” is a song written by Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey! It was most famously recorded by the Eagles (with Frey singing lead vocals). The Eagles also recorded and
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Trisha Yearwood (Ft. Don Henley) – Love You Anyway
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[Verse 1: Trisha Yearwood] / You were the light that wounds the eye / The pain that time could not deny / I felt resistance fading fast / As if you saved the heart for last / I
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GRAMMY Awards – 2001 Nominees
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General / Record of the Year / "Beautiful Day" – U2 / Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, producers; Steve Lillywhite and Richard Rainey, engineers/mixers / "Say My Name" – Destiny's
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I don't care what your mama says / So what if love is blind? / If you should fall, give it your all / Ain't nothin' wrong with bein' strong / It doesn't hurt to try / It won't do
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John Fogerty – You’re the Reason
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[Verse] / I lay here at night, toss and I turn / Lovin' you so, how my heart yearns / Honey, you're the reason I don't sleep at night / A-just a walkin' the floor, thinkin' of you
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Genius Q&A
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Q:When did Don Henley release “Workin' It”?
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Don Henley released “Workin' It” on May 23, 2000.
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Some folks don't like workin' hard. Some folks don't like rain. Some folks love to tell you. All about their aches and pains. Me, I take the hand I'm dealt
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