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Don Henley
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Miscellaneous
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Garden Of Allah
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THE GARDEN OF ALLAH
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Don Henley
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(Written by: Don Henley, Stan Lynch, John Corey and Paul Gurian)
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From the album - ACTUAL MILES: HENLEY'S GREATEST HITS
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(A tale in which the Devil visits a large Western city and
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finds that he has become obsolete.)
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It was a pretty big year for fashion
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A lousy year for rock and roll
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The people gave their blessings to crimes of passion
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It was a dark, dark night of the collective soul
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I was somewhere out on riverside
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By the El Royale Hotel
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When a stranger appeared in a cloud of smoke
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I thought I knew him all too well
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He said "Now that I have your attention
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I got somethin' I wanna say
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You may not want to hear it
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I'm gonna tell it to you anyway
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You know, I've always liked you, boy
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'Cause you were not afraid of me
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But things are gonna get mighty rough
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Here in Gomorrah-By-The-Sea"
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He said "It's just like home
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It's so damned hot, I can't stand it
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My fine seersucker suit is all soakin' wet"
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And all the hills are burning
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The wind is raging
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And the clock strikes midnight
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In the Garden of Allah
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"Nice car.........
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I love those Bavarians.........so meticulous
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Y'know, I remember a time when things were a lot more
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Fun around here
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When good was good, and evil was evil
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Before things got so.........fuzzy
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Yeah, I was once a golden boy like you
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I was summoned to the halls of power in the heavenly court
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And I dined with the deities who looked upon me with favor
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For my talents; my creativity
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We sat beneath the palms in the warm afternoons
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And drank the wine with Fitzgerald and Huxley
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They pawned a biting phrase
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From tongues hot with blood
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And drained their pens of bitter ink
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Vainly reaching for the bottle full of empty Edens
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Branded special for the ones
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Who had come with great expectations
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To the perfumed halls of Allah
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For their time in the sun
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We were stokin' the fires
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And oilin' up the machinery
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Until the gods found out we had ideas of our own"
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And the war was coming
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The earth was shaking
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And there was no more room
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In the Garden of Allah
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"Today I made an appearance downtown
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I am an expert witness, because I say I am
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And I said, 'Gentleman....and I use that word loosely....
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I will testify for you
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I'm a gun for hire, I'm a saint, I'm a liar
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Because there are no facts, there is no truth
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Just a data to be manipulated
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I can get any result you like
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What's it worth to ya?
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Because there is no wrong, there is no right
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And I sleep very well at night
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No shame, no solution
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No remorse, no retribution
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Just people selling T-shirts
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Just opportunity to participate in the pathetic little circus
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And winning, winning, winning'"
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It was a pretty big year for predators
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The marketplace was on a roll
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And the land of opportunity
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Spawned a whole new breed of men without souls
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This year, notoriety got all confused with fame
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And the devil is downhearted
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Because there's nothing left for him to claim
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He said "It's just like home
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It's so low-down, I can't stand it
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I guess my work around here has all been done"
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And the fruit is rotten
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The serpent's eyes shine
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As he wraps around the vine
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In the Garden of Allah
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From: [email protected]/* */ (MR RICHARD N CALEY)
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