glenn frey • don henley
From the album "One of These Nights" (1975). Also released as a single, truncated to keep runtime under the 4 minutes most radio stations allowed.
The background for the song is Frey and Henley visiting the LA restaurant & bar "Dan Tana's", spotting a beautiful young woman with a fat and much older wealthy man. Frey said «She can't even hide those lyin' eyes». The song then more or less came by itself, according to Henley, with Frey as the main writer - and also lead vocal on the final result.
This is the only Eagles song I've ever played. An endless stream of songs about cheating women have pestered the charts since the dawn of recording music, but this one I just had to include.
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
late at night a big old house gets lonely
I guess every form of refuge has it's 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 feelin down
but he knows where she's goin as she's leaving
she is headed for the cheating side of town
you can't hide your lying eyes
and your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
there ain't no way to hide your lying eyes
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 that it's only for awhile
she swears that soon she'll be comin back forever
she pulls away and leaves him with a smile
you can't hide your lying eyes
and your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
there ain't no way to hide your lying eyes
she gets up and pours herself a strong 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 your new life didn't change things
you're still the same old girl you used to be
you can;t hide your lying eyes
and your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
there ain't no way to hide your lying eyes
there ain't no way to hide your lying eyes
honey, you can't hide your lying eyes
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Chords in brackets may be omitted.
G...Gmaj7...Em...Cmaj7...C...D7...G G Gmaj7 C city girls just seem to find out early Am C D7 how to open doors with just a smile G Gmaj7 C a rich old man and she won't have to worry Am C G she'll dress up all in lace and go in style ... G C+9 G you can't hide your lying eyes Em B#m A7 ...D7 and your smile is a thin disguise G G7 C...A I thought by now you'd realize Am C G there ain't no way to hide your lying eyes
