DON HENLEY lyrics - Lilah

(Don Henley and Danny Kortchmar)



Like every young man, I had some things that I

Wanted to say

Ere I could begin, you know the world got

In my way



Oh Lilah, just sleep like a baby

To open the window and reel the fair wind

Oh Lilah, just sleep like a baby again



We spend so much time weeping and wailing and

Shaking our fists

Creating enemies that really don't exist



Oh Lilah, to sleep like a baby?

Just open the window and feel the fair wind

Oh Lilah, to sleep like a baby again



All these comings and goings that cut like a knife

These small, simple pleasures that make up a life

A man needs a home, and a child, and a wife

To always be there

Always



After I'm gone, there are some things that I know

I will miss:

The taste of your mouth, the smell of the perfume

On your wrist

Oh, Lilah, the fields lie fallow

Whate'r ye sow, so shall ye reap

Oh Lilah, this ground we hallow

Is ours to tend, but not to keep



Too-rah, loo-rah, loo-rah Lilah

Too-rah, loo-rah, loo-rah lay

Now, while all the streets are silent

Take my hand and come away