![]() She’ll dress up all in lace and go in style. Glenn Frey or Don Henley were responsible for most of their songs and this might be Frey’s best. The bassline does a lot to drive this song, though it is not fancy. They sing some pretty complex harmonies here. While they weren’t on the level with the all-time best (in terms of harmonizing), they were one tier below. This song shows off some of the great harmonizing that the Eagles produced. She does not come across as a sympathetic character. Regardless, you can see the lie in her eyes. The story is interesting because of the little details: it appears that she loves her boyfriend and promises to leave her husband, it also appears that the husband is aware of the affair and perhaps turns his head to it due to indifference or due to powerlessness. Today we’d call her a sugar baby (I guess?). They euphemistically call her a city girl. The great opening lyrics above paint her as a woman who uses her sexuality to get everything she wants in life. This girl is not painted kindly in the song. Lyin’ Eyes is a great ‘story song’ about a young woman who takes an older husband-presumably for his money-but still keeps another lover on the side. The Eagles were very much a southern rock band in the beginning…but from California rather than Alabama. This is before, Hotel California was after. The Eagles work is best understood as before Joe Walsh and after. “Lyin Eyes” is from the early period of The Eagles work.
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