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How Long Lyrics
Like a bluebird with his heart removed
Lonely as a train I've run just as far as I can run If I never see the good old days shining in the sun I'll be doing fine and then some How long, how long Woman will you weep How long, how long Rock yourself to sleep I've been doing time in a lonesome prison, where the sun don't shine Just outside the freedom river runs Out there in that shiny night, with bloodhounds on your mind Don't you know it's the same sad situation How long, how long Woman will you weep How long, how long Rock yourself to sleep Everybody feels all right You know I heard some poor fool say Everyone is out there on the loose Well, I wish I lived in the land of fools and no one knew my name But what you get is not quite what you choose How long, how long Woman will you weep How long, how long Rock yourself to sleep How long, how long The muddy river runs so deep How long, how long Goodnight baby, rock yourself to sleep Sleep tight baby, rock yourself to sleep B-b-bye bye baby, rock yourself to sleep
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11-10-2007
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11-19-2007
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12-19-2007
They kinda explained it on "60 Minutes" (CBS News), I think it's how their fans grow and live their life with their songs, thus how long. Watch it here: http://www.last.fm/music/Eagles/+videos/3233786
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04-03-2008
Line Women will you weep is his loved one at home
lonesome prison - is the pow camp
Plus when it was written was in the aftermath of the vietnam war...
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10-02-2008
What it looks like to me is basically what just about every other Eagles song is about: love, either the good or bad side. You can tell just from the chorus. "How long, how long, woman, will you weep?" Like talking to a woman who's thrown herself at plenty of men and just falls apart every time it doesn't work out. The last line in the chorus emphasizes that. In saying "Rock yourself to sleep," he's basically saying she doesn't deserve the sympathy anymore.
The second verse fits too perfectly in with that. In a nutshell, he's sayin' it's the same situation between being in prison and being in love. "Don't you know it's the same sad situation." Basically, it can be a prison being trapped in love. That's just what it looks like to me.
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02-16-2009
The Eagles had a hit last year with a version of your song "How Long," which was written back in the 1970s about the Vietnam War. How do you feel that it's still relevant?
A: I'm delighted they did the song, and grateful for radio responding to it and people listening to it and music fans thinking it was relevant. But I'm sorry that it's necessary. I wish there wasn't a war anymore. Most people wish that. I don't know that there's a single soul that wants to be at war... I'm maintaining a kind of guarded optimism. I don't see any upside to being a pessimist. By choice, I'm an optimist.
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