Lyrics for Tequila Sunrise as interpreted by Demau Senae

Tequila Sunrise Lyrics
It's another tequila sunrise
Starin' slowly 'cross the sky, said goobye
He was just a hired hand
Workin' on the dreams he planned to try
The days go by
Ev'ry night when the sun goes down
Just another lonely boy in town
And she's out runnin' 'round

She wasn't just another woman
And I couldn't keep from comin' on
It's been so long
Oh, and it's a hollow feelin' when
It comes down to dealin' friends
It never ends

Take another shot of courage
Wonder why the right words never come
You just get numb
It's another tequila sunrise,this old world
still looks the same,
Another frame, mm...

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sunny1981
05-23-2002

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Hi everyone,
Can someone plz tell me what this song is about!
Cheers

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Tbone732
07-22-2002

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geez, that is a really good question. I love this song and listen to it damn near everyday but never really thought what the words mean...I would have to think that it is about a troubled relationship (lyrics remind me of lyin eyes). I think that the guy and the girl are both cheatin on each other though. And that their relationship is going nowhere and they dont know how to tell each other they had enough. Just a quick guess.

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JustlikeBeckham
08-14-2002

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I think this song is about a guy who is in love with this girl but she doesn't really want to settle down and she is out with another guy every night. So he is just drinking to try and solve his problems but he just can't seem to make them go away.

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sapphireskies
08-22-2002

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the title has always had me wondering. i think it can mean one of two things. one - that he's been out drinking all night, so he sees the sunrise through the haze of tequila... or it could be referring to tequila's golden color, in comparison to the gold of a country sunrise. i'd really like to believe it's both.

as with most eagles songs, this tells a story...
the first part is in third person, but he is talking about himself. ["he was just a hired hand..."]

he fell in love with a girl who had a reputation for sleeping around. ["ev'ry night when the sun goes down/ just another lonely boy in town/ and she's out runnin' 'round"]

he wants to believe she's changed, but i think he finds she's been with friends of his. ["it's a hollow feelin' when it comes down to dealin' friends/ it never ends."]

so he worked up the nerve to talk to her about it, and loses it, can't say it, and loses her. so he forces himself to remain numb (in part due to alcohol, i believe heh), and the last lines are just saying that no matter what, it's just one part of this huge puzzle of life. life does go on. "this old world still looks the same/ another frame". (another frame, like a part of a movie.)

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SomeGirl_Jadzia
08-26-2002

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:confused: I'm not exactly sure what its supposed to be about. I just can't quite figure this one out! :mad:

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chub
05-10-2003

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I always thought it was the other way around. I thought the first part was about a friend of his. The singer is the one who betrayed his friend by getting with his girlfriend. The hollow feeling is his guilt.

Although the singer's whole world is changed by what he did, the sun still comes up and the world goes on.

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Kombo
06-24-2003

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it's about a hangover/drinking etc... think about it.. it's simple

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liverdude
06-25-2003

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This is a tough one. I think chub is right. Its about a guy who hooks up with his buddy's girlfriend and feels guilty.
"she wasn't just another woman, and I couldn't keep from comin on". If it was on the up and up why would he have to keep from comin on?

"hollow feeing" and "dealing friends" is guilt about deceiving his friend.

Tequila sunrise refers to that bleary eyed dawn of hangover and dread.

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ksmooth27
05-02-2004

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Well my take is this......

" Ev'ry night when the sun goes down
Just another lonely boy in town
And she's out runnin' 'round "

This is about a guy who is drinking by himself, and he sees the sun rise without the girl he was in love with in the past. He is sitting by himself finding no one, and she is out finding everyone.

" It's been so long" and "this old world
still looks the same,
Another frame, mm..."

loved his past with that girl, misses it, now all he has are pictures, tequilla ( the courage to go on )

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Gforce38
05-13-2004

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Once again love has failed him, and left only the hollowness and pain of being all alone.

It's another tequila sunrise,this old world
still looks the same,
Another frame, mm...

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stoolhardy
02-14-2005

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A tequila sunrise is also a cocktail drink that you can ask for at a bar. So it might simply be his drink of choice. I always had an image of this song as about someone who works at a resort hotel serving happy people but whose relationship is far from happy - who goes to the bar just like his patrons, after work, but unlike them is far from happy. He is in a relationship that has been dead for a long time and is tempted to cheat (or has cheated), but he feels even worse for it and drinks it off.

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doubLe a tom
04-08-2005

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A "tequila sunrise" is when you have been drinking tequila all night and the sun begins to rise... im pretty sure the drink "tequila sunrise" was named after this song

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tinydncr
08-04-2005

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Some of you are close. The man is a hired hand on the ranch that she lives on. He's fallen in love with her, without her knowing and she considers them friends. Many men are hurt by woman that they are attracted to that consider them only friends.
The songwriter alludes to the woman being "special", probably the ranch owners daughter, when he says "she wasn't just another woman...."
The songwriter is a friend of the shy hired hand and feels bad for making his move on the woman that his friend obviously loves, but he was lonely, and this woman was special enough for him to make the move regardless of his friend's feelings. Throughout the song, Tequilla is a theme, I suspect for all three people involved.

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BluesRaven
12-06-2005

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"im pretty sure the drink "tequila sunrise" was named after this song"

Actually, the drink is the reason they almost rejected the title. They were considering another title because it was so cliche, and the drink was so popular then, but Henly mentioned seeing it as "You've been drinking straight tequila all night, and the sun's coming up." rather than the drink.

They kept the title.

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Nick the Bastard
08-17-2006

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I also had the resort picture in my head. Tan stone tiles and white iron railings on some kind of porch, covered in all sorts of tropical plants.

I took it as a guy with an unrequited love interest. The guy has an idealized image of her, even though she's kind of a skank "out runnin' 'round" every night. Meanwhile he spends his nights hoping that she'll come around and fall for him. The "dealing friends" part could mean that he's trying to use her friends as a way of getting closer to her (don't act like you've never heard of that). It's not working, so it leaves the hollow feeling.

So anyways, he's sitting there in a bar, slamming shots of liquid courage, but he still can't work up the nerve to make some kind of move. Eventually, he sinks into despair and accepts that things will never work out.

...Just a thought.

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krriisttii
02-23-2007

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LOOOOOVE THE OPENING GUITARS TO THIS SONG! i play it over and over just to listen to those 0:17 seconds. yeah that makes sense, hangovers and past loves. another bittersweet eagles song. gotta love the eagles!!

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joe walsh rules
07-20-2007

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one of my fav eagles songs the lyrics r so true this song means its about a girl who a guy really likes but she doesent like him bac he wished he had her and hes like wonder why the right words never come take another shot of courage those are lyrics to live by.

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RobotRock
11-29-2007

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I agree with most of the posts here, especially sapphireskies and Nick the Bastard. The only thing I would add is that I think the girl in the story is a prostitute. This is evident in that "she's out running around" and "when it comes down to dealing friends" as in, introducing her as a prostitute to his friends so they can their rocks off.

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OooLaLaAmor
11-29-2007

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FYI: Tequila Sunrise is a mixed drink w. tequila, orange juice, and grenadine...

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RobotRock
02-25-2008

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no shit

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sweetkungfumaster
06-06-2008

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im living it. very hard for me. when i hear this song im reminded of the fact that i have to respect the boundry line's. unwritten rule. waiting for my love to call me when she needs me. feelin lonely waiting for her to call me same old routin, everyday. im in love with a woman whos married. i tasted loveand im sad cuz i cant have her.
when in an enviroment where friends dissaprove of a married woman with a married man its a hollow feeling when you have to hide your true feelings
from everyone
when you talk to the one you love and cant speak to her or show her the affection she deserves you just feel empty .so i go home and feel the pain. so i drink and cant sleep ,i go outside and watch the beautiful sunrise come up ,which reminds me of how beautifuls the woman i cant be with is.
cry cry cry .......

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BintangBuzz
09-19-2008

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A man, who is a hired hand, (every night when the sun goes down Just another lonely boy in town)gets drunk on Tequilla therefore drunk he comes onto a girl who belongs to a friend of his ( She wasn't just another woman) He wants to tell his friend what hes done and what kind of woman his girl is, but he drinks past the courage side until he is numb.
From a Tequilla drinker that can be easy done one last shot will put you past courage into Numb.

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Tiffanympm
10-11-2008

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OK. I feel like most of you have an idea of what the song is about.

I think it's about a man who fell for a socialite. I don't think it was his best friends girl.

hollow feelin' = That's the feeling of being empty.. not guilty.
dealin' friends = He's using his friends as a connection to get to her.

I think the whole point of the song is that he wants a strong something and she wants to be free. He can't find the words to talk to her because his fear of rejection comes from his true belief that she isn't ready for something serious and enjoys the single life.

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jasonveraSC
12-01-2008

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I think its a pretty simple song for anyone who has ever felt the way the man has. You are real lucky that you havent felt that way.


Its about a guy who is infatuated with a girl who doesnt even know he exists, or maybe just isnt aware he has feelings for her. He drinks thinking it will make him get the guts to talk to her (Take another shot of courage, but the right words never come, you just feel numb) and in the end he just ends up trying to drink his way through his misery. He ends up just getting drunk and waking up to a world in which he is still alone, drinking solves nothing. (Its another tequila sunrise but this world still looks the same).

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huck7953
04-16-2009

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sapphireskies you nailed it

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