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pinto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-31-06 10:19 PM
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We've been here before. Don Henley's "Dirty Laundry".
Edited on Sun Dec-31-06 10:48 PM by pinto
I make my living off the evening news
Just give me something-something I can use
People love it when you lose,
They love dirty laundry

Well, I coulda been an actor, but I wound up here
I just have to look good, I don't have to be clear
Come and whisper in my ear
Give us dirty laundry

Kick em when they're up
Kick em when they're down
Kick em when they're up
Kick em when they're down
Kick em when they're up
Kick em when they're down
Kick em when they're up
Kick em all around

We got the bubble-headed-bleach-blonde who
Comes on at five
She can tell you bout the plane crash with a gleam
In her eye
Its interesting when people die-
Give us dirty laundry

Can we film the operation?
Is the head dead yet?
You know, the boys in the newsroom got a
Running bet
Get the widow on the set!
We need dirty laundry

You don't really need to find out whats going on
You dint really want to know just how far its gone
Just leave well enough alone
Eat your dirty laundry

Kick em when they're up
Kick em when they're down
Kick em when they're up
Kick em when they're down

Kick em when they're up
Kick em when they're down
Kick em when they're stiff
Kick em all around

Dirty little secrets
Dirty little lies
We got our dirty little fingers in everybody's pie
We love to cut you down to size
We love dirty laundry

We can do the innuendo
We can dance and sing
When its said and done we haven't told you a thing
We all know that crap is king
Give us dirty laundry!

@ Don Henley, et al.
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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-31-06 10:24 PM
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1. Probably...
... the best song Henley ever wrote, and certainly as true today as it was back in the mid 80s.
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Archae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-31-06 10:30 PM
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2. I swear Henley was a prophet.
He wrote that tune long before Fox "news" came out, and it describes Fox to the letter.
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-31-06 10:45 PM
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3. great song
I saw him on tour a few years ago (they made a CD and DVD of it) and that was his opening number. Great riff to open with. He closed with "Hotel California".

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