Last Worthless Evening Lyrics - Singles - Don Henley

I know you broke up with him 

And your heart's still on the shelf 

It's been over two years for me 

And I'm still not quite myself 

You can't be with someone new 

And you can't go back to him 

You're beginning to realize 

That it's sink or swim 

I see you around sometimes 

And my heart just melts 

You're lookin' like if you had your wish 

You'd be somewhere else 

And it just breaks my heart 

To see you here this way 

Someday I'll get the nerve 

To walk up to you and say 

This is the last worthless evening 

That you'll have to spend 

Just gimme a chance 

To show you how to love again 

This is the last worthless evening 

That you'll have to spend 

'Cause I'll be there 

When your broken heart is on the mend 

Every night it's the same old crowd 

Smoky rooms 

You catch a faint glimpse of love sometimes 

But it never blooms 

I've been around this block a time or two 

And I've made some big mistakes 

But girl I promise you, I promise you 

This is the last worthless evening 

That you'll have to spend 

Just gimme a chance 

To show you how to love again 

This is the last worthless evening 

That you'll have to spend 

'Cause it won't be long 

'Til your little heart is on the mend 

Hey, hey, hey, hey 

(Time, time, tickin', tickin', tickin' away) 

(Time, time, tickin', tickin', tickin') 

(Time, time, tickin', tickin', tickin' away) 

(Time, time, tickin', tickin', tickin') 

People inside their houses 

With the shades pulled down 

God knows, we could use some romance 

In this sleepy bedroom town 

I know you're still afraid to rush into anything 

But there're just so many summers 

And just so many springs 

And this is the last worthless evening 

That you'll have to spend 

Just gimme a chance, gimme a chance 

To show you how love again 

This is the last worthless evening 

That you'll have to spend 

'Cause it won't be long 

'Til your little heart is on the mend 

That you'll have to spend 

Just gimme a chance, darling 

To show you how to love again 

This is the last worthless evening 

That you'll have to spend 'cause it won't be long 

'Til your broken heart is on the mend