Lilah Lyrics - Don Henley

Like every young man 

I had some things that I wanted to say 

Ere I could begin 

You know the world got in my way 

Oh Lilah, to sleep like a baby 

To open the window and feel the fair wind 

Oh Lilah, to sleep like a baby again 

We spend so much time 

Weeping and wailing and shaking our fists 

Creating enemies that really don't exist 

Oh Lilah, to sleep like a baby 

To open the window and feel the fair wind 

Oh Lilah, to sleep like a baby again 

All these comings and goings that cut like a knife 

These small, simple pleasures that make up a life 

A man needs a home and a child and a wife 

To always be there, always 

After I'm gone, there are some things 

That I know I will miss 

The taste of your mouth 

The smell of the perfume on your wrist 

Oh Lilah, the fields lie fallow 

Whatever ye sow, so shall ye reap 

Oh Lilah, the river's still shallow 

But the river bed is dark and deep 

Oh Lilah, the fields lie fallow 

Whatever ye sow, so shall ye reap 

Oh Lilah, this ground we hallow 

Is ours to tend but not to keep 

Too rah, loo rah, loo rah, Lilah 

Too rah, loo rah, loo rah, lay 

Now, while all the streets are silent 

Take my hand and come away 

Too rah, loo rah, loo rah, Lilah 

Too rah, loo rah, loo rah lay 

Too rah, loo rah, loo rah, Lilah 

Too rah, loo rah, loo rah, lay