Frail Grasp On The Big Picture - Eagles

Well, ain’t it a shame

'bout our short little memory?

Never seem to learn

The lessons of history

We keep making the same mistakes

Over and over and over and over again

And then we wonder why

We’re in the shape we’re in

Good old boys down at the bar

Peanuts and politics

They think they know it all

They don’t know much of nothing

Even if one of them was to read a newspaper

Cover-to-cover

That ain’t what’s going on

Journalism dead and gone

Frail grasp on the big picture

Light fading and the fog is getting thicker

It’s a frail grasp on the big picture

Dark ages

You, my love-drunk friend

All that red wine and candlelight

Soulful conversations

That go on until the dawn

How many times can you tell your story?

How many hangovers can you endure

Just to get some snuggling done?

You’re living in a hormone dream

You don’t have the slightest notion

What long-term love is all about

All your romantic liaisons

Don’t deal with eternal questions like

«Who left the cap off the freaking toothpaste?»

«Whose turn to take the garbage out?»

Frail grasp on the big picture

You keep on rubbing and you’re gonna get a blister

It’s a frail grasp on the big picture

And I’ve seen it all before

And we pray to our Lord

Who we know is American

He reigns from on high

He speaks to us through middlemen

And he shepherds his flock

We sing out and we praise His name

He supports us in war

He presides over football games

And the right will prevail

All our troubles shall be resolved

We have faith above all

Unless there’s money or sex involved

Frail grasp on the big picture (Nobody)

Nobody’s calling and they’re roughing up the kicker

It’s a frail grasp on the big picture

Heaven help us

Frail grasp on the big picture

All waiting for that miracle elixir

It’s a frail grasp on the big picture

I don’t wonder anymore

Frail grasp on the big picture (Somebody)

You brought her here so go ahead and kiss her

It’s a frail grasp on the big picture

Frail grasp on the big picture (Hold on, hold on)

Light fading and the fog is getting thicker

It’s a frail grasp on the big picture

Frail grasp on the big picture

Frail grasp on the big picture