Sad Cafe

by The Eagles
from the album “Long Run” (1979)

Out in the shiny night
the rain was softly falling.
The tracks that ran down the boulevard
had all been washed away.
Out of the silver light
the past came softly calling.
And I remembered the times we spent
inside the Sad Cafe.

Oh, it seemed like a holy place,
protected by amazing grace.
And we would sing right out loud
the things we could not say.
We thought we could change this world
with words like love and freedom.
We were part of the lonely crowd
inside the Sad Cafe.
           
Oh, expecting to fly, we would meet
on that beautiful shore in the sweet by 'n' by.
Some of the dreams came true
and some just passed away,
and some of them stayed behind
inside the Sad Cafe.

The clouds rolled in and hid that shore.
Now that glory train
it don't stop here no more.
Now I look at the years gone by
and wonder at the powers that be.
I don't know why fortune smiles on some
and lets the rest go free.

Maybe the time has drawn the faces I recall.
But things in this life change very slowly,
if they ever change at all.
No use in asking why.
It just turned out that way.
So meet me at midnight, babe,
inside the Sad Cafe.
Why don't you meet me at midnight, babe,
inside the Sad Cafe?