Heartache Tonight Lyrics

{Intro}

[Verse 1]
Somebody's gonna hurt someone
Before the night is through

Somebody's gonna come undone
There's nothin' we can do


[Verse 2]
Everybody wants to touch somebody
If it takes all night
Everybody wants to take a little chance
Make it come out right


[Chorus]
There's gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know
There's gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know
Lord, I know

[Verse 3]
Some people like to stay out late
Some folks can't hold out that long
But nobody wants to go home now
There's too much goin' on
[Verse 4]
This night is gonna last forever
Last all, last all summer long
Some time before the sun comes up
The radio is gonna play that song


[Chorus]
There's gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know
There's gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know
Lord, I know

[Bridge 1]
There's gonna be a heartache tonight
The moon's shinin' bright
So turn out the light and we'll get it right

[Chorus]
There's gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know
Heartache, baby

{Instrumental Bridge}

[Verse 1]
Somebody's gonna hurt someone (somebody)
Before the night is through
Somebody's gonna come undone
There's nothin' we can do
(everybody)
[Verse 2]
Everybody wants to touch somebody
If it takes all night
Everybody wants to take a little chance
To make it come out right

[Chorus]
There's gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know

There's gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know
Let's go

[Bridge 2]
We can beat around the bushes
We can get down to the bone
We can leave it in the parkin' lot
But either way

[Chorus]
There's gonna be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know (Lord, I know)
There'll be a heartache tonight
A heartache tonight, I know
Woo-woo!

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Genius Annotation

The Eagles 1979 top charting (their last) hit and 1981 Grammy winner, somehow of different style than most of their more melodious and slower songs, nevertheless became a staple in their concert and the title for many cove groups concerts.

From the hugely successful album The Long Run which also yielded the hits “The Long Run” and “I can’t Tell You Why”.

The song writing story from a 2008 interview
Per Bob Seger –

I wrote that with Glenn Frey. He had a little house that he leased from the James Cagney Estate when he was in the Eagles. He loved the house. It wasn’t very big. It had one bedroom and a huge living room. He would set up Don’s [Henley] drums in the living room. They would write there. Glenn had the verse and he didn’t know where to go with it. I was singing the verse, singing the verse and I suddenly popped into ‘It’s gonna be a heartache tonight’ and sang the whole chorus. He said, ‘Holy crap!’ Then he called Henley and [Joe] Walsh. They came down the same night. Joe Walsh was playing bass. Henley jumped on the drums and we kept polishing and stuff. That was it.

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