1405 – Eagles – Best of my love (1974)

 

Escrita por Don Henley, Glenn Frey e J. D. Souther, foi gravada no Olympic Sound Studios, em Londres e lançada em 22 de março de 1974 no terceiro disco da banda chamado On the border. Foi lançada em compacto em 5 de novembro de 1974 com Ol' 55 como Lado B. Henley foi quem fez os vocais principais. Se tornou o primeiro número 1 da banda no Billboard Hot100. Os versos foram escritos no restaurante Dan Tana. O maitre do restaurante Guido recebeu agradecimentos na capa do disco. A letra foi inspirada no fim do romance de Henley com sua namorada Suzannah Martin. Don Henley cantou e tocou bateria. Glenn Frey tocou violão de 12 cordas e fez backing vocals. Bernie Leadon tocou pedal steel guitar e fez backing vocals. Randy Meisner tocou baio e fez backing vocals.

A letra:

Every night I'm lyin' in bed
Holdin' you close in my dreams
Thinkin' about all the things that we said
Comin' apart at the seams

We try to talk it over
But the words come out too rough
I know you were tryin' to give me the best of your love

Beautiful faces and loud empty places
Look at the way that we live
Wastin' our time on cheap talk and wine
Left us so little to give

That same old crowd was like a cold dark cloud
That we could never rise above
But here in my heart
I give you the best of my love

Oh... whoa oh sweet darlin'
You get the best of my love
(You get the best of my love)
Oh... whoa oh sweet darlin'
You get the best of my love
(You get the best of my love)

I'm goin' back in time and it's a sweet dream
It was a quiet night and I would be all right
If I could go on sleeping

But every mornin' I wake up and worry
What's gonna happen today?

You see it your way I see it mine
But we both see it slippin' away

You know we always had each other baby
(Ooh...) I guess that wasn't enough oh-oh ooh whoa

But here in my heart
I give you the best of my love
Oh... whoa oh sweet darlin'
You get the best of my love

(The best of my love) Oh... whoa oh sweet darlin'
You get the best of my love
(The best of my love) Oh... whoa oh sweet darlin'
Every night and day
You get the best of my love

(The best of my love) Oh... whoa oh sweet darlin'
Oh-oh oh-oh
You get the best of my love
(The best of my love) Oh... whoa oh sweet darlin'
You get the best of my love

(You get the best of my love)
The best of my love Oh... whoa oh sweet darlin'
Mmm-mmm mmm-mmm-mmm
You get the best of my love
(The best of my love) Oh... whoa oh sweet darlin'
You got it
You got it

A versão do Eagles:

A versão de J.D. Souther:

A versão de Jeff's Midnight Special: