Life In The Fast Lane – Eagles – letras

He was a hard-headed manHe was brutally handsome, and she was terminally prettyShe held him up, and he held her for ransome in the heartof the cold, cold cityHe had a nasty reputation as a cruel dudeThey said he was ruthless, they said he was crudeThey had one thing in common, they weregood in bedShe’d say, ‘Faster,faster. The lights are turnin’ red. »Life in the fast laneSurely make you lose your mind, mmAre you with me so far?Eager for action and hot for the gameThe coming attraction, the drop of a nameThey knew all the right people, they tookall the right pillsThey threw outrageous parties, they paid heavily bills.There were lines on the mirror, lines on her faceShe pretended not to notice, she was caught upin the raceOut every evening, until it was lightHe was too tired to make it, she was too tiredto fight about itLife in the fast laneSurely make you lose your mindLife in the fast lane, everything all the timeLife in the fast lane, uh huhBlowin’ and burnin’, blinded by thirstThey didn’t see the stop sign,took a turn for the worst.She said, « Listen, baby.You can hear the enginering.We’ve been up and down this highway;haven’t seen a goddam thing. »He said, »Call the doctor. I think I’m gonna crash. » »The doctor say he’s comin’, but you gotta pay him cash. »They went rushin’ down that freeway, messed aroundand got lostThey didn’t know they were just dyin’ to get offAnd it was life in the fast lane