Don Henley The Last Worthless Evening Lyrics

I know you broke up with him and your heart's still on the shelf
It's been over two years for me and I'm still not quite myself
You can't be with someone new and you can't go back to him
You're beginning to realize that it's sink or swim

I see you around sometimes and my heart just melts
You're lookin' like if you had your wish you'd be somewhere else
And it just breaks my heart to see you here this way
Someday I'll get the nerve to walk up to you and say

This is the last worthless evening that you'll have to spend
Just gimme a chance to show you how to love again
This is the last worthless evening that you'll have to spend
'Cause I'll be there when your broken heart is on the mend

Every night it's the same old crowd in smoky rooms
You catch a faint glimpse of love sometimes but it never blooms
And I've been around this block a time or two
I've made some big mistakes but girl I promise you, I promise you

This is the last worthless evening that you'll have to spend
Just gimme a chance to show you how to love again
This is the last worthless evening that you'll have to spend
'Cause it won't be long 'till your little heart is on the mend (Yeah)

Time, time tickin' tickin' tickin' (tickin' away)
Time, time tickin' tickin' tickin'
Time, time tickin' tickin' tickin' (tickin' away)
Time, time tickin' tickin' tickin'

People inside their houses with the shades pulled down
God knows we could use some romance in this sleepy bedroom town
I know you're still afraid to rush into anything
But there're just so many summers babe and just so many springs

And this is the last worthless evening that you'll have to spend babe
Just gimme a chance, gimme a chance to show you love again
This is the last worthless evening that you'll have to spend
'Cause it won't be long 'til your little heart is on the mend
(Yeah, a huh) That you'll have to spend
Just gimme a chance darlin' to show you how to love again
This is the last worthless evening that you'll have to spend
'Cause it won't be long 'til your broken heart is on the mend

This is the last worthless evening
That you'll have to spend 'cause it won't be long
'Til your broken heart is on the mend