Frail Grasp On The Big Picture Lyrics - Long Road Out Of Eden - The Eagles

Well, ain't it a shame 

That our short little memories 

Never seem to learn 

The message of history 

We keep makin' the same mistakes 

Over and over and over and over again 

And then we wonder why 

We're in the shape we're in 

Good ol' boys down at the bar 

Peanuts and politics 

They think they know it all 

They don't know much of nothing 

Even if one of them was to read the newspaper 

Cover-to-cover 

That ain't what's going on 

Journalism's dead and gone 

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Frail grasp on the big picture 

Light fading and the fog is getting thicker 

It's a frail grasp on the big picture 

Dark ages 

You my love-drunk friend 

All that red wine and candlelight 

Soulful conversations 

That go on until the dawn 

How many times can you tell your story? 

How many hangovers can you endure 

Just to get some snuggling done? 

You're living in a hollow dream 

You don't have the slightest notion 

What long-term love is all about 

All your romantic liaisons 

Don't deal with eternal questions like 

Who left the cap off the freaking toothpaste? 

Whose turn to take the garbage out? 

Frail grasp on the big picture 

You keep on rubbin' that, you're gonna get a blister 

It's a frail grasp on the big picture 

I've seen it all before 

And we pray to our Lord 

Who we know is American 

He reigns from on high 

He speaks to us through middlemen 

And he shepherds his flock 

We sing out and we praise His name 

He supports us in war 

He presides over football games 

And the right will prevail 

All our troubles shall be resolved 

We have faith in the Lord 

Unless there's money or sex involved 

Frail grasp on the big picture 

Nobody's calling them for roughing up the pitcher 

It's a frail grasp on the big picture 

Heaven help us 

Frail grasp on the big picture 

All waiting for that miracle elixir 

Frail grasp on the big picture 

I don't wonder anymore 

Frail grasp on the big picture 

Somebody says, "You brought her here so go ahead and kiss her 

Frail grasp on the big picture 

Frail grasp on the big picture 

Light fading and the fog is getting thicker 

It's a frail grasp on the big picture 

Frail grasp on the big picture 

Frail grasp on the big picture