The boy she was thinking about when she was in school is the narrator of the song. My take - the story is about an attractive woman who married for riches instead of love and how it led her to a life of sadness and deception. Dale Reed from Friendswood, TexasI have a different take on this song than most, but I think it makes the most sense and brings a more poignant meaning.But i'll stick to how i saw but it is always good to see other peoples iturprititations of the song The lying eyes part is of the guys lied to her and turned her that way, its not the womans fault imho though, unless she cheated on a guy who truely loved her then thatd be her mistake, but the reason why she doesnt divorce the husband tho is because shes trying to figure her lover out she doesn't want to be with another guy wholl just use her the same way her husband did.

but to me she is someone who wants love but has been cheated out of it by guys who she fell for but lyed too her with their pretty words of 'love and happiness' so she doesn't know who truely loves her and not be used. or it could've been for a different reason. The friend who she knew in school was a guy who was truely in love with her but she had mixed emotions about him because she doesn't know his intensions if he only just wants to use her or he truely loves her so, she leaves him. The woman's been hxrt so many times an old love and a new she doesn't know how it gotten that crazy being used by so many guys.I believe she married for love but has everything she wants and needs from her cold husband so shes torn between love and someone who may provides but uses her without love and she doesn't know if itd be different in a new relationship because she doesn't know if she can trust her lover not to turn out just like her cold husband. I didn't think the girl was cheating just to cheat and wanted actual love in her life but fell in love with a rich cold husband who only used her for sex but the part of the song 'refuge has it's price' that's what I took from. Raven from Alabama No Where In ParticularI looked up the song facts to actually inturpret how i felt about the song.she can't tell what's real and what's in her head any more. The clues to me are 'the big old house getting lonely' and shortly after she's sworn to the affair guy she'll be coming back forever, she pours herself a strong one which suggests to me she's never left the house! This explains 'thinking about the boy she knew in school' and the fact that she's 'so far gone she feels just like a fool' i.e. Bub from Devon UkAm I the only one who's always seen this differently?! I always thought that the guy she was supposed to be seeing across town was someone she fantasised about and that she doesn't actually meet with him (this is the same guy she thinks about from school).I had been a tragic figure but it wasn't my time yet. Luckily for me, there were people who were passing along the way of the piers.

One day, I wandered to the piers in Manhattan and I endeavored to jump in and end it all for myself. I went along with this and I myself found my own 'secondary.' After this, he said we should add additionalīeing a person who wanted only a singular relationship in my life made it beyond difficult for me. I was involved with a young man who insisted that we get 'secondary' lovers for ourselves. In a similar vein, I was also guilty of such behavior. I'm sure there are many who can identify with the pathway that she chose to take. from Queens County, New York City,nyThis young lady is a tragic figure. They'd be there from 8 O'clock until midnight having drinks with all of us rockers, then they'd go home because they were kept women.' In the History of the Eagles documentary, Don Henley offered a slightly different interpretation: 'It was about all these girls that would come down to Dan Tana's looking beautiful. Realizing they had a song title, the band members began grabbing for cocktail napkins to write down lyrics to go with that great observation. As they were half laughing at them, Glenn Frey commented, 'Look at her, she can't even hide those lyin eyes!'

One night they were drinking in a bar (their favorite watering hole: Dan Tana's) when they spotted this stunning young woman two steps behind her was a much older, fat, rich guy. When they were a struggling band in Los Angeles, they saw a lot of beautiful women around Hollywood who were married to wealthy, successful men, and wondered if they were unhappy. In the DVD Hell Freezes Over, the Eagles discussed this song's origins.

Eagles lyin' eyes