Don Henley said in an interview that the "do something" part of this song is was inspired by how when he was growing up, if anyone felt depressed or bad or something, people would just tell them to "do something," and that that's enough to deal with problems instead of turning to all the support groups and therapy and all everything we have like that today.
Don Henley said in an interview that the "do something" part of this song is was inspired by how when he was growing up, if anyone felt depressed or bad or something, people would just tell them to "do something," and that that's enough to deal with problems instead of turning to all the support groups and therapy and all everything we have like that today.