I have always heard that it's about Don Henley seeing Michelle Pfeiffer at a party after she broke up with Peter Horton, and Henley trying to hit on her, with no good result. He told the story when he played the song live, although he didn't mention Pfeiffer by name -- people figured it out from context clues.
I have always heard that it's about Don Henley seeing Michelle Pfeiffer at a party after she broke up with Peter Horton, and Henley trying to hit on her, with no good result. He told the story when he played the song live, although he didn't mention Pfeiffer by name -- people figured it out from context clues.