echoed voices in the night, she s a restless spirit on an endless flight whoo-hoo witchy woman, see how high she flies whoo-hoo witchy woman, she got the moon in her eyes during the time that the eagles were on for the first album, we had just come from the 60s, civil rights movement, 68, all the assassinations, all the rioting. the vietnam war is still winding up. nixon, watergate. i really think that part of the reason that the eagles succeeded the way they did was because the country and people and young people needed to feel like things were okay.
on the first album, peaceful easy feeling was written by our friend and frequent collaborator, jack. i got a peaceful, easy feeling peaceful easy feeling captures the time, captures this attitude. you can feel the wind blowing across the desert. whoa, what a feeling the second hit was witchy woman, which i wrote with bernie. witchy woman started out as a guitar figure. then we were jamming it one day, and everybody was digging it. then henley came back the next day with the lyrics. wavy hair and ruby lips, sparks fly from her fingertips