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Originally Posted by Michael Ferris
Hey John,
ITA on The Eagles. I’m a huge fan. Don’t let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy…
TTFN,
M
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That song was co-written by Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey. JB started it but was having trouble finishing it, and Frey really liked the unfinished version and wanted to record it, so he eventually convinced JB to let him finish it. I'm not sure who wrote the great line you single out. JB apparently wrote the melody and at least the first line, "I'm standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona," and Frey wrote "It's a girl, my lord, in a flatbed Ford, slowin' down to take a look at me,"but it's unclear from what I've read who wrote which lines of the remaining lyrics.
I came to know the song from the JB version, but the Eagles recorded it first and had the bigger hit with it.