1979年推出的第六张专辑《漫长的逃亡》(The Long Run)成为乐队的最后一张(真正意义上称得上是专辑的)专辑。1978年3月Eagles着手下张专辑，它原本规划为两张一套的唱片，所以收歌、录制工作更加繁复。终于经过长达18个月的工作期、歌迷也苦等3年之后，「The Long Run」在1979年推出了而且是单张唱片，"Heartache Tonight"、"The Long un"是其中畅销曲，不过最受乐迷喜爱的却首推由新任贝斯手Schmit以细腻高音所主唱的抒情曲"I Can′t Tell You Why"。
虽然由于乐迷的捧场使她远超出白金的销量，但不可否认，乐队的颠峰状态已经过去，专辑的整体水平有所下降。不过值得指出的是，该专辑的一首抒情歌"I Can′t Tell You Why"是由一位新人提摩西.苏密特与格伦.弗雷合作演唱的。
Out in the shiny night the rain was softly falling
The tracks that ran down the boulevard had
All been washed away
Out of the silver light the past came softly calling
And i remember the times we spent
Inside the sad cafe
Oh it seemed like a holy place
Protected by amazing grace
And we would sing right out loud the
Things we could not say
We thought we could change this world
With words like "love" and "freedom"
We were part of the lonely crowd
Inside the sad cafe
Oh expecting to fly
We would meet on that shore in the sweet by and by
Some of their dreams came true
Some just passed away
And some of the stayed behind
Inside the sad cafe
The clouds rolled in and hid that shore
Now that glory train it don't stop here no more
Now i look at the years gone by
And wonder at the powers that be
I don't know why fortune smiles on some
And let's the rest go free
Maybe the time has drawn the faces i recall
But things in this life change very slowly
If they ever change at all
There's no use in asking why
It just turned out that way
So meet me at midnight baby
Inside the sad cafe
Why don't you meet me at midnight baby
Inside the sad cafe
