Warren wanted a Beach Boys thing for this one, and Carl Wilson and Billy Hinsche came in, with Carl arranging the vocal parts. The other harmony vocalists (credited as the "Gentlemen Boys") were Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Zevon's longtime backers Waddy Wachtel and Jorge Calderon, and Linda Rondstadt/Stone Poneys guitarist Kenny Edwards.
We've been alone so long
Together we can see what's really wrong
The meaning always lies somewhere that's right between the lines
Every passing night
There's less and less for you and me to try
The past can show us where there's nothing more than time will tell
What’s fallen down between us, waking up to find
We’re still tripping on what we have left behind
All we lived through along our way
Taught me that’s there nothing here, to stay
We're just wasting precious time; a change will help my frame of mind
What's fallen down between us, waking up to find
We're still tripping on what we have left behind
We share the same old lives
But neither of us stop to see the signs
To show us what we haven't done
But still we struggle on and on
What’s fallen down between us, waking up to find
We’re still tripping on what we have left behind
Together we can see what's really wrong
The meaning always lies somewhere that's right between the lines
Every passing night
There's less and less for you and me to try
The past can show us where there's nothing more than time will tell
What’s fallen down between us, waking up to find
We’re still tripping on what we have left behind
All we lived through along our way
Taught me that’s there nothing here, to stay
We're just wasting precious time; a change will help my frame of mind
What's fallen down between us, waking up to find
We're still tripping on what we have left behind
We share the same old lives
But neither of us stop to see the signs
To show us what we haven't done
But still we struggle on and on
What’s fallen down between us, waking up to find
We’re still tripping on what we have left behind
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