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.
This plan is only surface
And I do not deserve this.
I'm wondering if I'll withstand
To stand alone and stand to scream.. TO THE WORLD!
To the world I'm through with now: I've come to mend
These wounds were gored by you through all of them.
(It's too sad..) I've got to mediate these faulty sides of you
And I'm wondering, "whatever did I do?"
(It's too sad..) The only reason that I still remain to you
Is I go on repeating the excuse.
What if this had not happened? (Whoa-oh-whoa)
What if she hadn't gone?
What if this had not happened? (Whoa-oh-whoa)
She never would have gone.
[Interlude]
(And I want you to say,
"I exploit this thing anyway"
Still, I don't deserve this.
I've stood alone too long to say..) TO THE WORLD!
To the world I'm through with now: I've come to mend
These wounds were gored by you through all of them.
It's too sad.
What if this had not happened? (Whoa-oh-whoa)
What if she hadn't gone?
What if this had not happened? (Whoa-oh-whoa)
She never would have gone.
It's too sad.
It's too sad.
It's too sad. (I've got to mediate these faulty sides of you)
It's too sad. (oa-oh)
I've got to mediate these faulty sides of you (oa-oh)
And I'm wondering, "whatever did I do?"
(It's too sad..) The only reason that I still remain to you
Is I go on repeating the excuse.
And I do not deserve this.
I'm wondering if I'll withstand
To stand alone and stand to scream.. TO THE WORLD!
To the world I'm through with now: I've come to mend
These wounds were gored by you through all of them.
(It's too sad..) I've got to mediate these faulty sides of you
And I'm wondering, "whatever did I do?"
(It's too sad..) The only reason that I still remain to you
Is I go on repeating the excuse.
What if this had not happened? (Whoa-oh-whoa)
What if she hadn't gone?
What if this had not happened? (Whoa-oh-whoa)
She never would have gone.
[Interlude]
(And I want you to say,
"I exploit this thing anyway"
Still, I don't deserve this.
I've stood alone too long to say..) TO THE WORLD!
To the world I'm through with now: I've come to mend
These wounds were gored by you through all of them.
It's too sad.
What if this had not happened? (Whoa-oh-whoa)
What if she hadn't gone?
What if this had not happened? (Whoa-oh-whoa)
She never would have gone.
It's too sad.
It's too sad.
It's too sad. (I've got to mediate these faulty sides of you)
It's too sad. (oa-oh)
I've got to mediate these faulty sides of you (oa-oh)
And I'm wondering, "whatever did I do?"
(It's too sad..) The only reason that I still remain to you
Is I go on repeating the excuse.
Lyrics submitted by oofus, edited by Midage Maestro
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