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 ain't got no place to go
So let's go to the punk rawk show
Darling take me by the hand
We're gonna see a punk rawk band
There's no use in TV shows, radio, or rodeo
want to get into the crowd
want to hear it played real loud
Repeat
Ain't got no money to pay
We'll get in anyway
Doesn't matter I don't care
If we do we should share
We're going to the punk rawk show
Repeat
We ain't got no place to go
So let's go to the punk rawk show
Darling take me by the hand
We're gonna see a punk rawk band
There's no use in TV shows, radio, or rodeo
want to get into the crowd
want to hear it played real loud
Ain't got no money to pay
We'll get in anyway
Doesn't matter I don't care
If we do we should share
We're going to the punk rawk show
Repeat
So let's go to the punk rawk show
Darling take me by the hand
We're gonna see a punk rawk band
There's no use in TV shows, radio, or rodeo
want to get into the crowd
want to hear it played real loud
Repeat
Ain't got no money to pay
We'll get in anyway
Doesn't matter I don't care
If we do we should share
We're going to the punk rawk show
Repeat
We ain't got no place to go
So let's go to the punk rawk show
Darling take me by the hand
We're gonna see a punk rawk band
There's no use in TV shows, radio, or rodeo
want to get into the crowd
want to hear it played real loud
Ain't got no money to pay
We'll get in anyway
Doesn't matter I don't care
If we do we should share
We're going to the punk rawk show
Repeat
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