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.
So what exactly are you saying
You'd like to live your life between the sheets?
No destination
The hour's getting way past getting late.
To find the public opinion
You're talking big it comes to easily
I'm not prepared to entertain
You salivate when someone tells it straight.
You're young enough to always push your luck.
I keep my fingers crossed you keep em up.
Got a reason to get up this morning
Got inspired by the fear of being last
Don't deny your criminal past
Got a reason to get up this morning
Got inspired by the fear of being last
Don't deny your criminal past
Deny your criminal past.
So what exactly are ya,
So what exactly are ya saying
You'd like to live, your life
Talking cheap its no consolation
The hours getting way past getting late
And now its time to for-forget,
All the people there's too much to regret.
But now its carved in stone,
Just hang up the phone forever.
You've been arrested and you've
Been inspected but you
You're young enough to always push your luck
I keep my fingers crossed you keep em up
Got a reason to get up this morning
Got inspired by the fear of being last
Don't deny your criminal past
Got a reason to get up this morning
Got inspired by the fear of being last
Don't deny your criminal past
Deny your criminal, past.
Got a reason to get up this morning
Got inspired by the fear of being last
Don't deny your criminal past
A reason to get up this morning
Got inspired by the fear of being last
Don't deny your criminal past
Deny your criminal past
Yeah your criminal past
Yeah your criminal past
Yeah your criminal past.
You'd like to live your life between the sheets?
No destination
The hour's getting way past getting late.
To find the public opinion
You're talking big it comes to easily
I'm not prepared to entertain
You salivate when someone tells it straight.
You're young enough to always push your luck.
I keep my fingers crossed you keep em up.
Got a reason to get up this morning
Got inspired by the fear of being last
Don't deny your criminal past
Got a reason to get up this morning
Got inspired by the fear of being last
Don't deny your criminal past
Deny your criminal past.
So what exactly are ya,
So what exactly are ya saying
You'd like to live, your life
Talking cheap its no consolation
The hours getting way past getting late
And now its time to for-forget,
All the people there's too much to regret.
But now its carved in stone,
Just hang up the phone forever.
You've been arrested and you've
Been inspected but you
You're young enough to always push your luck
I keep my fingers crossed you keep em up
Got a reason to get up this morning
Got inspired by the fear of being last
Don't deny your criminal past
Got a reason to get up this morning
Got inspired by the fear of being last
Don't deny your criminal past
Deny your criminal, past.
Got a reason to get up this morning
Got inspired by the fear of being last
Don't deny your criminal past
A reason to get up this morning
Got inspired by the fear of being last
Don't deny your criminal past
Deny your criminal past
Yeah your criminal past
Yeah your criminal past
Yeah your criminal past.
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this song for some reason is such a pick me up. love the lines
"Young enough to always push your luck I keep my fingers crossed you keep them up"
and
"got a reason to got up this morning, got inspired by the fear of being last"
just a great song