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.
See the features of my rage
Begin to shoot the fiend without a face
My face
The fever rots
The brain goes numb inside
I feel the blackout coming
A boiled blister pops inside
My ears still bleed
With razor-sharp precision
Mouths that mouth the sweetness
Dank of final breath upon my chest
See the features of my rage
Begin to shoot the fiend without a face
My face
We lasted all night
The dogs keep up and snickering
Just stay with me one moment
Then I'll go away
My ears still bleed
With razor-sharp precision
I'll burn in hell
Before I plunge into life's darkness
Darkness
See the features of my rage
Begin to shoot the fiend without a face
See the features of my rage
Begin to shoot the fiend without a face
My face
A fiend without a face
A fiend without a face
A fiend without a face
A fiend without a face
Begin to shoot the fiend without a face
My face
The fever rots
The brain goes numb inside
I feel the blackout coming
A boiled blister pops inside
My ears still bleed
With razor-sharp precision
Mouths that mouth the sweetness
Dank of final breath upon my chest
See the features of my rage
Begin to shoot the fiend without a face
My face
We lasted all night
The dogs keep up and snickering
Just stay with me one moment
Then I'll go away
My ears still bleed
With razor-sharp precision
I'll burn in hell
Before I plunge into life's darkness
Darkness
See the features of my rage
Begin to shoot the fiend without a face
See the features of my rage
Begin to shoot the fiend without a face
My face
A fiend without a face
A fiend without a face
A fiend without a face
A fiend without a face
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Fiend without a face Lyrics as written by Michael C. Emanuel Paul Caiafa
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