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 don't even talk anymore
And we don't even know what we argue about
Don't even say I love you no more
'Cause saying how we feel is no longer allowed
Some people work things out
And some just don't know how to change
Let's don't wait 'til the water runs dry
We might watch our whole lives pass us by
Let's don't wait 'til the water runs dry
We'll make the biggest mistake of our lives
Don't do it, baby (ooh)
Now, no, now they can see the tears in our eyes, yeah
But we deny the pain that lies
Deep in our hearts
Well maybe that's a pain we can't hide
'Cause everybody knows that we're both torn apart
Why do we hurt each other?
Why do we push love away?
Let's don't wait 'til the water runs dry (no, no, baby)
We might watch our whole lives pass us by (we might watch our whole lives, yeah)
Let's don'tt wait 'til the water runs dry
We'll make the biggest mistake of our lives
Don't do it, baby, ooh
Some people will work things out
And some just don't know how to change
Let's don't wait 'til the water runs dry (no, no)
We might watch our whole lives pass us by (oh, pass us by)
Let's don't wait 'til the water runs dry
We'll make the biggest mistake of our lives
Don't do it, baby, ooh
Don't do it, baby
Don't do it, baby
And we don't even know what we argue about
Don't even say I love you no more
'Cause saying how we feel is no longer allowed
Some people work things out
And some just don't know how to change
Let's don't wait 'til the water runs dry
We might watch our whole lives pass us by
Let's don't wait 'til the water runs dry
We'll make the biggest mistake of our lives
Don't do it, baby (ooh)
Now, no, now they can see the tears in our eyes, yeah
But we deny the pain that lies
Deep in our hearts
Well maybe that's a pain we can't hide
'Cause everybody knows that we're both torn apart
Why do we hurt each other?
Why do we push love away?
Let's don't wait 'til the water runs dry (no, no, baby)
We might watch our whole lives pass us by (we might watch our whole lives, yeah)
Let's don'tt wait 'til the water runs dry
We'll make the biggest mistake of our lives
Don't do it, baby, ooh
Some people will work things out
And some just don't know how to change
Let's don't wait 'til the water runs dry (no, no)
We might watch our whole lives pass us by (oh, pass us by)
Let's don't wait 'til the water runs dry
We'll make the biggest mistake of our lives
Don't do it, baby, ooh
Don't do it, baby
Don't do it, baby
Lyrics submitted by Boonechic_21
Water Runs Dry Lyrics as written by Kenneth Edmonds
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Acutally, looking at it, it feels like it could go both ways: To hold on because love still remains; to let go because there is nothing there.
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