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.
Nothing can replace the way I felt when I saw you standing there, but that's not true.
There was that time you called to say hello.
A single moment in time I have to go.
You said goodbye.
I wrote a note to tell you I'd missed you since.
I've walked around this crazy town and tried to find someone like you,
Just got lost along the way.
Tried to find someone that fits the hole you left inside of me,
Just got lost along the way.
Wish I could get out of my mind of thoughts and into my life where I'd keep you til' the end of time.
N one could touch you no one could hurt you.
I'd like to be there when you call home,
Only if you'd let me be the one.
Do you remember when we went walking hand and hand?
Do you remember when we thought it would never end?
There was that time you called to say hello.
A single moment in time I have to go.
You said goodbye.
I wrote a note to tell you I'd missed you since.
I've walked around this crazy town and tried to find someone like you,
Just got lost along the way.
Tried to find someone that fits the hole you left inside of me,
Just got lost along the way.
Wish I could get out of my mind of thoughts and into my life where I'd keep you til' the end of time.
N one could touch you no one could hurt you.
I'd like to be there when you call home,
Only if you'd let me be the one.
Do you remember when we went walking hand and hand?
Do you remember when we thought it would never end?
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