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.
Words I keep in here
Thoughts that make me scared
Always seem to show
Your eyes let me know you know
It's not you
It's all me
As if me taking all the blame would make you feel much better now
But all lights burn out (x2)
What i'd like to say
Is that staying friends is okay
But you and me we know
That in one heart love would grow
It's not you
It's all me
As if me taking all the blame would make you feel much better now
But all lights burn out (x2)
Same time tomorrow
When I wake up
Will the violins be playing
When my heart finally opens
Will you be there to embrace me
Because it's all so crazy now
it's all so fucked up now
It's not you
It's all me
As if me taking all the blame would make you feel much better now
But all lights burn out (x3)
I always thought that I
Would find what I lack in you
Thoughts that make me scared
Always seem to show
Your eyes let me know you know
It's not you
It's all me
As if me taking all the blame would make you feel much better now
But all lights burn out (x2)
What i'd like to say
Is that staying friends is okay
But you and me we know
That in one heart love would grow
It's not you
It's all me
As if me taking all the blame would make you feel much better now
But all lights burn out (x2)
Same time tomorrow
When I wake up
Will the violins be playing
When my heart finally opens
Will you be there to embrace me
Because it's all so crazy now
it's all so fucked up now
It's not you
It's all me
As if me taking all the blame would make you feel much better now
But all lights burn out (x3)
I always thought that I
Would find what I lack in you
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