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.
Greet all your friends and they say hello
They tie all your ends until they tie
Yourself in again into something whole
Something secure and lost inside
And climb away
All of the forces we uphold
And all of the dangers we escape
You wonder sometimes how long we’ll hold
Until all of this anger shows its way
and breaks
Away
I'm okay
I'm okay
I'm okay
There are just some things you can't know
There are just some things you can't face
But I will secure myself and blow
Against this disease that you embrace
And waste away
And beginning again takes so much time
And all of your friends come to watch you go
And as your machine pulls from the drive
You watch as their empty hearts explode
And blow
Away
Away
I'm okay
I'm okay
They tie all your ends until they tie
Yourself in again into something whole
Something secure and lost inside
And climb away
All of the forces we uphold
And all of the dangers we escape
You wonder sometimes how long we’ll hold
Until all of this anger shows its way
and breaks
Away
I'm okay
I'm okay
I'm okay
There are just some things you can't know
There are just some things you can't face
But I will secure myself and blow
Against this disease that you embrace
And waste away
And beginning again takes so much time
And all of your friends come to watch you go
And as your machine pulls from the drive
You watch as their empty hearts explode
And blow
Away
Away
I'm okay
I'm okay
Lyrics submitted by mrtrout
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Greet all your friends and they say hello They tie all your ends until they tie Yourself in again into something whole Something secure and lost inside And climb Away…
All of the forces we uphold And all of the dangers we escape You wonder sometimes how long we’ll hold Till all of this anger shows its way Embrace...
Away… I'm okay… I'm okay… I'm okay…
There are just some things you can't know There are just some things you can't face But I will secure myself and blow Against this disease that you embrace And waste Away…
And beginning again takes so much time And all of your friends come to watch you go And as your machine pulls from the drive You watch as their empty eyes [hearts?] explode And blow Away… Away… I'm okay… I'm okay…