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.
His embrace a fortress
It fuels me and places
A skeleton of trust
Right beneath us
Bone by bone
Stone by stone
If you ask yourself
Patiently and carefully
Who is it, who is it
Who is it
That never lets you down
Who is it
That gave you back your crown
And the ornaments are
They're goin' around
Now they're handin' it over
They're handin' it over, handin' it over
Who is it
That never lets you down
Who is it
That gave you back your crown
And the ornaments are
They're goin' around
Now they're handin' it over
Handin' it over
He demands a closeness
We all have earned a lightness
Carry my joy on the left
Carry my pain on my right
If you ask yourself now
Patiently and carefully
Who is it
Who is it
That never lets you down
Who is it
That gave you back your crown
The ornaments are
They're goin' around
And they're handin' it over
Handin' it over, handin'
Who is it
That never lets you down
Who is it
That gave you back your crown
The ornaments are
They're goin' around
And they're handin' it over
Handin' it over
It fuels me and places
A skeleton of trust
Right beneath us
Bone by bone
Stone by stone
If you ask yourself
Patiently and carefully
Who is it, who is it
Who is it
That never lets you down
Who is it
That gave you back your crown
And the ornaments are
They're goin' around
Now they're handin' it over
They're handin' it over, handin' it over
Who is it
That never lets you down
Who is it
That gave you back your crown
And the ornaments are
They're goin' around
Now they're handin' it over
Handin' it over
He demands a closeness
We all have earned a lightness
Carry my joy on the left
Carry my pain on my right
If you ask yourself now
Patiently and carefully
Who is it
Who is it
That never lets you down
Who is it
That gave you back your crown
The ornaments are
They're goin' around
And they're handin' it over
Handin' it over, handin'
Who is it
That never lets you down
Who is it
That gave you back your crown
The ornaments are
They're goin' around
And they're handin' it over
Handin' it over
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Who Is It (Carry My Joy on the Left, Carry My Pain on the Right) Lyrics as written by Bjork Gudmundsdottir
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i think i figured it out. who is it? the earth, it fits with the lyrics. the following part..
orbiting moons and planets.
gaia is our fortress, something we all share, something that unites us. but we're all given this crown, and a crown implies responsibility--we all share responsibility for our life system that we came from.
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