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.
My mamma wants to know where I'm spending all my dough
Honey, all she does is nag, nag, nag
But I won't apologise, I'd inject into my eyes
If there was nowhere else to stick my skag
All I want is brown and I'm going into town
Shooting up as soon as I'm back
My friends have got some good shit, all I want is some of it
Gimme, gimme, gimme that smack
Well, I've ruined nearly all of my veins
Sticking that fucking shit into my arms
Yeah, yeah
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Givin' up, givin' up, givin' a fuck
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Givin' up, givin' up, givin' a fuck
Getting off my face, there's a dragon I must chase
Honey, I'm the scourge of all mankind
And everyone but me is destined just to be
Slaves to the remorseless grind
But I found myself an easy way out
Sticking that fucking shit into my arms, into my arms
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Givin' up, givin' up, givin' a fuck
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Givin' up, givin' up, givin' a fuck
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Givin' up, givin' up, givin' a fuck
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Givin' up, givin' up, givin' a fuck
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Givin' up, givin' up, givin' a fuck
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Givin' up, givin' up, givin' a fuck
Honey, all she does is nag, nag, nag
But I won't apologise, I'd inject into my eyes
If there was nowhere else to stick my skag
All I want is brown and I'm going into town
Shooting up as soon as I'm back
My friends have got some good shit, all I want is some of it
Gimme, gimme, gimme that smack
Well, I've ruined nearly all of my veins
Sticking that fucking shit into my arms
Yeah, yeah
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Givin' up, givin' up, givin' a fuck
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Givin' up, givin' up, givin' a fuck
Getting off my face, there's a dragon I must chase
Honey, I'm the scourge of all mankind
And everyone but me is destined just to be
Slaves to the remorseless grind
But I found myself an easy way out
Sticking that fucking shit into my arms, into my arms
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Givin' up, givin' up, givin' a fuck
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Givin' up, givin' up, givin' a fuck
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Givin' up, givin' up, givin' a fuck
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Givin' up, givin' up, givin' a fuck
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Givin' up, givin' up, givin' a fuck
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Givin' up, givin' up, givin' a fuck
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