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.
I saw her yesterday
And I've never I felt the feeling
Like the one I felt today
And now
It's taking over me
I've never met anyone like you
'cause I never could find the words to write you
[Chorus]
She's been on my mind (she's working overtime)
She's got perfect reason's
Said she loves to talk to Jesus
I think I believe her when she says
Life could be so simple if we all just learned to pray
She's got every little thing I wanted
And it still feels just like the day it started
I said good bye to the broken hearted
And I could never express the way
I felt before tonight
Tonight
She sits there all alone
And she's reading from the chapter
That she sometimes calls her own
And now
She's taking over me
'cause the girl I once rejected
Has now become the girl of my dreams
[Chorus]
She's got every little thing I wanted
And it still feels just like the day it started
I said good bye to the broken hearted
And I could never express the way
I felt before tonight
She's not an ordinary girl,
I can see it in her eyes
I'm just an ordinary boy
God must have heard my prayers last night (oh last night)
She's been on my mind
She's working overtime
She's got perfect reason's
Said she loves to talk to Jesus
I think I believe her when she said
Life could be so simple if we all just learned to pray
She's got every little thing I wanted
And it still feels just like the day it started
I said good bye to the broken hearted
And I could never express the way
I felt before tonight
She's not an ordinary girl,
I can see it in her eyes
I'm just an ordinary boy
God must have heard my prayers last night
And I've never I felt the feeling
Like the one I felt today
And now
It's taking over me
I've never met anyone like you
'cause I never could find the words to write you
[Chorus]
She's been on my mind (she's working overtime)
She's got perfect reason's
Said she loves to talk to Jesus
I think I believe her when she says
Life could be so simple if we all just learned to pray
She's got every little thing I wanted
And it still feels just like the day it started
I said good bye to the broken hearted
And I could never express the way
I felt before tonight
Tonight
She sits there all alone
And she's reading from the chapter
That she sometimes calls her own
And now
She's taking over me
'cause the girl I once rejected
Has now become the girl of my dreams
[Chorus]
She's got every little thing I wanted
And it still feels just like the day it started
I said good bye to the broken hearted
And I could never express the way
I felt before tonight
She's not an ordinary girl,
I can see it in her eyes
I'm just an ordinary boy
God must have heard my prayers last night (oh last night)
She's been on my mind
She's working overtime
She's got perfect reason's
Said she loves to talk to Jesus
I think I believe her when she said
Life could be so simple if we all just learned to pray
She's got every little thing I wanted
And it still feels just like the day it started
I said good bye to the broken hearted
And I could never express the way
I felt before tonight
She's not an ordinary girl,
I can see it in her eyes
I'm just an ordinary boy
God must have heard my prayers last night
Lyrics submitted by XBeautifulLetdownX
Every Little Thing Lyrics as written by Mark Coupe Daniel Light
Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid, Capitol CMG Publishing, Bluewater Music Corp., Sentric Music
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