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.
There it started
it came apart, it
Broke up into pieces and
There was a chance I missed it
Icaristic
So I put myself into your hands
Cause you're not just anyone
You're a ladder to the sun
Oh you're not just anyone
You're a ladder to the sun
I could run my courses
With opposing forces
You said all men are mortals , and
So if you want me then you can have me
Take me, oh baby grab me
Yes if you want me then you can have me
Cause you're not just anyone
You're a ladder to the sun
Oh you're not just anyone
You're a ladder to the sun
Oh now boy what you been and done
Set a course for a silver sun
Oh now boy what you been and done
I had it all and I risked it
A chance and I missed it
I had it all and I risked it on
I risked it on...
Oh I risked it on
A ladder to the
A Ladder to the sun
A ladder to the
A ladder to the sun
I had it all and I risked it on
A ladder to the
A ladder to the sun
A ladder to the
A ladder to the sun
A ladder to the
A ladder to the sun
I had it all and I risked it all
it came apart, it
Broke up into pieces and
There was a chance I missed it
Icaristic
So I put myself into your hands
Cause you're not just anyone
You're a ladder to the sun
Oh you're not just anyone
You're a ladder to the sun
I could run my courses
With opposing forces
You said all men are mortals , and
So if you want me then you can have me
Take me, oh baby grab me
Yes if you want me then you can have me
Cause you're not just anyone
You're a ladder to the sun
Oh you're not just anyone
You're a ladder to the sun
Oh now boy what you been and done
Set a course for a silver sun
Oh now boy what you been and done
I had it all and I risked it
A chance and I missed it
I had it all and I risked it on
I risked it on...
Oh I risked it on
A ladder to the
A Ladder to the sun
A ladder to the
A ladder to the sun
I had it all and I risked it on
A ladder to the
A ladder to the sun
A ladder to the
A ladder to the sun
A ladder to the
A ladder to the sun
I had it all and I risked it all
Lyrics submitted by StevieGuy9, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Ladder To The Sun Lyrics as written by Jonathan Mark Buckland Guy Rupert Berryman
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