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.
Friday is when you left me
So I drank myself to sleep
And Sunday is when I wake up
Not to remember a thing
My friends all say the same thing
I don't know my new girl too well
(I know) that all this lying gets to me
And no one seems to give a shit
(The way) she talks to every guy in the bar
(I guess) it should have raised some kind of alarm
Who would ever think I'd go and end up
Like all the other guys that she'd gone and fucked
Well it ain't no surprise
That you'd turn me on and leave
It ain't no surprise
That you'd turn it around on me
I don't know why
You won't give me what I need
It ain't no surprise
That that bitch is leaving me
My friends are mean to me
They say I don't break up too well
They know all this crying gets to me
And no one seems to give a shit
I know you want to so go on and say it
Just go on and say it
Well it ain't no surprise
That you'd turn me on and leave
It ain't no surprise
That you'd turn it around on me
I don't know why
You won't give me what I need
It ain't no surprise
That that bitch is leaving me
So I drank myself to sleep
And Sunday is when I wake up
Not to remember a thing
My friends all say the same thing
I don't know my new girl too well
(I know) that all this lying gets to me
And no one seems to give a shit
(The way) she talks to every guy in the bar
(I guess) it should have raised some kind of alarm
Who would ever think I'd go and end up
Like all the other guys that she'd gone and fucked
Well it ain't no surprise
That you'd turn me on and leave
It ain't no surprise
That you'd turn it around on me
I don't know why
You won't give me what I need
It ain't no surprise
That that bitch is leaving me
My friends are mean to me
They say I don't break up too well
They know all this crying gets to me
And no one seems to give a shit
I know you want to so go on and say it
Just go on and say it
Well it ain't no surprise
That you'd turn me on and leave
It ain't no surprise
That you'd turn it around on me
I don't know why
You won't give me what I need
It ain't no surprise
That that bitch is leaving me
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