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.
When the world?s got you down
Rainy Sundays, sunny town
Tropicana, canned food
Botulism, damaged goods
See the hipsters in the park
Hair so styled, clothes so dark
Prefab molded hamburgers
I don't want a bite of yours
These burgers are crazy
These burgers are crazy
These burgers are crazy
These burgers are crazy
They don't like you, never will
They slip you the happy pill
Assimilation so they think
Send you to the naughty shrink
You just tell ?em lies, lies
Paranoia bugs and flies
You don't like them, never did
You don't like them, never did
These burgers are crazy
These burgers are crazy
These burgers are crazy
These burgers are crazy
Rainy Sundays, sunny town
Tropicana, canned food
Botulism, damaged goods
See the hipsters in the park
Hair so styled, clothes so dark
Prefab molded hamburgers
I don't want a bite of yours
These burgers are crazy
These burgers are crazy
These burgers are crazy
These burgers are crazy
They don't like you, never will
They slip you the happy pill
Assimilation so they think
Send you to the naughty shrink
You just tell ?em lies, lies
Paranoia bugs and flies
You don't like them, never did
You don't like them, never did
These burgers are crazy
These burgers are crazy
These burgers are crazy
These burgers are crazy
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