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.
It's cold, and snow's actually on the ground
Of this no-snow town
And instead of cars
Streets trafficking in sleds
Men become boys again
There's a war on the corner
With no guaranteed winner
It's just a snowfall of snowballs
Evidence of the winter
And I can feel my hands again
We're almost home
It's 2 PM and our snow is fallin' still
As our good city lay still
And our friends are packed
Around some no smoking bar
Warmin' on alcohol
We step into the silence
Yeah, we step slowly and quiet
All boys come on and girls join up
Just don't grow old
All boys come on and girls join up
We're almost home
this is all we want
Time to be with us
A home to lift the cold
Still cold, the snow's
Turning into rain
And melting away
And all these days slip by us
So let's keep them
All boys come on and girls join up
Just don't grow old
All boys come on and girls join up
We're almost home
We're almost home
Of this no-snow town
And instead of cars
Streets trafficking in sleds
Men become boys again
There's a war on the corner
With no guaranteed winner
It's just a snowfall of snowballs
Evidence of the winter
And I can feel my hands again
We're almost home
It's 2 PM and our snow is fallin' still
As our good city lay still
And our friends are packed
Around some no smoking bar
Warmin' on alcohol
We step into the silence
Yeah, we step slowly and quiet
All boys come on and girls join up
Just don't grow old
All boys come on and girls join up
We're almost home
this is all we want
Time to be with us
A home to lift the cold
Still cold, the snow's
Turning into rain
And melting away
And all these days slip by us
So let's keep them
All boys come on and girls join up
Just don't grow old
All boys come on and girls join up
We're almost home
We're almost home
Lyrics submitted by Quailmann7
Hooray Lyrics as written by Johnson Bayles
Lyrics © SONGS MUSIC PUBLISHING
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