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'm rackin' my brain
Trying to comprehend
How, for some unknown reason, our status will remain as friends
I'm destroying my mind
Trying to understand how with little to no effort
You've got me eating out of the palms of your hands
There was not a single spark
When my lips landed on yours in the dark,
But regardless of what happens next
You're my beloved, you just don't know it yet
Tonight I made a secret oath
To keep chasing after you
And I am not going to stop
Whether you like it or not
We're murdering our lives
Trying to make it work,
But you and I both know that we are a lost cause
And nothing more than specks on this Earth
There was not a single spark
When my lips landed on yours in the dark,
But regardless of what happens next
You're my beloved, you just don't know it yet
Tonight I made a secret oath
To keep chasing after you
And I am not going to stop
Whether you like it or not
Tonight I made a secret oath
To keep chasing after you
And I am not going to stop
Whether you like it or not
Yeah I know you listen to this all alone up in your room
I know you love how all this music's about you
Trying to comprehend
How, for some unknown reason, our status will remain as friends
I'm destroying my mind
Trying to understand how with little to no effort
You've got me eating out of the palms of your hands
There was not a single spark
When my lips landed on yours in the dark,
But regardless of what happens next
You're my beloved, you just don't know it yet
Tonight I made a secret oath
To keep chasing after you
And I am not going to stop
Whether you like it or not
We're murdering our lives
Trying to make it work,
But you and I both know that we are a lost cause
And nothing more than specks on this Earth
There was not a single spark
When my lips landed on yours in the dark,
But regardless of what happens next
You're my beloved, you just don't know it yet
Tonight I made a secret oath
To keep chasing after you
And I am not going to stop
Whether you like it or not
Tonight I made a secret oath
To keep chasing after you
And I am not going to stop
Whether you like it or not
Yeah I know you listen to this all alone up in your room
I know you love how all this music's about you
Lyrics submitted by BrandNew1208
Secret Oath Lyrics as written by Joseph Dean Beck Daniel Ludeman
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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