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.
Who do you think you're fooling with those brown eyes?
Everybody lying
You're a lonely boy
Feeling so alone from what you've made
Come back
Show us what you're making
You're committed now
Evolutionary
You can crack the code
You can pass the moon but not the sky
You do laundry on the corner
In a daydream
Spitting in the water
To a lullaby
Wash them out
Hang them out to dry
Why's she always getting dirty?
Your apoligies
Always come to early
She's a lonely girl
Feeling so alone from what she's made of
Who do you think you're fooling wth those brown eyes?
Everybody lying
You're a lonely boy
Feeling so remote from what you've made
Everybody lying
You're a lonely boy
Feeling so alone from what you've made
Come back
Show us what you're making
You're committed now
Evolutionary
You can crack the code
You can pass the moon but not the sky
You do laundry on the corner
In a daydream
Spitting in the water
To a lullaby
Wash them out
Hang them out to dry
Why's she always getting dirty?
Your apoligies
Always come to early
She's a lonely girl
Feeling so alone from what she's made of
Who do you think you're fooling wth those brown eyes?
Everybody lying
You're a lonely boy
Feeling so remote from what you've made
Lyrics submitted by dukesup
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