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 used to want to dream
I used to want to scream at the top of my lungs
Like a diamond in a ring
Or the song you love to sing
The shine is gone
[Chorus]
Walking in circles, circles
Walking in circles
Walking in
Walking in
I used to want to run
I used to want to climb up to the sun
Ambition is killing me
And the new trends and the money
Oh, I feel so cheap
Oh, oh, oh
[Chorus]
It's a feeling that you know
A feeling that explodes
A feeling you want more
And more
And more
And more
Circles
See them?
It's a feeling that you know
A feeling that explodes
A feeling you want more
And more
And more
And more
A feeling that you know
A feeling that explodes
A feeling you want more
And more
And more
And more
And more
And more
And more
And more
And more
And more
And more (more, more, more)
And more (more, more, more)
And more (more, more, more)
And more
And more
And more
And more
And more
And more
And more (and more)
[Chorus]
It's a feeling that you know (know)
A feeling that explodes (explodes)
A feeling you want more (you want more)
And more
And more
And more
It's a feeling that you know (know)
A feeling that explodes (explodes)
A feeling you want more (you want more)
And more
And more
And more
I used to want to scream at the top of my lungs
Like a diamond in a ring
Or the song you love to sing
The shine is gone
[Chorus]
Walking in circles, circles
Walking in circles
Walking in
Walking in
I used to want to run
I used to want to climb up to the sun
Ambition is killing me
And the new trends and the money
Oh, I feel so cheap
Oh, oh, oh
[Chorus]
It's a feeling that you know
A feeling that explodes
A feeling you want more
And more
And more
And more
Circles
See them?
It's a feeling that you know
A feeling that explodes
A feeling you want more
And more
And more
And more
A feeling that you know
A feeling that explodes
A feeling you want more
And more
And more
And more
And more
And more
And more
And more
And more
And more
And more (more, more, more)
And more (more, more, more)
And more (more, more, more)
And more
And more
And more
And more
And more
And more
And more (and more)
[Chorus]
It's a feeling that you know (know)
A feeling that explodes (explodes)
A feeling you want more (you want more)
And more
And more
And more
It's a feeling that you know (know)
A feeling that explodes (explodes)
A feeling you want more (you want more)
And more
And more
And more
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Walking in Circles Lyrics as written by Jeremy Taggart Michael Maida
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