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.
If heaven's just a calming blow
Then I think I'd rather know
Although it's hard to say that nothing's wrong
When nothing's changed
And yet if God were here alone with me
And I could say anything
I believe I could rest assured she's quite the same
But when people fight to stay inside
What I don't understand
We could leave today, tonight
We'd be fine
Cause there's something that we define
There's no end in sight
Could you please save us all the time?
Forget about what never was
The point, I guess, won't ever come
'Til you're certain, we can all agree
We'll see
You get scared and I get angry
Being lost, feeling lazy
Not at all like you
Not you
But if emptiness is all we've got
And understanding doesn't help at all
Still you're certain there's a place for me
We'll see
We're going to make a radio
We'll make you stay home and say so
Then I think I'd rather know
Although it's hard to say that nothing's wrong
When nothing's changed
And yet if God were here alone with me
And I could say anything
I believe I could rest assured she's quite the same
But when people fight to stay inside
What I don't understand
We could leave today, tonight
We'd be fine
Cause there's something that we define
There's no end in sight
Could you please save us all the time?
Forget about what never was
The point, I guess, won't ever come
'Til you're certain, we can all agree
We'll see
You get scared and I get angry
Being lost, feeling lazy
Not at all like you
Not you
But if emptiness is all we've got
And understanding doesn't help at all
Still you're certain there's a place for me
We'll see
We're going to make a radio
We'll make you stay home and say so
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Marconi's Radio Lyrics as written by Brandon Curtis Benjamin Curtis
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