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.
Nothin's new forever, can't you see I'm just a sucker? I'm like Stevie Wonder, but I can see things
Me and Ulysses, we like Gene and Dean Ween
We're like brothers making records who can't play things
When the prog hits ya, if you're feeling proggy
Let it get ya in the places most others can't reach you
Cause nothin's new forever - all they suckers undercover - It's like only Stevie Wonder sees the same things
I'm a rollin' a rock up a steep-steep hill
When I reach the it comes right back down
I meet Sisyphus when I hit the top
And we stroll back down together slowly
Then we rock on up to the highest top
Me and Ulysses we make the music
When we're feelin hot 'til where ten feet tall
Why'know you're gonna hear us callin', callin'
Give up all you suckers we the tightest muthafuckas And you never seen us talking shit before now
You peelin' potatoes while we sonic alligators
Makin' records sellin' like we smokin' crack now
'Joe' -'what now'?
'We bad.' -'Bad how'?
'We make a track to shake a cow
And move you like you startin something nasty?
'And then' -What then?
'We do it again, don't make no money for us to spend
On yachts and boats and planes and drugs and scooters? (thanks wella )
I, I, I?
I, I, I?
I, I, I?
Keep fallin? Keep fallin? (bis x2)
Told me lately that you have been staring in the mirror - Don't you know that even Stevie Wonder sees things?
You told me that you love a pretty one with ebony eyes - Don't you know that even Stevie Wonder sees things?
Lately I've been staring in the mirror - Don't you ever wonder how the hell does Stevie Wonder see things?
Lately I've been staring in the mirror - Don't you ever wonder how the hell does Stevie Wonder see things?
Me and Ulysses, we like Gene and Dean Ween
We're like brothers making records who can't play things
When the prog hits ya, if you're feeling proggy
Let it get ya in the places most others can't reach you
Cause nothin's new forever - all they suckers undercover - It's like only Stevie Wonder sees the same things
I'm a rollin' a rock up a steep-steep hill
When I reach the it comes right back down
I meet Sisyphus when I hit the top
And we stroll back down together slowly
Then we rock on up to the highest top
Me and Ulysses we make the music
When we're feelin hot 'til where ten feet tall
Why'know you're gonna hear us callin', callin'
Give up all you suckers we the tightest muthafuckas And you never seen us talking shit before now
You peelin' potatoes while we sonic alligators
Makin' records sellin' like we smokin' crack now
'Joe' -'what now'?
'We bad.' -'Bad how'?
'We make a track to shake a cow
And move you like you startin something nasty?
'And then' -What then?
'We do it again, don't make no money for us to spend
On yachts and boats and planes and drugs and scooters? (thanks wella )
I, I, I?
I, I, I?
I, I, I?
Keep fallin? Keep fallin? (bis x2)
Told me lately that you have been staring in the mirror - Don't you know that even Stevie Wonder sees things?
You told me that you love a pretty one with ebony eyes - Don't you know that even Stevie Wonder sees things?
Lately I've been staring in the mirror - Don't you ever wonder how the hell does Stevie Wonder see things?
Lately I've been staring in the mirror - Don't you ever wonder how the hell does Stevie Wonder see things?
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