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.
Now baby just tell me when
I'll pick you up then
If you'll be ready
I'll be there at ten
Now baby just tell me when
You been drinking
Too much and
You feel like leaving
Now shake it
Like you mean it
Now fake it
Like I see it
Now come on, baby, shake it
Like you mean it
Now take it
Like I need it
On our first date you run away
And come back another day
Phone tag you know I hate
On our first date you run away
And come back another day
The head games you love to play
I don't wanna play
I don't wanna play
On our first date you run away
And come back another day
Phone tag you know I hate
Now baby just tell me to
Say I like you
I'll say it anyway
If that's alright too
Now baby I won?t ask you
If you don't want to
I won't hurt you
Unless you want me to
Oh, shake it girl
I'll fake it girl
You shake it
And I'm gonna take it
Oh, if you shake it girl
I'll fake it girl
If you shake it
Well then I'm gonna take it
Shake it like you mean it
On our first date you run away
And come back another day
Phone tag you know I hate
On our first date you run away
And come back another day
The head games you love to play
I don?t wanna play
I don?t wanna play
On our first date you run away
And come back another day
Phone tag you know I hate
My face that haunts you
It pushes you back to
A corner in your bedroom
Well, baby, just don't be scared
When I touch you there
Don't act like you don?t care
Is it my face that haunts you?
And pushes you back to
A corner in your bedroom
Well, darling, just don't be scared
When I touch you there
Don't act like you don?t care
Don't be scared
On our first date you run away
And come back another day
Phone tag you know I hate
On our first date you run away
And come back another day
The head games you love to play
I don't wanna play
I don't wanna play
On our first date you run away
And come back another day
Phone tag you know I hate
Oh, shake it girl
I'll fake it girl
You shake it
And I'm gonna take it
Oh, if you shake it girl
I'll fake it girl
If you shake it
Well then I'm gonna take it
And I need it (Repeat 6X)
Do you mean it?
And I need it
I'll pick you up then
If you'll be ready
I'll be there at ten
Now baby just tell me when
You been drinking
Too much and
You feel like leaving
Now shake it
Like you mean it
Now fake it
Like I see it
Now come on, baby, shake it
Like you mean it
Now take it
Like I need it
On our first date you run away
And come back another day
Phone tag you know I hate
On our first date you run away
And come back another day
The head games you love to play
I don't wanna play
I don't wanna play
On our first date you run away
And come back another day
Phone tag you know I hate
Now baby just tell me to
Say I like you
I'll say it anyway
If that's alright too
Now baby I won?t ask you
If you don't want to
I won't hurt you
Unless you want me to
Oh, shake it girl
I'll fake it girl
You shake it
And I'm gonna take it
Oh, if you shake it girl
I'll fake it girl
If you shake it
Well then I'm gonna take it
Shake it like you mean it
On our first date you run away
And come back another day
Phone tag you know I hate
On our first date you run away
And come back another day
The head games you love to play
I don?t wanna play
I don?t wanna play
On our first date you run away
And come back another day
Phone tag you know I hate
My face that haunts you
It pushes you back to
A corner in your bedroom
Well, baby, just don't be scared
When I touch you there
Don't act like you don?t care
Is it my face that haunts you?
And pushes you back to
A corner in your bedroom
Well, darling, just don't be scared
When I touch you there
Don't act like you don?t care
Don't be scared
On our first date you run away
And come back another day
Phone tag you know I hate
On our first date you run away
And come back another day
The head games you love to play
I don't wanna play
I don't wanna play
On our first date you run away
And come back another day
Phone tag you know I hate
Oh, shake it girl
I'll fake it girl
You shake it
And I'm gonna take it
Oh, if you shake it girl
I'll fake it girl
If you shake it
Well then I'm gonna take it
And I need it (Repeat 6X)
Do you mean it?
And I need it
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He doesn't want to chase after her or call her (hence "the phone tag you know I hate"), he just wants sex. He says "Just tell me to say I like you, I'll say it anyway," which suggests he doesn't actually like her, but he'll tell her that anyways. Same goes for the "I'll fake it" lines. His true intentions show the most in the bridge: "Well darling don't be scared when I touch you there."
Clearly a song about using a girl.