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'm sinking yet I'll stride
A satchel filled with files
The secrets of the tribe
The cameras follow me for miles
Born a slave in 1984,
I discovered that my life is just a record they perform
A major album,
Please, tell me what you think of this one
Tell me what you think of this one
'Cause now I've sold you out
Now that there's no doubt
Now I've called you out
Now I've sold you out
They strapped me to the roof
and cut right through me
Diggin' through my wounds
I watched them helplessly in shock
Where are my pills, where is my former lover?
I've been betrayed by everyone I know who's blown my feeble cover
So tell me what you think of this one
Tell me what you think of this gun
Now I've sold you out
Now that there's no doubt
Now I've called you out
Now I've sold you out
'Cause the truth is this:
I finally know what they conceived so long ago
A baby wrapped, Defence a test,
The poison learned from what we're pressed
The needle burn, the Pendants fly, the shackles tear...
Could never guard
This place I live in hyper speed
I shall not live; I shall not breathe again
This is fuckin' ecstasy
This is fuckin' leprosy
This life that's fuckin' testin' me
I'm in fuckin' ecstasy
A satchel filled with files
The secrets of the tribe
The cameras follow me for miles
Born a slave in 1984,
I discovered that my life is just a record they perform
A major album,
Please, tell me what you think of this one
Tell me what you think of this one
'Cause now I've sold you out
Now that there's no doubt
Now I've called you out
Now I've sold you out
They strapped me to the roof
and cut right through me
Diggin' through my wounds
I watched them helplessly in shock
Where are my pills, where is my former lover?
I've been betrayed by everyone I know who's blown my feeble cover
So tell me what you think of this one
Tell me what you think of this gun
Now I've sold you out
Now that there's no doubt
Now I've called you out
Now I've sold you out
'Cause the truth is this:
I finally know what they conceived so long ago
A baby wrapped, Defence a test,
The poison learned from what we're pressed
The needle burn, the Pendants fly, the shackles tear...
Could never guard
This place I live in hyper speed
I shall not live; I shall not breathe again
This is fuckin' ecstasy
This is fuckin' leprosy
This life that's fuckin' testin' me
I'm in fuckin' ecstasy
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i saw this live at the electric factory when he played it. max's voice is seriously amazing on this song, and it's going to be a major hit when the new album drops.
I LOVE IT.