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.
Okay stab.
Okay stab.
And please me, I don't care how.
Stab me and please me now,
Oh, with your mouth.
Big bad ate in a prison room.
He's just itching to telephone you,
Oh, with his mouth.
Behave, behave.
I don't know quite how to behave.
Patience, patience.
Leaves me with dross to bear
Leaves me, I don't know where.
Then it leaves me out.
Distance, distance.
Oh, leaves me, I'm ashamed to say.
I make a mess on the stage with my mouth.
Behave, behave!
I don't know quite how to behave.
Behave!
I don't have a clue how to behave when I'm around you.
Behave around you.
Behave around you!
Okay stab.
And please me, I don't care how.
Stab me and please me now,
Oh, with your mouth.
Big bad ate in a prison room.
He's just itching to telephone you,
Oh, with his mouth.
Behave, behave.
I don't know quite how to behave.
Patience, patience.
Leaves me with dross to bear
Leaves me, I don't know where.
Then it leaves me out.
Distance, distance.
Oh, leaves me, I'm ashamed to say.
I make a mess on the stage with my mouth.
Behave, behave!
I don't know quite how to behave.
Behave!
I don't have a clue how to behave when I'm around you.
Behave around you.
Behave around you!
Lyrics submitted by Method Acting
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