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.
It was on a cold dark night, born into this world
they couldn't tell back then, is it a boy or a girl?
has since then been a story, of uncertainty
It was claimed a child, that he would never be free
[Chorus 1]
Hey little world! you know what you're getting
Oh please little world, It's kicking your head in
[Chorus 2]
What'cha gonna do? Anyone of you? What'cha gonna do when we come for you?
Anyone of you? What'cha gonna do? What'cha gonna do when we come for you?
Grow up advance to nothing
Live in a house of clay
He didn't know back then
But they liked it that way
He didn't do what they told him
He never did what they said
Try to tell him your wrong again and
Is this what you get?
[Chorus 1]
[Chorus 2]
Take it to your mother
Now as the starlets are scraping
Now he's as wide as the sea
And when you look all around you
He is what you see
All around the bed
He's gonna make sure you heard
[Chorus 1]
He's got them all lined up and they're ready to go
They're all lined up and that's what he saw
Hey little world, back in the ocean again
[Chorus 2: x2]
[Chorus 1]
they couldn't tell back then, is it a boy or a girl?
has since then been a story, of uncertainty
It was claimed a child, that he would never be free
[Chorus 1]
Hey little world! you know what you're getting
Oh please little world, It's kicking your head in
[Chorus 2]
What'cha gonna do? Anyone of you? What'cha gonna do when we come for you?
Anyone of you? What'cha gonna do? What'cha gonna do when we come for you?
Grow up advance to nothing
Live in a house of clay
He didn't know back then
But they liked it that way
He didn't do what they told him
He never did what they said
Try to tell him your wrong again and
Is this what you get?
[Chorus 1]
[Chorus 2]
Take it to your mother
Now as the starlets are scraping
Now he's as wide as the sea
And when you look all around you
He is what you see
All around the bed
He's gonna make sure you heard
[Chorus 1]
He's got them all lined up and they're ready to go
They're all lined up and that's what he saw
Hey little world, back in the ocean again
[Chorus 2: x2]
[Chorus 1]
Lyrics submitted by StanleyCVSG
Hey Little World Lyrics as written by Randy Fitzsimmons
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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