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.
Here's what I think about you and how your friends
How your friends adore your sudden glory
Here?s what I know about you and all your trends
And all the times we made believe a story
Here?s what I think about making face
Without a grain of doubt it?s all I think about, it?s all in my mind
It?s best I make a sound before I hit the ground
Run away from it all
It?s what I think about, it?s what I know about, it?s what I care about
Pain won?t go away even when the drugs say, I won?t regret
Time heals so I?m told, I could never be sold, I don?t forget
And if I should start to wonder, pull me out from the rock I?m under
Here?s what I think about vacant space
Without a grain of doubt it?s all I think about, it?s all in my mind
I better hit the town before the rain comes down
Run away from it all
Far away from it all
Pain won?t go away even when the drugs say, I won?t regret
Time heals so I?m told, I could never be sold, I don?t forget
Hey Dave, you?re so brave, I can never be saved, take it from me
He said, she said, even if they?re not dead, bring them to me
Run away from it all, from it all
Pain won?t go away even if the drugs stay, I don?t regret
Time heals so I?m told, I could never be sold, I won?t forget.
I won?t forget.
I don?t forget.
How your friends adore your sudden glory
Here?s what I know about you and all your trends
And all the times we made believe a story
Here?s what I think about making face
Without a grain of doubt it?s all I think about, it?s all in my mind
It?s best I make a sound before I hit the ground
Run away from it all
It?s what I think about, it?s what I know about, it?s what I care about
Pain won?t go away even when the drugs say, I won?t regret
Time heals so I?m told, I could never be sold, I don?t forget
And if I should start to wonder, pull me out from the rock I?m under
Here?s what I think about vacant space
Without a grain of doubt it?s all I think about, it?s all in my mind
I better hit the town before the rain comes down
Run away from it all
Far away from it all
Pain won?t go away even when the drugs say, I won?t regret
Time heals so I?m told, I could never be sold, I don?t forget
Hey Dave, you?re so brave, I can never be saved, take it from me
He said, she said, even if they?re not dead, bring them to me
Run away from it all, from it all
Pain won?t go away even if the drugs stay, I don?t regret
Time heals so I?m told, I could never be sold, I won?t forget.
I won?t forget.
I don?t forget.
Lyrics submitted by snowglitter
1981 Lyrics as written by Robert Nassif Brad Richard Campbell
Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
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I think the song just means that someone that he loved has "sold out" and become what everyone else wanted instead of staying themselves. And now it broke his heart because they're no longer everything they were, what he loved.
Just a thought.