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Accidentally Like A Martyr (Prelude Alt.) Lyrics
Why’d I let you get to me again?
You get me all confused.
Can’t I get it through my head I’m only being used?
Why’d I let you get to me again?
Why’d I let you win?
Knowing you were only going to nail me up again.
Makin’ mad love, shadow love, random love, and abandoned love,
Accidentally, like a martyr.
The hurt gets worse, and the heart gets harder.
Why’d I let you get to me again?
You treat me like a fool.
Sometimes I wonder if you’re being deliberately cruel.
Can’t I ever get it through my head?
Maybe time I learned.
But the greedy just get greedier and the vulnerable get burned.
Makin’ mad love, shadow love, random love, and abandoned love,
Accidentally, like a martyr.
Yeah.
The hurt gets worse, and the heart gets harder.
Why’d I give you all the love I had to squander like you did?
My friends all shook the heads and sighed, “Such a naive kid”.
My friends all shook their heads and wished I’d find somebody else.
And now I’m all alone and feeling sorry for myself.
Makin’ mad love, shadow love, random love, and abandoned love,
Accidentally, like a martyr.
The hurt gets worse, and the heart gets harder.
(hey hey hey)
(hey hey hey)
(hey hey hey)
Now we’re making mad love, shadow love, random love, and abandoned love.
Accidentally like a martyr
Hey hey hey
And the hurt gets worse as the heart gets harder.
(hey hey hey)
(hey hey hey)
(hey hey hey)
You get me all confused.
Can’t I get it through my head I’m only being used?
Why’d I let you get to me again?
Why’d I let you win?
Knowing you were only going to nail me up again.
Accidentally, like a martyr.
The hurt gets worse, and the heart gets harder.
You treat me like a fool.
Sometimes I wonder if you’re being deliberately cruel.
Can’t I ever get it through my head?
Maybe time I learned.
But the greedy just get greedier and the vulnerable get burned.
Accidentally, like a martyr.
Yeah.
The hurt gets worse, and the heart gets harder.
My friends all shook the heads and sighed, “Such a naive kid”.
My friends all shook their heads and wished I’d find somebody else.
And now I’m all alone and feeling sorry for myself.
Accidentally, like a martyr.
The hurt gets worse, and the heart gets harder.
(hey hey hey)
(hey hey hey)
Accidentally like a martyr
Hey hey hey
And the hurt gets worse as the heart gets harder.
(hey hey hey)
(hey hey hey)
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i much prefer this version of the song, describes a relation I got
Agreed. I never really liked the album take, but this version is one of my favorite Zevon songs ever (and that's saying something).
I'm sooooo glad "Preludes" was released... The tracks are so real... Zevon was always such an autobiographical writer, but you on the "Preludes" tracks even more than usual is revealed... It's just much more raw... Great stuff...
A great version of a classic Zevon song. Bluesier lyrically than the other version Another testament to Warren's genius.
I too did not like the Album version of "Accidentally Like A Martyr" as it sounded stale. I liked the live version, but this is the best version: Darkest, most negative, absolutely pessimistic. Fantastic!
If you're sensitive, naive and a sentimentalist (or in other words, a perfect idiot, just like I am), you would feel this song speaks to you, about you.