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.
Gold and silver and sunshine is rising up
Pour yourself another cup of Lady Grey
Take my hand in the meantime, when you've had enough
You'll find me on the end of a runway, babe
Tell the world that you love them in a melody
Send my old piano and a telegram
Gotta get me a doctor with a remedy
I'm gonna take a walk with the Monkey Man
Someone tell me I'm dreaming
The freaks are rising up through the floor
Everything I believe in
Is telling me that I want more, more, more
Lay your love on the fire when you come on in
I got my heebie-jeebies in a hidden bag
Tell me what you desire and we'll bag it up, high
Someone tell me I'm dreaming
The freaks are rising up through the floor
Everything I believe in
Is telling me that I want more, more, more
Lay your love on the fire when you come on in
I got my heebie-jeebies in a hidden bag
Tell me what you desire and we'll bag it up, high
Shine a light on the choir, if you come on in
I got my heebie-jeebies in a hidden bag
Tell me what you desire and we'll bag it up, high
Pour yourself another cup of Lady Grey
Take my hand in the meantime, when you've had enough
You'll find me on the end of a runway, babe
Tell the world that you love them in a melody
Send my old piano and a telegram
Gotta get me a doctor with a remedy
I'm gonna take a walk with the Monkey Man
Someone tell me I'm dreaming
The freaks are rising up through the floor
Everything I believe in
Is telling me that I want more, more, more
Lay your love on the fire when you come on in
I got my heebie-jeebies in a hidden bag
Tell me what you desire and we'll bag it up, high
Someone tell me I'm dreaming
The freaks are rising up through the floor
Everything I believe in
Is telling me that I want more, more, more
Lay your love on the fire when you come on in
I got my heebie-jeebies in a hidden bag
Tell me what you desire and we'll bag it up, high
Shine a light on the choir, if you come on in
I got my heebie-jeebies in a hidden bag
Tell me what you desire and we'll bag it up, high
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hmm i think i need to reinterpret these lyrics:
i now think its a stab at a snobby, media controlling upperclass - possibly government/religion
"Gold and silver and sunshine is rising up" - very materialistic to put gold and silver before sunshine.
"pour yourself another cup of "lady gray" - they can just sit there and drink tea all day -- they are in control
"Take my hand in the meantime" -- i'm on your side don't worry - yeah, righto...
"you'll find me on the end of a runway" - fashion runway/materialistic or runway as in sending planes off to war
"tell the world that you love them in a melody, send my old piano and a telegram" - non-personal. anyone can send a telegram (were you don't have to talk to people face to face) and an old piano is a sign of wealth and status: i don't need to talk to you, here have something with my office motif on it.
"gotta get me a doctor with a remedy, i'm gonna take a walk with the monkey man" - the monkey men are the common people, or in their eyes cavemen. you need a remedy for when you get back because they are diseased and stupid
"someone tell me i'm dreaming, the freaks are rising up through the floor" - a social commentary about the lower class getting more money and power: the uneducated media fed masses are getting richer
"Everything I believe in is telling me that I want more, more, more" - the poor/other cultures, shouldn't be getting what they want, i want it, i need it, deserve it, i'm better than them.
the heebee-jeebies are fears. if you collect them aka 'bag em up high' and store them aka 'hidden in a bag' - you can acheive things. -- Keep the people in the dark, feed their fears and tell them to buy stuff
-- sounds like modern western society...
"Pour yourself another cup of Lady Grey" is about the 90s famous citation from the guys, when they talked about cocaine as a cup of tea.