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.
Bass player
All alone
Makes a sound
Most wouldn't call a symphony
As he plays
Thinks of a maid
Sad and shuffling
She sings
Blow me a kiss
Before I drown
In sorrow me a kiss
Before I drown
He saw her
By the moon
Dress in hand
Her hips were swaying
Melancholy tune
Broken buckles
Tired lips, ooh
She was singing
Blow me a kiss
Before I drown
In sorrow me a kiss
Before I drown
[Incomprehensible]
She said I wanna be with the stars tonight
So I can fly above the earth
I wanna be with the stars tonight
So I can fly above
I wanna be with the stars tonight
So I can fly above in laundry
All alone
Makes a sound
Most wouldn't call a symphony
As he plays
Thinks of a maid
Sad and shuffling
She sings
Blow me a kiss
Before I drown
In sorrow me a kiss
Before I drown
He saw her
By the moon
Dress in hand
Her hips were swaying
Melancholy tune
Broken buckles
Tired lips, ooh
She was singing
Blow me a kiss
Before I drown
In sorrow me a kiss
Before I drown
[Incomprehensible]
She said I wanna be with the stars tonight
So I can fly above the earth
I wanna be with the stars tonight
So I can fly above
I wanna be with the stars tonight
So I can fly above in laundry
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Bass player all alone Makes a sound most wouldn’t call a symphony As he plays thinks of a maid sad and shuffling
She sings, "Blow me a kiss before I drown in sorrow Blow me a kiss before I drown"
"Laundry"?!
He saw her by the moon Dress in hand her hips were swaying Melancholy tune, broken buckles, tired lips
Ooh, she was singing, "Blow me a kiss before I drown in sorrow Blow me a kiss before I drown in loneliness"
She said, "I want to be with the stars tonight so I can fly above the earth" "I want to be by the stars tonight so I can fly above" "I want to be with the stars tonight so I can fly above the loneliness"
Uh, I don't know how my comment got mixed in with the lyrics, but what I meant to say was these are the correct lyrics:<br /> <br /> ****<br /> Bass player all alone<br /> Makes a sound most wouldn’t call a symphony<br /> As he plays thinks of a maid sad and shuffling<br /> <br /> She sings, "Blow me a kiss<br /> before I drown in sorrow<br /> Blow me a kiss before I drown"<br /> <br /> He saw her by the moon<br /> Dress in hand her hips were swaying<br /> Melancholy tune, broken buckles, tired lips<br /> <br /> Ooh, she was singing, "Blow me a kiss<br /> before I drown in sorrow<br /> Blow me a kiss before I drown in loneliness"<br /> <br /> She said, "I want to be with the stars tonight so I can fly above the earth"<br /> "I want to be by the stars tonight so I can fly above"<br /> "I want to be with the stars tonight so I can fly above the loneliness"<br />