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.
What's the deal, what's the plan, where we're going tonight?
We know we need to make believe to make it alright
9 to 5 it's starting take their toll on me
When all is said and done
When we have a reason to have any fun
It's a great big world
We don't need no motivation to set this up tonight
You know it feels so right
It's okay, we're a little bit tipsy
Got around, sing it out with me
Oh, oh, oh
It's all we know
Well, shake, shake, and move a little faster
Don't stop, it's never getting any better
Oh, oh, oh
It's all we know
Just throw your hair to the ground like you want it there
Let it dance and play it in the summer air
The sunny skies and your eyes and you know it's spreading everywhere
When all is done and said
Erase out every moment like the book that we read
Remember every word, the phrases that (?)
And locked away inside in the back of your head
It's okay, we're a little bit tipsy
Got around, sing it out with me
Oh, oh, oh
It's all we know
Well, shake, shake, and move a little faster
Don't stop, it's never getting any better
Oh, oh, oh
It's all we know
You never said life would have to be this way
I fight just to keep awake and work all day
Maybe it's just 'cause I'm just so young, don't want responsibility
But all I wanna do is just live it up
It's okay, we're a little bit tipsy
Got around, sing it out with me
Oh, oh, oh
It's all we know
Well, shake, shake, and move a little faster
Don't stop, it's never getting any better
Oh, oh, oh
It's all we know
All we know
We know we need to make believe to make it alright
9 to 5 it's starting take their toll on me
When all is said and done
When we have a reason to have any fun
It's a great big world
We don't need no motivation to set this up tonight
You know it feels so right
It's okay, we're a little bit tipsy
Got around, sing it out with me
Oh, oh, oh
It's all we know
Well, shake, shake, and move a little faster
Don't stop, it's never getting any better
Oh, oh, oh
It's all we know
Just throw your hair to the ground like you want it there
Let it dance and play it in the summer air
The sunny skies and your eyes and you know it's spreading everywhere
When all is done and said
Erase out every moment like the book that we read
Remember every word, the phrases that (?)
And locked away inside in the back of your head
It's okay, we're a little bit tipsy
Got around, sing it out with me
Oh, oh, oh
It's all we know
Well, shake, shake, and move a little faster
Don't stop, it's never getting any better
Oh, oh, oh
It's all we know
You never said life would have to be this way
I fight just to keep awake and work all day
Maybe it's just 'cause I'm just so young, don't want responsibility
But all I wanna do is just live it up
It's okay, we're a little bit tipsy
Got around, sing it out with me
Oh, oh, oh
It's all we know
Well, shake, shake, and move a little faster
Don't stop, it's never getting any better
Oh, oh, oh
It's all we know
All we know
Lyrics submitted by BleedorBreathe
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