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.
I am not skilled to understand
What God has willed what God has planned
I only know at his right hand
Stands one who is my Savior
I take him at his word and deed
Christ died to save me, this I read
And in my heart I find a need
Of him to be my Savior
That he would leave his place on high
And come for sinful man to die
You count it strange, so once did I
Before I knew my Savior (my Savior)
My Savior loves, my Savior lives
My Savior's always there for me
My God he was, my God he is
My God is always gonna be
My Savior loves, my Savior lives
My Savior's always there for me
My God he was, my God he is
My God is always gonna be
Yes, living, dying let me bring
My Strength, my solace from this spring
That he who lives to be my king
Once died to be my Savior
That he would leave his place on high
And come for sinful man to die
You count it strange, so once did I
Before I knew my Savior
My savior loves, my savior lives
My savior's always there for me
My God he was, my God he is
My God is always gonna be
My savior Loves, my savior Lives
My savior's always there for me
My God he was, my God he is
My God is always gonna be
I am not skilled to understand
What God has willed what God has planned
I only know at his right hand
Stands one who is my Savior
I take him at his word and deed
Christ died to save me, this I read
And in my heart I find a need
Of him to be my Savior
That he would leave his place on high
And come for sinful man to die
You count it strange, so once did I
Before I knew my Savior (my Savior)
My Savior loves, my Savior lives
My Savior's always there for me
My God he was, my God he is
My God is always gonna be
My Savior loves, my Savior lives
My Savior's always there for me
My God he was, my God he is
My God is always gonna be
Yes, living, dying let me bring
My Strength, my solace from this spring
That he who lives to be my king
Once died to be my Savior
That he would leave his place on high
And come for sinful man to die
You count it strange, so once did I
Before I knew my Savior
My savior loves, my savior lives
My savior's always there for me
My God he was, my God he is
My God is always gonna be
My savior Loves, my savior Lives
My savior's always there for me
My God he was, my God he is
My God is always gonna be
I am not skilled to understand
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@chachalola Couldn't have said it better.
Whenever I listen to this song, I can't help but imagine finding a dead body in a bath tub. "...Keeping the bath warm..." Someone committed suicide... or had too much to drink and fell asleep in the bath.