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.
With the skeleton frame laid out
Its shame was just to stay awake all night
Was it the last thing on your mind
Smoke travels along the thoughts
Of the old tree that could be falling down on us
So you could say you tried
But the dancer gave you no reward
You were standing on your broken toes all night
Witchy park done us wrong this time
We were talking like we knew the words
You could only guess can't you see the mess we're in
Witchy park done us wrong again
Witchy park done us wrong again
Summer is through some other arms around me
Like sheets would grow too full
Windows are fast to close
The suns gonna come down faster than the words reply
We talk and talk all night
In the morning it wont sound wrong
But the dancer gave you no reward
You were standing on your broken toes all night
Witchy park done us wrong this time
We were talking like we knew the words
You could only guess can't you see the mess we're in
Witchy park done us wrong again
Witchy park done us wrong again
Its shame was just to stay awake all night
Was it the last thing on your mind
Smoke travels along the thoughts
Of the old tree that could be falling down on us
So you could say you tried
But the dancer gave you no reward
You were standing on your broken toes all night
Witchy park done us wrong this time
We were talking like we knew the words
You could only guess can't you see the mess we're in
Witchy park done us wrong again
Witchy park done us wrong again
Summer is through some other arms around me
Like sheets would grow too full
Windows are fast to close
The suns gonna come down faster than the words reply
We talk and talk all night
In the morning it wont sound wrong
But the dancer gave you no reward
You were standing on your broken toes all night
Witchy park done us wrong this time
We were talking like we knew the words
You could only guess can't you see the mess we're in
Witchy park done us wrong again
Witchy park done us wrong again
Lyrics submitted by iangurteen
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This song is def a twin to "Unfair" (a song she has been quoted as saying is about falling in love with someone who is already in a relationship) so it is presumably about the same person. Given the references to buying an apartment and not being able to see her love interest "after tonight," it's most likely that she's moving away and she'll "wait a day to break the bad news" (i.e. notifying him that she's leaving once she's already gone).
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Hi - I'm not sure. At the end he seems to sing IT'S TIME TO LEARN THE COLD AGAIN but when Jenn is singing with him she sings ...LEARN TO COPE AGAIN. I think Mat is messing with our heads!!