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.
It's a nice day for a blue suit
I'm standing in the rain
I put it on this morning
To see you once again
It wasn't necessary
You'd love me just the same
But I wanted to see you this way
The last few years were hard now
But you made it through
I wish the Lord would take you home
I'm sad that wish came true
I hear you're at peace now
It's what I want for
So I'll see you some time
And ashes to ashes
We all turn to dust
Somewhere there's a heaven
Where nothing will rust
Some of us go early
And some stay long
This life's but a moment
It's here, and then, it's gone
It's a nice day for a black suit
Still standing in the rain
I put it on this morning
On my wedding day
I wish that you could be here
I wonder what you'd say
How quickly they grow up
We're gonna throw those roses in the air
And dance the night away
We'll run out to the waiting car
And quickly drive away
Into a future
One where we'll say
How great to be alive
And now ashes to ashes
We all turn to dust
Somewhere there's a heaven
Where nothing will rust
Some of us go early
And some stay long
This life's but a moment
It's here, and then, it's gone
And we celebrate
We celebrate
Through the good and the bad times
The good and the bad times
I'm standing in the rain
I put it on this morning
To see you once again
It wasn't necessary
You'd love me just the same
But I wanted to see you this way
The last few years were hard now
But you made it through
I wish the Lord would take you home
I'm sad that wish came true
I hear you're at peace now
It's what I want for
So I'll see you some time
And ashes to ashes
We all turn to dust
Somewhere there's a heaven
Where nothing will rust
Some of us go early
And some stay long
This life's but a moment
It's here, and then, it's gone
It's a nice day for a black suit
Still standing in the rain
I put it on this morning
On my wedding day
I wish that you could be here
I wonder what you'd say
How quickly they grow up
We're gonna throw those roses in the air
And dance the night away
We'll run out to the waiting car
And quickly drive away
Into a future
One where we'll say
How great to be alive
And now ashes to ashes
We all turn to dust
Somewhere there's a heaven
Where nothing will rust
Some of us go early
And some stay long
This life's but a moment
It's here, and then, it's gone
And we celebrate
We celebrate
Through the good and the bad times
The good and the bad times
Lyrics submitted by TheErikHo
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