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.
Do you know where you are?
No
I was talking to
The other day and
He told me that
The reason I guess so
I was angry
It was so strong
The flies in the dark
With their ways of
Shedding some light
Now I've lost all my day
I think they all very lucky
With internal parts like a lemon sunray
It's so easy to get lost in the mixture
When forces strike
Hard
You wear your real
Throw your shoe
I didn't think you were struggling
So long
With all of the wild things
That we could so young
I must have wrapped you up and left you hanging upside down
But I was too busy getting lost in
The big sound
The big sound
I traded but all life is saved and
To burn in those nights
And ask how are you mother?
If we could have just engaged
How to do things my weakness
In detecting other
But the worlds are all jumbled and faded
My heart is a nurse but
My tongue's in the blender
Now it's become something creative
I know it's not much but just let it right into your gut
And hold me up inside the days
The light will change its gifts every hour and hour
And the same things halt me me what's halting you
Lately I've been seeing things
They look like they float at the back of my head room
I don't find it strange when I'm talking to you
Lion in your dreams, the lion is you
But your dream, except that I am the lion,
Would probably try and come and risk you too
And when I get fucked up I
Do my best to make myself not fucked up again
And my heart and my lungs do
Why can't I do the same for everyone I love too?
I'm flying with you and you and me and if we don't close
I'm flying with you and you and me and if we don't close
Lately I've been seeing things
They look like they float at the back of my head room
I don't find it strange that I'm talking to you
The lion in your dreams, the lion is beautiful
Your dreams, except that I am the lion,
Would probably try and forward and risk you too
No
I was talking to
The other day and
He told me that
The reason I guess so
I was angry
It was so strong
The flies in the dark
With their ways of
Shedding some light
Now I've lost all my day
I think they all very lucky
With internal parts like a lemon sunray
It's so easy to get lost in the mixture
When forces strike
Hard
You wear your real
Throw your shoe
I didn't think you were struggling
So long
With all of the wild things
That we could so young
I must have wrapped you up and left you hanging upside down
But I was too busy getting lost in
The big sound
The big sound
I traded but all life is saved and
To burn in those nights
And ask how are you mother?
If we could have just engaged
How to do things my weakness
In detecting other
But the worlds are all jumbled and faded
My heart is a nurse but
My tongue's in the blender
Now it's become something creative
I know it's not much but just let it right into your gut
And hold me up inside the days
The light will change its gifts every hour and hour
And the same things halt me me what's halting you
Lately I've been seeing things
They look like they float at the back of my head room
I don't find it strange when I'm talking to you
Lion in your dreams, the lion is you
But your dream, except that I am the lion,
Would probably try and come and risk you too
And when I get fucked up I
Do my best to make myself not fucked up again
And my heart and my lungs do
Why can't I do the same for everyone I love too?
I'm flying with you and you and me and if we don't close
I'm flying with you and you and me and if we don't close
Lately I've been seeing things
They look like they float at the back of my head room
I don't find it strange that I'm talking to you
The lion in your dreams, the lion is beautiful
Your dreams, except that I am the lion,
Would probably try and forward and risk you too
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This is my interpretation of the words:
The fires in the dark With their ways of shedding some light Now I've lost all my day
I think they are very lucky With internal parts like a lemon sun rays
It's so easy to get lost in the mixture When forces strike hard You wear your real Throw your shoe
I didn't think you were struggling so long With all of the wild things that we took so young
How it must've wrapped you up and left you hanging upside down But I was too busy getting lost in the big sound
And I traded with all I have saved To fly in those nights And ask "How are you mother?"
If we could have just engaged how to do things My weakness in confronting others
But the words all jumbled and faded My heart is a nurse but my tongue's in the blender
Now it's become something creative I know it's not much but just let it right into your gut
And hold me I've been sad for days The light who change its gifts every hours and hour And the same things haunt me in what's haunting you
Lately I've been seeing things They look like they float at the back of my head room I don't find it strange when I'm talking to you
The lion in your dreams, The lion is good for your dreams Except the lion that I am Would probably try and come and erase you too
And when I get fucked up I do the best to make myself not fucked up again My heart and my lungs do Why can't I do the same for everyone I love too?
I'm flying with you and me and the idea of the ghost I'm flying with you and me and the idea of the ghost
Lately I've been seeing things They look like they float at the back of my head room I don't find it strange when I'm talking to you
The lion in your dreams, The lion is good for your dreams Except the lion that I am Would probably try and come and erase you too
thanks for posting your interp.. i loved singing aimlessley and making my own words and abstract thoughts based on what i could make out.. i wanted to add one lyric to your version that i am extremely sure of.. use it if you like.. maybe you'll enjoy it.<br /> i have always thought the "ghost section" went like this..<br /> <br /> <br /> i'm flying with you and me and a million other ghosts.<br /> <br /> hehe.. i know its not much to add.. but i more just wanted to thank you for your post.. hearing the "fucked up again" section for the first time made me bust in to tears..