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 don't want to die but I wish I weren't alive
Would this pain make everybody else cry
Why can't I cry it's how I'm feeling inside
I didn't know I'd regret being
I am a chemical reaction in my brain
How can electrified meat want and hurt
Why do I crave validation of my art
Is art for the sake of art enough
I am a chemical reaction in my brain
How can electrified meat want and hurt
Why do I crave validation of my art
Is art for the sake of art enough
I am a chemical reaction in my brain
How can electrified meat want and hurt
Why do I crave validation of my art
Is art for the sake of art enough
Would this pain make everybody else cry
Why can't I cry it's how I'm feeling inside
I didn't know I'd regret being
I am a chemical reaction in my brain
How can electrified meat want and hurt
Why do I crave validation of my art
Is art for the sake of art enough
I am a chemical reaction in my brain
How can electrified meat want and hurt
Why do I crave validation of my art
Is art for the sake of art enough
I am a chemical reaction in my brain
How can electrified meat want and hurt
Why do I crave validation of my art
Is art for the sake of art enough
Lyrics submitted by Vanusk, edited by jgreks, renrob13, IllToast2That, rolmo3, RareCola, grandtheft, Daaanieeel, Cacheado
I don't want to die but I wish I weren't alive Lyrics as written by William Proulx
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If I leave before you, And I walk out alone, Keep your hands to yourself When you follow me home.
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