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.
If you want something to play with
Go and find yourself a toy
Baby, my time is too expensive
And I'm not a little boy
If you are serious
Don't play with my heart
It makes me furious
But if want me to love you
Then, baby, I will
Girl, you know I will
Tell it like it is
Don't be ashamed to let
Your conscience be your guide
But I know deep down inside of me
I believe you love me
Forget your foolish pride
Life is too short
To have sorrow
You may be here today
And gone tomorrow
You might as well
Get what you want
So go on and live
Baby, go on and live
Tell it like it is
I'm nothing to play with
Go and find yourself a toy
But I tell it like it is
My time is too expensive
And I'm not your little boy
Tell it like it is
Go and find yourself a toy
Baby, my time is too expensive
And I'm not a little boy
If you are serious
Don't play with my heart
It makes me furious
But if want me to love you
Then, baby, I will
Girl, you know I will
Tell it like it is
Don't be ashamed to let
Your conscience be your guide
But I know deep down inside of me
I believe you love me
Forget your foolish pride
Life is too short
To have sorrow
You may be here today
And gone tomorrow
You might as well
Get what you want
So go on and live
Baby, go on and live
Tell it like it is
I'm nothing to play with
Go and find yourself a toy
But I tell it like it is
My time is too expensive
And I'm not your little boy
Tell it like it is
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Tell It Like It Is Lyrics as written by Lee Diamond George Davis
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The way this song speaks to me🥺🥺when I sing it I feel like I relate
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"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
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Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
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