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 need timing,
or maybe rewinding.
The ceiling is blinding,
the feeling you're trying.
Feels like a heavy load
when gravity pulls you in.
And your sorrow's as deep as your love,
is that not what your thinking of?
You don't have to let 'em know
this time.
If you need guidance,
or maybe providence.
You lapped up slop like a middle cadet
as identical mole.
Feels like a heavy load
when gravity pulls you in.
And your sorrow's as deep as your love,
is that not what your thinking of?
You don't have to let him know
this time, oh no.
We're so brand new.
And yet we're tattered and broken down.
They'll sell you, they'll bury you in the ground.
You never know,
just what you might find within.
Might as well grab that shandy like a bottle of gin.
Well it's love I know,
and it's love I can provide,
and it drowns my ears and it waters my eyes.
We're only one time here.
Open your garden.
And I'll drag the weight of Solomon.
Yeah, I'll drag the weight of Solomon.
And I'll sing this song of Solomon.
If you need timing,
or maybe rewinding.
The ceiling is blinding,
the feeling you're trying.
Feels like a heavy load
when gravity pulls you in.
And your sorrow's as deep as your love,
is that not what you're thinking of?
You don't have to let him know,
you don't have to let him know,
don't have to let him know,
don't have to let him know,
or maybe rewinding.
The ceiling is blinding,
the feeling you're trying.
Feels like a heavy load
when gravity pulls you in.
And your sorrow's as deep as your love,
is that not what your thinking of?
You don't have to let 'em know
this time.
If you need guidance,
or maybe providence.
You lapped up slop like a middle cadet
as identical mole.
Feels like a heavy load
when gravity pulls you in.
And your sorrow's as deep as your love,
is that not what your thinking of?
You don't have to let him know
this time, oh no.
We're so brand new.
And yet we're tattered and broken down.
They'll sell you, they'll bury you in the ground.
You never know,
just what you might find within.
Might as well grab that shandy like a bottle of gin.
Well it's love I know,
and it's love I can provide,
and it drowns my ears and it waters my eyes.
We're only one time here.
Open your garden.
And I'll drag the weight of Solomon.
Yeah, I'll drag the weight of Solomon.
And I'll sing this song of Solomon.
If you need timing,
or maybe rewinding.
The ceiling is blinding,
the feeling you're trying.
Feels like a heavy load
when gravity pulls you in.
And your sorrow's as deep as your love,
is that not what you're thinking of?
You don't have to let him know,
you don't have to let him know,
don't have to let him know,
don't have to let him know,
Lyrics submitted by atronic92
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