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.
Mrs. Stadler, won't you teach me how to paint?
To paint, today
Mrs. Stadler, won't you teach me how
Mrs. Stadler, your hair is turning gray
I heard about your cells today
I didn't want to leave that way, oh, oh, oh
If you see me again, will you still be my friend?
Why must we grow older, older?
And when we meet again, just after freedom ends
When the world is almost over, over
Will everything still be the same?
I come in peace
To drink your wine
And find myself in photographs
We're all crossing
The starting line
It hurts my back to think of it
I wanna leave
This place and time
Mrs. Stadler taught me to paint
She taught me to live my own way
I've got a feeling, it's so hard to say
But your life will happen anyway, oh, oh
Mrs. Stadler taught me to paint
She taught me to live my own way
I've got a feeling, it's so hard to say
But your life will happen anyway, oh, oh
To paint, today
Mrs. Stadler, won't you teach me how
Mrs. Stadler, your hair is turning gray
I heard about your cells today
I didn't want to leave that way, oh, oh, oh
If you see me again, will you still be my friend?
Why must we grow older, older?
And when we meet again, just after freedom ends
When the world is almost over, over
Will everything still be the same?
I come in peace
To drink your wine
And find myself in photographs
We're all crossing
The starting line
It hurts my back to think of it
I wanna leave
This place and time
Mrs. Stadler taught me to paint
She taught me to live my own way
I've got a feeling, it's so hard to say
But your life will happen anyway, oh, oh
Mrs. Stadler taught me to paint
She taught me to live my own way
I've got a feeling, it's so hard to say
But your life will happen anyway, oh, oh
Lyrics submitted by TheWhisper
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"We're all crossing the starting line, it hurts my back to think of it" might also support the theory that this song is about Mars fearing old age. "I wanna leave this place and time" could mean that Mars wants her life to end before she inevitably ages. "I've got a feeling, it's so hard to say, but your life will happen anyway" also could represent the inevitability of old age.
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