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.
Why all the hate?
Why don’t we find the answers?
What are we waiting for?
Why do we congregate and blame?
Living in fear
Focusin’ on our differences
Proving we’re all the same
Give me some hope
In all this lost compassion
Look at our vanity
Is this the way we wanna be?
Are we too late?
Why don’t we hear the wake-up call?
Blinding confusion
It’s all about the blaming game
Just want the other one to change
Can’t you see that’s where we are?
We point fingers and we got no shame
Then try to call it by another name
But we won’t get very far this time
Hiding behind the clues
Making the headline news
It’s all about the blaming game
Just want the other one to change
Can’t you see that’s where we are?
We point fingers and we got no shame
Then try to call it by another name
But we won’t get very far this time
Hiding behind the clues
Making the headline news
Why don’t we find the answers?
What are we waiting for?
Why do we congregate and blame?
Living in fear
Focusin’ on our differences
Proving we’re all the same
Give me some hope
In all this lost compassion
Look at our vanity
Is this the way we wanna be?
Are we too late?
Why don’t we hear the wake-up call?
Blinding confusion
It’s all about the blaming game
Just want the other one to change
Can’t you see that’s where we are?
We point fingers and we got no shame
Then try to call it by another name
But we won’t get very far this time
Hiding behind the clues
Making the headline news
It’s all about the blaming game
Just want the other one to change
Can’t you see that’s where we are?
We point fingers and we got no shame
Then try to call it by another name
But we won’t get very far this time
Hiding behind the clues
Making the headline news
Lyrics submitted by Octavarium64
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