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 got the strangest
I got the strangest
I got the strangest
Feelin'
Somewhere underneath we found
A place with no rules to break
In a Technicolor dream
Countin' sheep but I'm wide awake
Lookin' round the room for proof, I plot
The grain inside the wood
It's a lie that feels like truth
Cheap paint and lino never looked so good
Lost in this maze, stay here for days, wonder if we'll ever touch down
I'm outta place, in foreign space, wonder if we'll ever touch down
My face stuck on smile, stay down here a while
Please don't touch the dial, we can unwind and just be free
Just sink into the couch, no time for thinking 'bout
So I'll do without, I don't mind that's fine with me
But I'ma spark up a thought off every surface in this room
And just sit back and watch it all ablaze
I know I've strayed off my course and I'll have to leave here soon
But for now won't you leave me in my haze (Just leave me in my haze)
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
I think pigs might fly
Either that or my, or my eyes telling me white lies
Thug life on the bathroom wall
The 1-up got me watchin' the wallpaper crawl
Now the storm clouds gather and we at it again
Feels so real to me that I don't have to pretend
And when my head finally did come back together
I was still the same but changed forever, it's like
If these walls could talk
They might explain the wear and tear
But it's the same now as before
There's nothing left of what happened here (Still the same but changed forever, it's like)
Lost in this maze, stay here for days, wonder if we'll ever touch down
I'm outta place, in foreign space, wonder if we'll ever touch down
Lost in this maze, stay here for days, wonder if we'll ever touch down
I'm outta place, in foreign space, wonder if we'll ever touch down
My face stuck on smile, stay down here a while
Please don't touch the dial, we can unwind and just be free
Just sink into the couch, no time for thinking 'bout
So I'll do without, I don't mind that's fine with me
But I'ma spark up a thought off every surface in this room
And just sit back and watch it all ablaze
I know I've strayed off my course and I'll have to leave here soon
But for now won't you leave me in my haze (Just leave me in my haze)
Some say too much of a good thing, but to me there's no such thing
I just, just have to let this thing be good to me
So I'll be gone for a while, hide and seek behind my smile
But for now I'm not around so don't look for me (Don't look for me)
I got the strangest
I got the strangest
Feelin'
Somewhere underneath we found
A place with no rules to break
In a Technicolor dream
Countin' sheep but I'm wide awake
Lookin' round the room for proof, I plot
The grain inside the wood
It's a lie that feels like truth
Cheap paint and lino never looked so good
Lost in this maze, stay here for days, wonder if we'll ever touch down
I'm outta place, in foreign space, wonder if we'll ever touch down
My face stuck on smile, stay down here a while
Please don't touch the dial, we can unwind and just be free
Just sink into the couch, no time for thinking 'bout
So I'll do without, I don't mind that's fine with me
But I'ma spark up a thought off every surface in this room
And just sit back and watch it all ablaze
I know I've strayed off my course and I'll have to leave here soon
But for now won't you leave me in my haze (Just leave me in my haze)
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
I think pigs might fly
Either that or my, or my eyes telling me white lies
Thug life on the bathroom wall
The 1-up got me watchin' the wallpaper crawl
Now the storm clouds gather and we at it again
Feels so real to me that I don't have to pretend
And when my head finally did come back together
I was still the same but changed forever, it's like
If these walls could talk
They might explain the wear and tear
But it's the same now as before
There's nothing left of what happened here (Still the same but changed forever, it's like)
Lost in this maze, stay here for days, wonder if we'll ever touch down
I'm outta place, in foreign space, wonder if we'll ever touch down
Lost in this maze, stay here for days, wonder if we'll ever touch down
I'm outta place, in foreign space, wonder if we'll ever touch down
My face stuck on smile, stay down here a while
Please don't touch the dial, we can unwind and just be free
Just sink into the couch, no time for thinking 'bout
So I'll do without, I don't mind that's fine with me
But I'ma spark up a thought off every surface in this room
And just sit back and watch it all ablaze
I know I've strayed off my course and I'll have to leave here soon
But for now won't you leave me in my haze (Just leave me in my haze)
Some say too much of a good thing, but to me there's no such thing
I just, just have to let this thing be good to me
So I'll be gone for a while, hide and seek behind my smile
But for now I'm not around so don't look for me (Don't look for me)
Lyrics submitted by furyroad97
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