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.
He walked the earth above the ground His smile as wide as painted skies Blue skies And all the creatures heard the sound the night this child-like angel learned to fly- in blue skies And all I ask is why little angels have to fly and the stars they hide his angel eyes I throw my hands up to the sky and I miss his angel eyes But he sings to me don't cry Since heaven called his name nothing will be the same as us together They say legends never die and so, my friends, this angel lives forever I sing, I scream I need to hear a new sound A star has fallen I think I hear him calling Since the day I heard the news my soul is melting cause my heart is burning He was just a child with the sun inside his smile In innocent skies angels fly I see an angel in the sky and I miss his angel eyes But he sings to me don't cry
Lyrics submitted by buzz_poets
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