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'm uncomfortable with myself,
And your put-downs just do not help.
The outcome is I feel like shit.
Don't you know when to quit?
...And I am not doing alright,
And I am not doing alright.
I always end up feeling bad,
So why don't you just get off my back?
If I knew that this is what friends were for,
I'd never made any.
...And I am not doing alright,
And I am not doing alright.
None of this makes sense;
They don't support me
'Cause they're too busy judging.
It's all so unimportant.
It makes me feel sorry for them.
...And I am not doing alright,
And I am not doing alright.
And your put-downs just do not help.
The outcome is I feel like shit.
Don't you know when to quit?
...And I am not doing alright,
And I am not doing alright.
I always end up feeling bad,
So why don't you just get off my back?
If I knew that this is what friends were for,
I'd never made any.
...And I am not doing alright,
And I am not doing alright.
None of this makes sense;
They don't support me
'Cause they're too busy judging.
It's all so unimportant.
It makes me feel sorry for them.
...And I am not doing alright,
And I am not doing alright.
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