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.
Lying in my plastic bed
Thinkin' how things were so cool to me
My baby likes to shoot pool
I like lying naked in my bedroom
Tying on the dinosaur
Tonight it used to be so cool
Now I've got the needle
And I can't bleed, but I can't breathe
Take it away and I want more and more
One day I'm gonna lose the war
Lying in my plastic bed
Thinkin' how things were so cool to me
My baby likes to shoot pool
I like lying naked in my bedroom
Tying on the dinosaur
Tonight it used to be so cool
Now I've got the needle
And I can't shake
But I can't breathe
Take it away and but I want more and more
One day I'm gonna lose the war
Thinkin' how things were so cool to me
My baby likes to shoot pool
I like lying naked in my bedroom
Tying on the dinosaur
Tonight it used to be so cool
Now I've got the needle
And I can't bleed, but I can't breathe
Take it away and I want more and more
One day I'm gonna lose the war
Lying in my plastic bed
Thinkin' how things were so cool to me
My baby likes to shoot pool
I like lying naked in my bedroom
Tying on the dinosaur
Tonight it used to be so cool
Now I've got the needle
And I can't shake
But I can't breathe
Take it away and but I want more and more
One day I'm gonna lose the war
Lyrics submitted by The Big Andowski
Pool Shark Lyrics as written by BRADLEY NOWELL
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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