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.
Sit down I think I love you
Anyway I'd like to try
I can't stop thinking of you
If you go I'll know I cry
Can't you see that I'm a desperate man
I get high, just being around
You want to know
What they say about the bird in my hand
And that's why I ain't leaving without you
So if you want someone to love you
Pretty babe I'm your guy
It's not much I'm asking of you
Just please give me a try
Can't you see that I'm a desperate man
I get high, just being around
You want to know
What they say about the bird in my hand
And that's why I ain't leaving without you
So if you want someone to love you
Pretty babe I'm your guy
It's not much I'm asking of you
Just please give me a try
Sit down I think I love you
Sit down I think I love you
Sit down I think I love you
Sit down I think I love
Anyway I'd like to try
I can't stop thinking of you
If you go I'll know I cry
Can't you see that I'm a desperate man
I get high, just being around
You want to know
What they say about the bird in my hand
And that's why I ain't leaving without you
So if you want someone to love you
Pretty babe I'm your guy
It's not much I'm asking of you
Just please give me a try
Can't you see that I'm a desperate man
I get high, just being around
You want to know
What they say about the bird in my hand
And that's why I ain't leaving without you
So if you want someone to love you
Pretty babe I'm your guy
It's not much I'm asking of you
Just please give me a try
Sit down I think I love you
Sit down I think I love you
Sit down I think I love you
Sit down I think I love
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Sit Down I Think I Love You Lyrics as written by Stephen Stills
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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