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.
You may recognize this theme
From my Trouble Man album
It's one of my favorite themes so
I'm happy to, I thought it was very pretty
We're going to
Do a thing now that we hope you enjoy
Some people told me
You know when you're in love
And your lover leaves you and you've got nobody
The lonely hours come over you
You sit and wonder and think, you say ooh
Distant lover
Lover
Ooh-ooh-ooh
So many miles away
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ha-oh, how I long for you every night,
Every night
And sometimes I yearn through the day
Distant lover
Ooh-ooh, lover
You should think about me
Say a prayer for me
Please, oh please baby
Think about me sometimes
Think about me here
Here in misery
Oh, say it, baby
As I reminisce
Through our joyful summer together
The promises we made, baby
All the daily letters
Then, all of a sudden
Everything seemed to explode
Now, I gaze out my window
Sugar, down a lonesome road, ooh
Distant lover
Ooh
Sugar, how can you treat my heart
So mean and cruel?
Didn't you know, sugar
That every moment that I spent with you
I treasure it like it was a precious jewel
Oh baby, Lord have mercy
I treasured it, baby
And you want to leave, ooh
Oh baby, don't go
Please, come back, baby
Ooh-ooh
Somethin' I wanna say
When you left
You took all of me with you
Now Lord, I want
Do you wanna hear me, plead, scream?
Please, please, oh please baby?
Come back home, girl
Oh baby oh
Oh-oh baby, please darlin'
Oh ooh come back home
Home
From my Trouble Man album
It's one of my favorite themes so
I'm happy to, I thought it was very pretty
We're going to
Do a thing now that we hope you enjoy
Some people told me
You know when you're in love
And your lover leaves you and you've got nobody
The lonely hours come over you
You sit and wonder and think, you say ooh
Distant lover
Lover
Ooh-ooh-ooh
So many miles away
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ha-oh, how I long for you every night,
Every night
And sometimes I yearn through the day
Distant lover
Ooh-ooh, lover
You should think about me
Say a prayer for me
Please, oh please baby
Think about me sometimes
Think about me here
Here in misery
Oh, say it, baby
As I reminisce
Through our joyful summer together
The promises we made, baby
All the daily letters
Then, all of a sudden
Everything seemed to explode
Now, I gaze out my window
Sugar, down a lonesome road, ooh
Distant lover
Ooh
Sugar, how can you treat my heart
So mean and cruel?
Didn't you know, sugar
That every moment that I spent with you
I treasure it like it was a precious jewel
Oh baby, Lord have mercy
I treasured it, baby
And you want to leave, ooh
Oh baby, don't go
Please, come back, baby
Ooh-ooh
Somethin' I wanna say
When you left
You took all of me with you
Now Lord, I want
Do you wanna hear me, plead, scream?
Please, please, oh please baby?
Come back home, girl
Oh baby oh
Oh-oh baby, please darlin'
Oh ooh come back home
Home
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Distant Lover Lyrics as written by Marvin Gaye Gwen Gordy Fuqua
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the version ive always heard starts like Distant Lover... Lover... Loverrr loverr lovverrr so many miles away. ooooh oohh. Heaven knows. that i long for you, every night, every niiiiight. Thats the only version Ive heard, Ive heard it on the Lets get it on album, greatest hits and a live recording all exactly the same.