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.
For a change she got out before he hurt her bad
Took her records and clothes
And pictures of her boy
It really made her sad
Packed it up and didn't look back
"I'm okay, let's just forget all about him"
The car was cold and it smelled like old cigarettes and pine
In her bag I saw things she drew when she was nine
Like this one here
Her alone, nobody near
"What a shame, let's just not talk about it"
No, it doesn't look like you
But you did wear cowboy boots
That's your fame
There's no question about it
Once we got back inside
With one ear to the ground
I was ready to hide
Because I don't know who's around
And you look scared
"It's our secret, do not tell, okay?
Let's just not talk about it
Don't tell, okay?
Let's just forget all about it"
Took her records and clothes
And pictures of her boy
It really made her sad
Packed it up and didn't look back
"I'm okay, let's just forget all about him"
The car was cold and it smelled like old cigarettes and pine
In her bag I saw things she drew when she was nine
Like this one here
Her alone, nobody near
"What a shame, let's just not talk about it"
No, it doesn't look like you
But you did wear cowboy boots
That's your fame
There's no question about it
Once we got back inside
With one ear to the ground
I was ready to hide
Because I don't know who's around
And you look scared
"It's our secret, do not tell, okay?
Let's just not talk about it
Don't tell, okay?
Let's just forget all about it"
Lyrics submitted by EnjOy IncUbus, edited by Jate
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yeah it does make sense, but i am also curious as to what source he got that from. I think from the sounds of it, at first the mother takes her son and leaves, but decides she has to go back even though they both know thats a bad idea. hence the lines: Once we got back inside With one ear to the ground I was ready to hide 'cos I don't know who's around and you look scared it's our secret do not tell okay? Let's just not talk about it that would fit the fact that his mother and stepfather are still together. This is one of the best songs on roman candle. I love it.
@lisalynn agree totally. I was toddler packed up in a car with my Mum driving away, and it's always rung true to me as capturing how that moment begins to play out when you leave a marriage and house. We didn't turn back, but I hear the last verse and know if it had gone another way and Mum got overwhelmed, that "It's our secret, do not tell okay; let's just not talk about it" could have played out to paper over the cracks and save face. Grateful Mum was brave, she got support and that Elliott created this song that has helped me find some sense and comfort from the things we don’t talk about that I was too young to process, but old enough to commit to memory.