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.
Your lazy moves give you away
Staring at the lenses that record your day
So laugh your nervous laugh again
And I will listen in
We´ll wire you up and take your pulse
Far away from any of the pain this dulls
I press my cheek against the glass
It´s cool but it won´t last
Chorus:
You know that it´s one of a thousand ways
It´s one of a thousand ways
It´s one of a thousand ways
To see right through you dear
Silence, action, camera 2
We go climbing all the walls for who
Your lazy moves are laying low
We watch you come and go
Chorus
And now we fade out fast to the blackout
And we are heading for our Isola
And then we fade out fast to the blackout
We fade as fast as we fall
We fall
Chorus x2
Staring at the lenses that record your day
So laugh your nervous laugh again
And I will listen in
We´ll wire you up and take your pulse
Far away from any of the pain this dulls
I press my cheek against the glass
It´s cool but it won´t last
Chorus:
You know that it´s one of a thousand ways
It´s one of a thousand ways
It´s one of a thousand ways
To see right through you dear
Silence, action, camera 2
We go climbing all the walls for who
Your lazy moves are laying low
We watch you come and go
Chorus
And now we fade out fast to the blackout
And we are heading for our Isola
And then we fade out fast to the blackout
We fade as fast as we fall
We fall
Chorus x2
Lyrics submitted by tagg
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