Backs Turned Looking Down the Path Lyrics

Lyric discussion by jbhg 

Cover art for Backs Turned Looking Down the Path lyrics by Warren Zevon

Maybe this is a song about the true nature of love, not far outside Warren's usual writings. Instead of seeing, say, one's wedding day outside the context of where he's been, he sees it as a redemption from the past (perhaps alluding to themes from a number of his own songs, including Searching for a Heart, She's Too Good For Me, and others).

TheThornBirds is right -- this is an honest song about love, yet no less beautiful than Wonderful Tonight or any of the other classics.

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