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 could wake up
in the morning and try
to feel so good
that you didnt realise
and the things they're like
stop me from crying
but at night
they stop me from crying
I couldnt take up
more space in my mind
(?) the back door isn't easy to find
as a call from self-indulgence
we'll meet our world
to pull up a something
so can you tell me
that you feel this fame
when you stare at the faces
full with so much shame
or is it you're too high
to tell us the part
so you can live your life
and keep up your lying
i can not stand to watch the TV
lions and the clowns keep staring at me
and the boys and the girls
of the town are afraid
they go up to destroy
everything that they see
in the morning and try
to feel so good
that you didnt realise
and the things they're like
stop me from crying
but at night
they stop me from crying
I couldnt take up
more space in my mind
(?) the back door isn't easy to find
as a call from self-indulgence
we'll meet our world
to pull up a something
so can you tell me
that you feel this fame
when you stare at the faces
full with so much shame
or is it you're too high
to tell us the part
so you can live your life
and keep up your lying
i can not stand to watch the TV
lions and the clowns keep staring at me
and the boys and the girls
of the town are afraid
they go up to destroy
everything that they see
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You could wake up in the morning and try to feel so good that you didnt realise and the things they're like stop me from crying but at night they stop me from crying
I couldnt take up more space in my mind close the back door isn't easy to find as a call from self-indulgence we'll meet our world to pull up a something
so can you tell me that you feel this fame when you stare at the faces full with so much shame
or is it you're too high to tell us the part so you can live your life and keep up your lying
i can not stand to watch the TV lions and the camels? keep staring at me and the boys and the girls of the town are afraid they go up to destroy everything that they see
You could wake up in the morning and try to feel so good that you didnt realise and the things they're like stop me from crying but at night they stop me from crying
I couldnt take up more space in my mind close the back door it isn't easy to find as a call from self-indulgence we'll meet our world to pull up a something
so can you tell me that you feel the same when you stare at the faces full with so much shame
or is it you're too high to tell us apart so you can live your life and keep up your lying
i can not stand to watch the TV lions and the clowns keep staring at me and the boys and the girls of the town are afraid they grow up to destroy everything that they see
It's "the liars and the killers keep staring at me," not the lions and the clowns, and I'm pretty sure it's "there's a back door it isn't easy to find because of a call from self-indulgence we don't need our role (or world?) To prove that we're selfish"
Might it be: "Because of a call from self indulgence we don't need our war to prove that we're selfish"
Yes, I do believe that could be right...
"liars and the killers keep staring at me"
"liars and the killers keep staring at me"
it's DEF. liars and killers
This is by far their best song.... and i have different lyrics then the one's up already. some of the spots don't make sense, but they sound right. lol listen and read at the same time & try to fix them! lol
You could wake up in the morning and try to feel so good that you didn't realize and the things they're like will stop you from crying in the break of night will stop you from crying
I couldn't take up more space in my mind if there's a back door it isn't easy to find cause as they come from self indulgence we will meet our world to ____ selfish
So can you tell me that you feel the same when you stare at all the faces full of so much shame or is the view too high to tell us apart til you can live your life and keep up your lying
i can't stand to watch the TV liars and the killers keep staring at me and the boys and the girls they tell them free willl grow up to destroy everything that they see
it sounds right, but some of them don't really make sense. lol and i think it's liars and the killers too, although i used to think it was "liars on the couch keep staring at me" but i know that's wrong now =) so thank!
I wouldn't say this is their best song, but it's one of their catchiest. I like it a lot and it gets stuck in my head a lot.
Everybody seen their music video for it? You can find it on Youtube here: youtube.com/watch
Good stuff. They shot it in their hometown Champaign.