Warren Zevon

I went home with the waitress The way I always do How was I to know She was with the Russians, too? I was gambling in Havana I took a little risk Send lawyers, guns and money Dad, get me out of this - Hyah! I'm the innocent bystander Somehow I got st

Back in the High Life Again It used to seem to me That my life ran on too fast And I had to take it slowly Just to make the good parts last But when you're born to run It's so hard to just slow down So don't be surprised to see me Back in that bright

Mama take this badge off of me I can't use it anymore It's getting dark, too dark to see And I feel I'm knockin on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door K

He was an accident waiting to happen Most accidents happen at home Maybe he should have gone out more often Maybe he should have answered the phone Hip-shakin' shoutin' in gold lamĂŠ That's how he earned his regal sobriquet Then he threw it all away

Roland was a warrior from the Land of the Midnight Sun With a Thompson gun for hire, fighting to be done The deal was made in Denmark on a dark and stormy day So he set out for Biafra to join the bloody fray Through sixty-six and seven they fought th

keep me in your heart written by warren zevon & jorge calderón shadows are falling and i'm running out of breath keep me in your heart for awhile if i leave you it doesn't mean i love you any less keep me in your heart for awhile when you get up in t

I hear Mariachi static on my radio And the tubes they glow in the dark And I'm there with her in Ensenada And I'm here in Echo Park Carmelita hold me tighter I think I'm sinking down And I'm all strung out on heroin On the outskirts of town Well, I'm

I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain He was looking for a place called Lee Ho Fook's Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein Aaoooooo! Werewolves of London! Aaoooooo! (Repeat) If you hear him

Grandpa pissed his pants again He don't give a damn Brother Billy has both guns drawn He ain't been right since Vietnam "Sweet home Alabama" Play that dead band's song Turn those speakers up full blast Play it all night long Daddy's doing Sister

She tells him she thinks she needs to be free He tells her he doesn't understand She takes his hand She tells him nothing's working out the way they planned She's so many women He can't find the one who was his friend So he's hanging on to half her h

Disorder in the house The tub runneth over Plaster's falling down in pieces by the couch of pain Disorder in the house Time to duck and cover Helicopters hover over rough terrain Disorder in the house Reptile wisdom Zombies on the lawn staggering aro