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.
Yeah
Lies
Look at me now just sitting here by myself
And I think you found someone else
Now I'm gonna have to find a way to put the bottle down
And why can't you see that I'm drowning in a pool of misery?
I'm always afraid that you're gone
Away from me
I'm always afraid that you're lost in
Somebody
I'm always afraid that you're gone
Away from me
I'm always afraid that you're lost
So here I am I want to be my myself
And I think you're fucking someone else
Now I'm gonna have to find a way to take the knife out of my back
And how could you leave me
Stranded in a closet full of puddles?
I'm always afraid that you're gone
Away from me
I'm always afraid that you're lost in
Somebody
I'm always afraid that you're gone
Away from me
I'm always afraid that you're lost
Maybe you could let me stay
Maybe just for one more day
You could help me stay the same
Maybe things won't ever change
Maybe we could taste the rain
You could push me out the way
Now I sit here by myself
Think about somebody else
How could you let them take you away from me?
(There's somebody else, there's somebody else)
I'm always afraid that you're gone
Away from me
I'm always afraid that you're lost in
Somebody
I'm always afraid that you're gone
Away from me
I'm always afraid that you're
I'm always afraid
I'm always afraid
I'm always afraid
I'm always afraid
I'm always afraid
I'm always afraid
I'm always afraid
Away from me
Lies
Look at me now just sitting here by myself
And I think you found someone else
Now I'm gonna have to find a way to put the bottle down
And why can't you see that I'm drowning in a pool of misery?
I'm always afraid that you're gone
Away from me
I'm always afraid that you're lost in
Somebody
I'm always afraid that you're gone
Away from me
I'm always afraid that you're lost
So here I am I want to be my myself
And I think you're fucking someone else
Now I'm gonna have to find a way to take the knife out of my back
And how could you leave me
Stranded in a closet full of puddles?
I'm always afraid that you're gone
Away from me
I'm always afraid that you're lost in
Somebody
I'm always afraid that you're gone
Away from me
I'm always afraid that you're lost
Maybe you could let me stay
Maybe just for one more day
You could help me stay the same
Maybe things won't ever change
Maybe we could taste the rain
You could push me out the way
Now I sit here by myself
Think about somebody else
How could you let them take you away from me?
(There's somebody else, there's somebody else)
I'm always afraid that you're gone
Away from me
I'm always afraid that you're lost in
Somebody
I'm always afraid that you're gone
Away from me
I'm always afraid that you're
I'm always afraid
I'm always afraid
I'm always afraid
I'm always afraid
I'm always afraid
I'm always afraid
I'm always afraid
Away from me
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He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
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Doors, The
Like a lot of the other comments are saying, I think this mainly about voyeurism. If the song was about his girlfriend, then why would he use the word spy. If you are a spy it means you shouldn't be caught, that is kind of the whole point, and if you are a voyeur, the whole point of the pleasure you get from it, is the fact that the other people don't know you are watching them. See a bit of a connection there?
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Just a tad overplayed. I kind of enjoyed this song the first couple of times that I heard it, though, but never listen anymore. It's one of my least favorites on the album.