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.
I feel this pain, I feel it burn in my heart
I know that this is a test
To make me stronger
You tell me this is my cross
That I bear for the weak
I'll give you all that I am, You're my blood
You're my strength
Now learn, and live through this
and let it burn
Don't let this burden flee from me
till the lesson is complete
Because the pain is teaching me
Who I need to be
The clarity is getting stronger
My heart is teaching me
what my eyes can't see
You wrote your name on my heart
I am the sparrow
I bear this pain in your name
It makes me stronger
Now learn and live through this
And let it burn
Don't let this burden flee from me
till the lesson is complete
Because the pain is teaching me
Who I need to be
Don't let this burden flee from me
till the lesson is complete
Because the pain is teaching me
Who I need to be
About the man I want to be
For all the ones who count on me
Because the pain is teaching me
Who I need to be
I know that this is a test
To make me stronger
You tell me this is my cross
That I bear for the weak
I'll give you all that I am, You're my blood
You're my strength
Now learn, and live through this
and let it burn
Don't let this burden flee from me
till the lesson is complete
Because the pain is teaching me
Who I need to be
The clarity is getting stronger
My heart is teaching me
what my eyes can't see
You wrote your name on my heart
I am the sparrow
I bear this pain in your name
It makes me stronger
Now learn and live through this
And let it burn
Don't let this burden flee from me
till the lesson is complete
Because the pain is teaching me
Who I need to be
Don't let this burden flee from me
till the lesson is complete
Because the pain is teaching me
Who I need to be
About the man I want to be
For all the ones who count on me
Because the pain is teaching me
Who I need to be
Lyrics submitted by Pixdogg
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