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.
Picture me big time
Up along the range
With this woman of mine
Driving me insane
Parasites baby....
Don't you know
I can't lie to you
There was a band from Beantown
They drove the now sound
With a girl at the top of her lungs now
Yeah, a girl at the top of her lungs
She'd tell the people baby
The world will settle down for no one
I will deliver to you
To one another in every place
Who speak like brothers
And leave no trace
Of a world still divided by tongues
Yeah, the world's still divided by tongues
You want to keep it closer now,
don't you
But there are words that speak to everyone
Which I will deliver to you
I will deliver to you
I will deliver to you
Up along the range
With this woman of mine
Driving me insane
Parasites baby....
Don't you know
I can't lie to you
There was a band from Beantown
They drove the now sound
With a girl at the top of her lungs now
Yeah, a girl at the top of her lungs
She'd tell the people baby
The world will settle down for no one
I will deliver to you
To one another in every place
Who speak like brothers
And leave no trace
Of a world still divided by tongues
Yeah, the world's still divided by tongues
You want to keep it closer now,
don't you
But there are words that speak to everyone
Which I will deliver to you
I will deliver to you
I will deliver to you
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Picture Me Big Time Lyrics as written by Robert E. Jr. Pollard
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Can't help wondering if the "band from Beantown" that "drove the new sound" refers to an actual band. Possibly the Pixies? Especially as the song that immediately follows this, "An Unmarketed Product", has a Pixies-ish sound to it.
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