Looking For The Next Best Thing Warren Zevon

I worked hard, but not for the money Did my best to please I used to think it was funny 'Til I realized it was just a tease Don Quixote had his windmills Ponce de Leon took his cruise Took Sinbad seven

Backs Turned Looking Down The Path Warren Zevon

I was caught between the years Nearly cost me all my tears With my back turned, looking down the path Hit me like a ton of bricks Had to have my outlook fixed With my back turned, looking down the path

Mr. Bad Example (Live Version) Warren Zevon

I started as an altar boy working at the church Learning all my holy moves doing some research Which led me to a cash box labelled "Children's Fund" I'd leave the change and tuck the bills inside my

Bad Karma Warren Zevon

I try and try But nothing comes out right For me Bad Karma Killing me by degrees I took a wrong turn On the astral plane Now I keep on thinkin' My luck is gonna change Someday Bad Karma It's uphill all

Keep Me In Your Heart Warren Zevon

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 the morning

Werewolves Of London Warren Zevon

I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand Walking through the streets of SoHo in the rain He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fork's For to get a big dish of beef chow mein Refrain: Ah-wooo

Werewolves Of London (Live Version) Warren Zevon

I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand Walking through the streets of SoHo in the rain He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fork's For to get a big dish of beef chow mein Refrain: Ah-wooo

Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner (Live Version) Warren Zevon

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

Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner Warren Zevon

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

Gorilla, You're A Desperado Warren Zevon

Big gorilla at the L.A.

The Factory Warren Zevon

I was born in '63 Got a little job in the factory I don't know much about Kennedy I was too busy working in the factory We got a kid that's two, we got another one due We get by the best we can do The

Boom Boom Mancini Warren Zevon

fighting Bobby Chacon Hurry home early hurry on home Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon >From Youngstown, Ohio, Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini A lightweight contender, like father like son He fought for

Boom Boom Mancini (Live Version) Warren Zevon

fighting Bobby Chacon Hurry home early hurry on home Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon >From Youngstown, Ohio, Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini A lightweight contender, like father like son He fought for

Frank And Jesse James Warren Zevon

On a small Missouri farm Back when the west was young Two boys learned to rope and ride And be handy with a gun War broke out between the states And they joined up with Quantrill And it was over

Empty Handed Heart Warren Zevon

I pray to God I will Girl, we had some good times But time does not stand still It's rolling ilke a rockslide down a hill I've met someone I care for I know she cares for me Will I fall in love again?

Disorder in the House (ft. Bruce Springsteen) Warren Zevon

the house Reptile wisdom Zombies on the lawn staggering around Disorder in the house There\'s a flaw in the system And the fly in the ointment\'s gonna bring the whole thing down The floodgates

Poor Poor Pitiful Me (Live Version) Warren Zevon

I'd lay my head on the railroad tracks And wait for the Double "E" But the railroad don't run no more Poor, poor pitiful me Poor, poor pitiful me Poor, poor pitiful me These young girls won't let me be

Mama Couldn`t Be Persuaded Warren Zevon

Gambler ambled down a country lane Looking for a game of chance She was twenty-one or two And she knew what she wanted And she wanted that gamblin' man Her parents warned her Tried to reason with

Mama Couldn't Be Persuaded Warren Zevon

Gambler ambled down a country lane Looking for a game of chance She was twenty-one or two And she knew what she wanted And she wanted that gamblin' man Her parents warned her Tried to reason with her She

Excitable Boy Warren Zevon

"Well, he went down to dinner in his Sunday best Excitable boy, they all said And he rubbed the pot roast all over his chest Excitable boy, they all said Well, he's just an excitable boy He took in the

Piano Fighter (Live Version) Warren Zevon

Mom and Papa bought a Chickering Every day I'd sit and play that thing I practiced hard; it was more than a whim I played with grim determination, Jim Someone called Piano Fighter I'm a holy roller, I'm

Wanted Dead Or Alive Warren Zevon

I am wanted dead or alive I'm wanted everywhere I've got to survive They say I am a violent man Only trying to do the best I can Dig it?

Wanted Dead Or Alive (Remastered) Warren Zevon

I am wanted dead or alive I'm wanted everywhere I've got to survive They say I am a violent man Only trying to do the best I can Dig it?

The Envoy Warren Zevon

Nuclear arms in the Middle East Israel is attacking the Iraqis The Syrians are mad at the Lebanese And Baghdad does whatever she please Looks like another threat to world peace For the envoy Things got

Searching For A Heart (Live Version) Warren Zevon

Darkness in the morning Shadows on the land Certain individuals Aren't sticking with the plan CHORUS And I'm searching for a heart Searching everyone They say love conquers all You can't start it like

The Heartache Warren Zevon

Shadows falling in the noonday sun Blue feeling to the maximum Look what happens when you love someone And they don't love you The heartache The risk you run The chance you take When you love someone And

Nobody's In Love This Year Warren Zevon

We keep walking away for no reason at all And no one says a word We were always so busy protecting ourselves We never would have heard And the rate of attrition for lovers like us Is steadily on the rise

Nobody's In Love This Year (Remastered) Warren Zevon

We keep walking away for no reason at all And no one says a word We were always so busy protecting ourselves We never would have heard [Pre-Chorus] And the rate of attrition for lovers like us Is steadily

Transverse City Warren Zevon

Told my little Pollyanna There's a place for you and me We'll go down to Transverse City Life is cheap, and Death is free Past the condensation silos Past the all-night trauma stand We'll be there before

Transverse City (Remastered) Warren Zevon

Told my little Pollyanna There's a place for you and me We'll go down to Transverse City Life is cheap, and death is free Past the condensation silos Past the all-night trauma stand We'll be there before

Accidentally Like A Martyr Warren Zevon

The phone don't ring And the sun refused to shine Never thought I'd have to pay so dearly For what was already mine For such a long, long time We made mad love Shadow love Random love And abandoned love

Even A Dog Can Shake Hands Warren Zevon

Well, he's trying to survive up on Mulholland Drive He's got the phone in the car in his hand Everybody's trying to be a friend of mine Even a dog can shake hands He wants twenty per cent 'cause he knew

The French Inhaler Warren Zevon

How're you going to make your way in the world When you weren't cut out for working When your fingers are slender and frail How're you going to get around In this sleazy bedroom town If you don't put yourself

The French Inhaler (Live Version) Warren Zevon

How're you going to make your way in the world When you weren't cut out for working When your fingers are slender and frail How're you going to get around In this sleazy bedroom town If you don't put yourself

Down In The Mall Warren Zevon

There's a brand new shopping center seven storeys high There's bound to be a sale or twosomething we can buy There's four floors of pak king and we're sure to find a space We'll spend all the money that

Down In The Mall (Remastered) Warren Zevon

money that the government doesn't take [Chorus] Goin' down in the mall, I'll be your man We'll go shopping, babe, it's something we can stand Down in the mall, we will abide Up on the escalator, darling

Mohammed's Radio Warren Zevon

trying to tell them Something they already know So their anger and resentment flow But don't it make you want to rock and roll All night long Mohammed's Radio I heard somebody singing sweet and soulful On the

A Bullet For Ramona (Remastered) Warren Zevon

Oh, today I shot Ramona, Ma She ain't gonna cheat on me Two years, I've been searchin' for her Two years, she's been free Well, I found her in a dance hall in Laredo And she told me that she

Bed Of Coals Warren Zevon

to die young And too young to die now I've been sleeping on a bed of nails I've been bleedingit never fails I feel every needle That pierced through my heart I'm too old to die young And I can't play the

Run Straight Down Warren Zevon

wasted city Started thinking about entropy Smelled the wind from the ruined river Went home to watch TV And it's worse when I try to remember When I think about then and now I'd rather see it on the news

Tule's Blues Warren Zevon

Oh Tule, it's on account of you that I've been weeping Here behind my hand It's lonesome in my heart's land, as the sands of the desert Oh, tell me, why was it always you, who, through the changes You,

Tule's Blues (Remastered) Warren Zevon

Oh Tule, it's on account of you that I've been weeping Here behind my hand It's lonesome in my heart's land, as the sands of the desert Oh, tell me, why was it always you, who, through the changes

Sentimental Hygiene Warren Zevon

Every day I get up in the morning and go to work And do my job whatever I need some Sentimental hygiene Everybody's at war these days Let's have a mini-surrender I need some Sentimental hygiene Everybody's

Detox Mansion Warren Zevon

Well, I'm gone to Detox Mansion Way down on Last Breath Farm I've been rakin' leaves with Liza Me and Liz clean up the yard Left my home in Music City In the back of a limosine Now I'm doin' my own laundry

Gridlock Warren Zevon

It's 5:00 P.M. on a weekday, friend There's one of me and two million of them The whistle blows and the factories close There's a million more commuters on the access roads The brake lights flashthere's

Networking Warren Zevon

There's a way to live that's right for us Like Mayans in Manhattan and Los Angeles I'm scaling up, I'm breaking down And I'm doing lunch all over town Networking, I'm user friendly Networking, I install

Gridlock (Remastered) Warren Zevon

It's 5 P.M. on a weekday, friend There's one of me and two million of them The whistle blows and the factories close There's a million more commuters on the access roads The brake lights flash, there's

Poor Poor Pitiful Me Warren Zevon

I'd lay my head on the railroad tracks And wait for the Double "E" But the railroad don't run no more Poor, poor pitiful me Poor, poor pitiful me Poor, poor pitiful me These young girls won't let me be

Turbulence Warren Zevon

Turmoil back in Moscow brought this turbulence down on me Turmoil back in Moscow brought this turbulence down on me Well you can talk about your perestroika And that's all right for you But, Comrade Schevardnadze

Networking (Remastered) Warren Zevon

There's a way to live that's right for us Like Mayans in Manhattan and Los Angeles I'm scaling up, I'm breaking down And I'm doing lunch all over town [Chorus] Networking, I'm user friendly Networking,