The Wind

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Dirty Life And Times
Disorder in the House
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Numb as a Statue
She's Too Good for Me
Prison Grove
El Amor de mi Vida
The Rest of the Night
Please Stay
Rub Me Raw
Keep Me in Your Heart

Dirty Life And Times
written by Warren Zevon, Zevon Music, (BMI)

Some days I feel like my shadow's casting me

Some days the sun don't shine

Sometimes I wonder what tomorrow's gonna bring

When I think about my dirty life and times

One day I came to a fork in the road

Folks, I just couldn't go where I was told

Now they'll hunt me down and hang me for my crimes

If I tell about my dirty life and times

I had someone 'til she went out for a stroll

Should have run after her

It's hard to find a girl with a heart of gold

When you're living in a four-letter world

And if she won't love me then her sister will

She's from Say-one-thing-and-mean-another's-ville

And she can't seem to make up her mind

When she hears about my dirty life and times

Some days I feel like my shadow's casting me

Some days the sun don't shine

Sometimes I wonder why I'm still running free

All up and down the line

Gets a little lonely, folks, you know what I mean

I'm looking for a woman with low self-esteem

To lay me out and ease my worried mind

While I'm winding down my dirty life and times

Who'll lay me out and ease my worried mind

While I'm winding down my dirty life and times

Disorder In The House
written by Warren Zevon & Jorge Calderón, Zevon Music, (BMI)/Googolplex Music (BMI)

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 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 are open

We've let the demons loose

The big guns have spoken

And we've fallen for the ruse

Disorder in the house

It's a fate worse than fame

Even the Lhasa Apso seems to be ashamed

Disorder in the house

The doors are coming off the hinges

The earth will open and swallow up the real estate

I just got my paycheck

I'm gonna paint the whole town grey

Whether it's a night in Paris or a Fresno matinee

It’s the home of the brave and the land of the free

Where the less you know the better off you'll be

Disorder in the house

All bets are off

I'm sprawled across the davenport of despair

Disorder in the house

I'll live with the tosses

And watch the sundown through the portiere

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

written by Bob Dylan, Ram's Horn Music (ASCAP)

Mama, take this badge off of me

I can't use it anymore.

It's gettin' dark, too dark to see

And I feel like 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

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

Mama, put my guns in the ground

I can't shoot them anymore.

That long black cloud is comin' down

I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door.

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

Numb As A Statue

written by Warren Zevon & Jorge Calderón, Zevon Music, (BMI)/Googolplex Music (BMI)

I'm numb as a statue

I may have to beg, borrow or steal

Some feelings from you

So I can have some feelings too

I'm pale as a ghost

You know what I love about you

That's what I need the most

I'm gonna beg, borrow or steal

Some feelings from you

I'm gonna beg, borrow or steal

So I can have some feelings too

I don't care if it's superficial

You don't have to dig down deep

Just bring enough for the ritual

Get here before I fall asleep

Ain't nothing special

When the present meets the past

I've always taken care of business

I've paid my first and last

She's Too Good For Me

written by Warren Zevon, Zevon Music, (BMI)

I could hold my head up high and say that I left first

Or I can hang my head and cry

Tell me which is worse

If you go and ask her why

She might say she's not sure

Trust me when I tell you I'm not good enough for her

I want her to be happy

I want her to be free

I want her to be everything she couldn't be with me

I'd wait here for a thousand years if she'd come back to me

I have everything she wants but nothing that she needs

I want her to be happy

I want her to be free

I want her to be everything she couldn't be with me

I could hold my head up high and say that I left first

Or I can hang my head and cry
Tell me which is worse

If you go and ask her why

She might say she's not sure

Trust me when I tell you I'm not good enough for her

Prison Grove

written by Warren Zevon & Jorge Calderón, Zevon Music, (BMI)/Googolplex Music (BMI)

An icy wind burns and scars

Rushes in like a fallen star

Through the narrow space

Between these bars

Looking down on Prison Grove

Dug in, hunkered down

Hours race without a sound

Gonna carry me to where I'm bound

Looking down on Prison Grove

Iron will hard as rock

Hold me up for the fateful knock

When they walk me down in a mortal lock

Out on Prison Grove

Shine on all these broken lives

Shine on

Shine the light on me

Knick Knack Paddy Wack

They say you'll hear your own bones crack

When they bend you back to bible black

Then you'll find your love

Some folks have to die too hard

Some folks have to cry too hard

Take one last look at the prison yard

Goodbye Prison Grove

Shine on all these broken lives

Shine on

Shine the light on me

El Amor De Mi Vida

written by Warren Zevon & Jorge Calderón, Zevon Music, (BMI)/Googolplex Music (BMI)

I close my eyes, you reappear

I always carry you inside, in here

I fall asleep, you come to me

And once again our love is real

How could I have let you get away

Why couldn't I have found a way to say

"Tu eres el amor de mi vida " You are the love of my life

Si solo te pudiera encontrar If only I could find you

Con todo el corazon te diria With all my heart I would tell you

Tu eres mi amor de verdad" you are my true love”

I look outside, I know you're there

And you've found a brand new life somewhere

I only wish it had been us

But I'm happy for your happiness

How could I ever let you go

How will I ever let you know

"Tu eres el amor de mi vida " You are the love of my life

Si solo te pudiera encontrar If only I could find you

Con todo el corazon te diria With all my heart I would tell you

Tu eres mi amor de verdad" you are my true love”

"Tu eres mi amor, " You are my love,

tu eres mi amor, You are my love,

tu eres mi amor de verdad" You are my true love”

"Tu eres mi amor, " You are my love,

tu eres mi amor, You are my love,

tu eres mi amor de verdad" You are my true love”

The Rest Of The Night

written by Warren Zevon & Jorge Calderón, Zevon Music, (BMI)/Googolplex Music (BMI)

Why stop now? Let's party the rest of the night!

Seven o'clock, Eight o'clock, Nine o'clock. Ten

You wanna go home? Why? Honey, When?

We may never get this chance again!

Let's party for the rest of the night!

Yeah, Yeah! Oh, Yeah! Let's party for the rest of the night!

Why leave now? Let's party for the rest of the night!

Eleven o'clock, Twelve o'clock, One o'clock, Two

Me tired? Well boo-hoo!

I'm starting to fall in love with you

Let's party for the rest of the night!

Yeah, Yeah! Oh, Yeah! Let's party for the rest of the night!

Yeah, Yeah! Oh. Yeah! Let's party for the rest of the night!

Why slow down? Let's party for the rest of the night!

Three o'clock, Four o'clock, Five o'clock, Six

Let's throw it all into the mix and open up our bag of tricks

And party for the rest of the night!

Oh, Yeah! Yeah, Yeah! Let's party for the rest of the night!

We never had an issue! We never had a fight!

Someone must be doing something right!

Yeah, Yeah! Oh, Yeah! Let's party for the rest of the night!

Please Stay

written by Warren Zevon, Zevon Music, (BMI)

Please stay

Two words I've thought I'd never learn to say

Don't go away

Please stay

Don't leave me here

When so many things so hard to see are clear

I need you near to me

Will you stay with me to the end?

When there's nothing left

But you and me and the wind

We'll never know till we try

To find the other side of goodbye

Please stay

Please slay

Two words I've thought I'd never learn to say

Don't go away

Please stay

Rub Me Raw

written by Warren Zevon & Jorge Calderón, Zevon Music, (BMI)/Googolplex Music (BMI)

I know these blues are gonna rub me raw

Every single cure seems to be against the law

Went and told my psychic

I said "Keep it to yourself.

I don't wanna hear it and don't be telling no one else."

Word's out on the street

Whispers in the night

They come out of the woodwork, wanna see what it's like

Pickle-ickle-ickle

Gonna run that voodoo down

How the crowd gets fickle when your face is to

the ground!

Oh no these blues are gonna rub me raw

Now I'm shaking all over

I'm a shattering mass

But I'm gonna sit up straight

I'm going to take it with class

Old man used to tell me

"Son, never look back,

Move on to the next case.

Fold your clothes and pack."

To the green horned chicken hoppers I say

"Get yourself a trade,

Or go hack to the chat room and fade in the shade"

Oh no these blues are gonna rub me raw

I know these blues are gonna rub me raw

Every single cure seems to be against the law

I was walking pretty well then I fell into a hole

I should climb out quick, but I hate doing what I'm told

Got a wang-dang-doodle wrapped in bog snake hide

This goat head gumbo is keeping me alive

I don't want your pity or your fifty-dollar words

I don't share your need to discuss the absurd

Oh no these blues are gonna rub me raw

Keep Me In Your Heart

written by Warren Zevon & Jorge Calderón, Zevon Music, (BMI)/Googolplex Music (BMI)

Shadows are falling and I'm running out of breath