Lyrics: Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door Album: The Wind Artist: Warren Zevon   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….

Lyrics: Jungle Work Album: Learning To Flinch Artist: Warren Zevon   Lear jet S.W.A.T team On a midnight run With the M16 And the Ingram gun We parachute in We parachute out “Death from above” We’re screaming now Where the…

Lyrics: The French Inhaler Album: Warren Zevon Artist: 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…

Lyrics: The Envoy Album: I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead Artist: 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…

Lyrics: Mannish Boy Album: Hindu Love Gods Artist: Warren Zevon   When I was a little boy About the age of five My Mama told me I’d be the greatest thing alive Now I’m a man Way past twenty-one Come…

Lyrics: Calcutta Album: Wanted Dead or Alive Artist: Warren Zevon   My baby’s sweeter Lord, she’s sweeter than apple butter My baby’s sweeter You know, she’s sweeter than apple butter She’s lonely tonight I just brought her over from Calcutta

Lyrics: She Quit Me Album: Wanted Dead or Alive Artist: Warren Zevon   written by Warren Zevon It wasn’t the queen of diamonds that I drew first Instead I got the ace of spades reversed She quit me She up…

Lyrics: Suzie Lightning Album: Mr. Bad Example Artist: Warren Zevon   She only sleeps on planes She’s tired of going nowhere She’s in Yugoslavia Working in a miniseries Suzie Lightning I built a world for her Suzie lightning I need…

Lyrics: Something Bad Happened to a Clown Album: Mutineer Artist: Warren Zevon   Every touch is measured out Every word is written down Sunny skies are seldom seen In the land of few and far between And everybody wears a…

Lyrics: Carmelita Album: Warren Zevon Artist: Warren Zevon   I hear Mariachi static on my radio And the tubes they glow in the dark And I’m there with her in Ensenada And I’m here in Echo Park Carmelita hold me…