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These are lyrics by Warren Zevon that we think are kind of funny.
Funniest Lyrics, Warren Zevon
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Warren Zevon's, "Desperados Under The Eaves"
The Funny Lyrics:
And if California slides into the ocean Like the mystics and statistics say it will I predict this motel will be standing Until I pay my bill.
Why They're funny:
Typical corporate mentality...the bottom line at all costs, even in the face of disaster.
Submitted by: Martha Hankins
Warren Zevon's, "Detox Mansion"
The Funny Lyrics:
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
Way down on Last Breath Farm
I've been rakin' leaves with Liza
Me and Liz clean up the yard
Why They're funny:
Written when Zevon quit drinking, a great song about detoxing.
Submitted by: Berlyn
Warren Zevon's, "Life'll Kill Ya"
The Funny Lyrics:
Life'll kill ya That's what I said Life'll kill ya And then you'll be dead
Why They're funny:
It's so obvious it can't help but be funny!
Submitted by: Martha Hankins
Warren Zevon's, "Play It All Night Long"
The Funny Lyrics:
Grandpa pissed his pants again
He don't give a damn
Brother Billy has both guns drawn
He ain't been right since Vietnam
He don't give a damn
Brother Billy has both guns drawn
He ain't been right since Vietnam
Why They're funny:
No one was better than Warren Zevon when it came to lyrics. Whether he was trying to be funny or serious Zevon always put it perfectly.
Submitted by: Berlyn
Warren Zevon's, "Poor Poor Pitiful Me"
The Funny Lyrics:
I met a girl at the Rainbow Bar
She asked me if I'd beat her.
She took me back to the Hyatt House...
I don't wanna talk about it. HOY!
Poor poor pitiful me.
These young girls won't let me be.
Lord have mercy on me.
Woe is me.
She asked me if I'd beat her.
She took me back to the Hyatt House...
I don't wanna talk about it. HOY!
Poor poor pitiful me.
These young girls won't let me be.
Lord have mercy on me.
Woe is me.
Why They're funny:
The Warren Zevon of the '70's was a raucous, partying, prototypical rock star, who lived the Hollywood Rock-n-Roll lifestyle to it's fullest. This song is a glimpse into what that west end of Sunset Blvd. was like in the 70's. The abandonment of rhyme on 'I don't wanna talk about it' may evince a certain embarassment in Warren about his excesses.
Submitted by: Joe M
Warren Zevon's, "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me"
The Funny Lyrics:
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
Well, I met a girl at the Rainbow bar
She asked me if I'd beat her
She took me back to the Hyatt House
I don't want to talk about it
And wait for the Double 'E'
But the railroad don't run no more
Poor, poor pitiful me
Well, I met a girl at the Rainbow bar
She asked me if I'd beat her
She took me back to the Hyatt House
I don't want to talk about it
Why They're funny:
Linda Rondstat might have made this one a hit but she sure didn't include the last line which Warren supposedly added on the spur of the moment. LOL, he was the best.
Submitted by: Berlyn
Warren Zevon's, "Roland The Headless Thomson Gunner"
The Funny Lyrics:
Roland aimed his thompson gun, he didn't say a word he found him in mombasa in a barroom drinking gin but he blew van owen's body, from there to johannesburg roland the headless thompson gunner
Why They're funny:
It may seem at first that he didn't say a word to be cold , but well, I mean he is headless
Submitted by: Edwin North
Warren Zevon's, "The Vast Indifference Of Heaven"
The Funny Lyrics:
They say, :'Everything's all right' They say, 'Better days are here.' They tell us, 'These are the good times.' But they don't live around here. Billy and Christie don't, Bruce and Patty don't Huh... They don't live around here.
Why They're funny:
The blackest of humor in a very emotional song, he's sending up the pull-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps, noble working guy images of Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen by quoting from their songs. He's saying, Don't sing me your pious little song. How would they know how my life is? THEY don't live around here!
Submitted by: Six Strings
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