Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon
“Don’t Let Us Get Sick” is a lament, sung to God, and it tears through Zevon’s sardonic exterior to reveal his real hopes and feelings. The song was written at least two years before Zevon was diagnosed with terminal mesothelioma.
This is a story song in the first person, using a lumber mill worke...
[Chorus]
Don't let us get sick, don't let us get old
Don't let us get stupid, all right?
Just make us be brave and make us play nice
And let us be together tonight
[Verse 1]
The sky was on fire when I walked to the mill
To take up the slack in the line
I thought of my friends and the troubles they've had
To keep me from thinking of mine
[Chorus]
Don't let us get sick, don't let us get old
Don't let us get stupid, all right?
Just make us be brave and make us play nice
And let us be together tonight
[Verse 2]
The moon has a face and it smiles on the lake
And causes the ripples in time
I'm lucky to be here with someone I like
Who maketh my spirit to shine
[Chorus]
Don't let us get sick, don't let us get old
Don't let us get stupid, all right?
Just make us be brave and make us play nice
And let us be together tonight
Don't let us get sick, don't let us get old
Don't let us get stupid, all right?
Just make us be brave and make us play nice
And let us be together tonight
Don’t Let Us Get Sick was written by Warren Zevon.
Don’t Let Us Get Sick was produced by Sean Slade & Paul Q. Kolderie.
Warren Zevon released Don’t Let Us Get Sick on Tue Jan 25 2000.