Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon
Is this autobiographical? It’s almost (but not quite) an apology, and Zevon certainly had plenty to apologize for by 1980.
The best argument for this being about himself is the closing. It uses harmonies that he learned from playing with the Everly Brothers as the background to a wild (and increasi...
[Verse]
You've seen him leanin' on the streetlight
Listenin' to some song inside
You've seen him standin' by the highway
Tryin' to hitch a ride
Well, they tried so hard to hold him
Heaven knows, how hard they tried
But he's made up his mind
He's the restless kind
[Pre-Chorus]
He's the wild age
He's the wild age
He's the wild age
Wild age, it's the wild age
And the law can't stop 'em
No one can stop 'em
At the wild age
[Chorus]
Mostly when the reckless years end
Something's left to save
Some of them keep runnin'
'Til they run straight in their graves
To stay the wild age
Stay the wild age
Stay the wild age
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
Mostly when the reckless years end
Something's left to save
Some of them keep runnin'
'Til they run straight in their graves
To stay the wild age
Wild age, wild age
Wild age, wild age
Wild age
Wild age, wild age
Wild age
Wild age, wild age
Wild age
Wild age, wild age
Wild age
Wild age, wild age
Wild age
Wild Age was written by Warren Zevon.
Wild Age was produced by Warren Zevon & Greg Ladanyi.
Warren Zevon released Wild Age on Fri Feb 15 1980.