Warren wanted a Beach Boys thing for this one, and Carl Wilson and Billy Hinsche came in, with Carl arranging the vocal parts. The other harmony vocalists (credited as the "Gentlemen Boys") were Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Zevon's longtime backers Waddy Wachtel and Jorge Calderon, and Linda Rondstadt/Stone Poneys guitarist Kenny Edwards.
Waiting
For a change in the weather
I'm waiting for a shift in the air
Could we get it together, ever
Hoping for your return, hoping for your sweet, sweet
Return
Hello
Is this heaven calling
Hello, hello, is somebody there, she must be somewhere
And then she says hello, hello, hello
She's really an angel
She stands in the sunshine
She's closing her eyes, she starting to dream
She's pulling the strings
She's dreaming a strange dream
Where nothing is grey
Then she takes me away and she's pulling the strings
When she's playing with love
She's playing with love
She's playing with love
She's playing with love
She's playing with love
She's playing with love
She's playing with love
Counting
I count every second
And I'm standing
I stand in the rain, I walk up that lane
Which leads to the sunshine
She stands in the sunshine
She's closing her eyes
Then she takes me away and she's pulling the strings
When she's playing with love
She's playing with love
She's playing with love
She's playing with love
She's playing with love
She's playing with love
She's playing with love
For a change in the weather
I'm waiting for a shift in the air
Could we get it together, ever
Hoping for your return, hoping for your sweet, sweet
Return
Hello
Is this heaven calling
Hello, hello, is somebody there, she must be somewhere
And then she says hello, hello, hello
She's really an angel
She stands in the sunshine
She's closing her eyes, she starting to dream
She's pulling the strings
She's dreaming a strange dream
Where nothing is grey
Then she takes me away and she's pulling the strings
When she's playing with love
She's playing with love
She's playing with love
She's playing with love
She's playing with love
She's playing with love
She's playing with love
Counting
I count every second
And I'm standing
I stand in the rain, I walk up that lane
Which leads to the sunshine
She stands in the sunshine
She's closing her eyes
Then she takes me away and she's pulling the strings
When she's playing with love
She's playing with love
She's playing with love
She's playing with love
She's playing with love
She's playing with love
She's playing with love
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Not the greatest lyrics ever penned, but the sustained musical build in this song works very well.
"Not the greatest lyrics ever penned,"
I agree, Iron Maiden's "Quest for Fire" is much better! ;)
(By the way, the live version of this on Dreamscapes CD 4 is awesome.)
I agree the lyrics aren't so great on their own, but musically this is a great song.
Musically, the first three songs of the album "Forever Young" were killer. A Victory of Love, Summer in Berlin, and Big in Japan.
The small touches of these songs were amazing with a string pad coming in just for a second or some other thing. There was something really dark about these songs, but also wonderfully listenable. I don't know if anyone can ever reproduce the same kind of weird magic these songs had.
An amazing band that was sometimes hit and miss, but when they got it right they did something unique and amazing.
I love the way they write~ I love their lyrics and music!!!!
I love his deep voice in this song! I used to listen to them a lot when I was 15/16! I love the way they write in English, it is so different! *
Does anybody knows who the singer is??????????????
@Coffie&cigarets Mr. Marian Gold!