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.
Whoa, whoa-oh
Whoa, whoa-oh, oh-oh
If we're so much the same like I always hear
Why such different fortunes and fates?
Some of us live in a cloud of fear
Some live behind iron gates
Why such different fortunes and fates?
Some are blessed and some are cursed
Some live behind iron gates
While others see only the worst
Some are blessed and some are cursed
The golden one or scarred from birth
While others only see the worst
Such a lot of pain on the earth
Whoa, whoa-oh
Whoa, whoa-oh, oh-oh
The golden one or scarred from birth
Somethings can never be changed
Such a lot of pain on this earth
It's somehow so badly arranged
Somethings can never be changed
Some reasons will never come clear
It's somehow so badly arranged
If we're so much the same like I always hear
Some are blessed and some are cursed
The golden one or scarred from birth
While others only see the worst
Such a lot of pain on the earth
Some are blessed and some are cursed
The golden one or scarred from birth
While others only see the worst
Such a lot of pain on the earth
Such a lot of pain on the earth
Whoa, whoa-oh
Whoa, whoa-oh, oh-oh
Some are blessed and some are cursed
The golden one or scarred from birth
While others only see the worst
Such a lot of pain on the earth
Some are blessed and some are cursed
The golden one or scarred from birth
While others only see the worst
Such a lot of pain on the earth
Such a lot of pain
Such a lot of pain
Such a lot of pain on the earth
Whoa, whoa-oh, oh-oh
If we're so much the same like I always hear
Why such different fortunes and fates?
Some of us live in a cloud of fear
Some live behind iron gates
Why such different fortunes and fates?
Some are blessed and some are cursed
Some live behind iron gates
While others see only the worst
Some are blessed and some are cursed
The golden one or scarred from birth
While others only see the worst
Such a lot of pain on the earth
Whoa, whoa-oh
Whoa, whoa-oh, oh-oh
The golden one or scarred from birth
Somethings can never be changed
Such a lot of pain on this earth
It's somehow so badly arranged
Somethings can never be changed
Some reasons will never come clear
It's somehow so badly arranged
If we're so much the same like I always hear
Some are blessed and some are cursed
The golden one or scarred from birth
While others only see the worst
Such a lot of pain on the earth
Some are blessed and some are cursed
The golden one or scarred from birth
While others only see the worst
Such a lot of pain on the earth
Such a lot of pain on the earth
Whoa, whoa-oh
Whoa, whoa-oh, oh-oh
Some are blessed and some are cursed
The golden one or scarred from birth
While others only see the worst
Such a lot of pain on the earth
Some are blessed and some are cursed
The golden one or scarred from birth
While others only see the worst
Such a lot of pain on the earth
Such a lot of pain
Such a lot of pain
Such a lot of pain on the earth
Lyrics submitted by stephanierush07
The Larger Bowl Lyrics as written by Geddy Lee Weinrib Alex Lifeson
Lyrics © Anthem Entertainment
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@BMaloney Amazing that something so conversaitonal could be set to such a complex poetic form; I\'ve dabbled in pantoums, and they are not easy!
This song is simply AMAZING, one of my many reasons to get the album...good lord...i totally get this song. excellent work.
This songs means a lot to me. Catching them at the Xcel Energy Center on September 9th...added that visual touch to this wonderful tune. Socket has got it, their comparisons of what is good and bad was dead on with my own beliefs. It was also a very brilliant way to end the song with the apple trees. It made me cherish and love the song....even more!
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Nice song. Lyrically its pretty simple - and tbh, Rush have already done this whole argument a few times before. i think the line structure is interesting in that it repeats lines but in different places to where they'd normally be... definitely not the best on Snakes & Arrows though, but good nonetheless.
Jeems, the song repeats itself because it is a pantoum :P
one of my fave song from S&A.
and it's pantoum or pantun in indonesia. pantoum is one of our tradition. i used to play pantoum with my friends.
and my band hero do the pantoum for the album that was great. as indonesian is an honor to me that neil used pantoum for the way he wrote this lyrics