What are some of your favorite songs by Warren Zevon?

[bluzman61]

My favorites include "Werewolves Of London", "Excitable Boy", "Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner" and "Poor Poor Pitiful Me".

 

[deannalw]

Werewolves of London- didn't know he did any others!

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

 

[Meister]

His last song, it was for his wife.

 

[Blaster]

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

My favorites include "Werewolves Of London", "Excitable Boy", "Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner" and "Poor Poor Pitiful Me".

 

[Leo123]

Werewolves of London. My band used to do that one. People loved it. Ya know ya can't beat "little o' lady got mutilated last night"

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

Werewolves of London- didn't know he did any others!

Lawyers, Guns and Money was popular as well:

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

 

[whoisit]

Werewolves of London. My band used to do that one. People loved it. Ya know ya can't beat "little o' lady got mutilated last night"

What? Is that lyric in the song?

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

What? Is that lyric in the song?

Warren Zevon Lyrics​

"Werewolves Of London"


I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain
He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook's
Going to get a big dish of beef chow mein
Werewolves of London

If you hear him howling around your kitchen door
Better not let him in
Little old lady got mutilated late last night
Werewolves of London again
Werewolves of London

He's the hairy handed gent who ran amuck in Kent
Lately he's been overheard in Mayfair
Better stay away from him
He'll rip your lungs out, Jim
I'd like to meet his tailor
Werewolves of London

Well, I saw Lon Chaney walking with the Queen
Doing the werewolves of London
I saw Lon Chaney, Jr. walking with the Queen
Doing the werewolves of London
I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's
His hair was perfect
Werewolves of London again
Draw blood

 

[whoisit]

Warren Zevon Lyrics​

"Werewolves Of London"


I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain
He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook's
Going to get a big dish of beef chow mein
Werewolves of London

If you hear him howling around your kitchen door
Better not let him in
Little old lady got mutilated late last night
Werewolves of London again
Werewolves of London

He's the hairy handed gent who ran amuck in Kent
Lately he's been overheard in Mayfair
Better stay away from him
He'll rip your lungs out, Jim
I'd like to meet his tailor
Werewolves of London

Well, I saw Lon Chaney walking with the Queen
Doing the werewolves of London
I saw Lon Chaney, Jr. walking with the Queen
Doing the werewolves of London
I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's
His hair was perfect
Werewolves of London again
Draw blood

Thanks for the lyric's. I guess there are some as gruesome in other songs, just don't know one.

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

Thanks for the lyric's. I guess there are some as gruesome in other songs, just don't know one.

Warren was well known for some of the sweetest melodies coupled with some of the most gruesome lyrics in music~



Well, he went down to dinner in his Sunday best
"Excitable boy," they all said
And he rubbed the pot roast all over his chest
"Excitable boy," they all said
Well, he's just an excitable boy

[Verse 2]
He took in the 4 A.M. show at the Clark
"Excitable boy," they all said
And he bit the usherette's leg in the dark
"Excitable boy," they all said
Well, he's just an excitable boy

[Chorus]
(Ooh, ah-ooh)
(Ooh-ooh, excitable boy)
(Ooh, ah-ooh)
(Ooh-ooh, excitable boy)

[Verse 3]
He took little Suzie to the Junior Prom (Ooh, ah-ooh)
"Excitable boy," they all said (Ooh-ooh, excitable boy)
And he raped her and killed her, then he took her home (Ooh, ah-ooh)
"Excitable boy," they all said (Ooh-ooh, excitable boy)
Well, he's just an excitable boy


[Verse 4]
After ten long years, they let him out of the home
"Excitable boy," they all said (Ooh-ooh, excitable boy)
And he dug up her grave and built a cage with her bones
"Excitable boy," they all said (Ooh-ooh, excitable boy)
Well, he's just an excitable boy

[Chorus]
(Ooh, ah-ooh)
(Ooh-ooh, excitable boy)
(Ooh, ah-ooh)
(Ooh-ooh, excitable boy)
(Ooh, ah-ooh)
(Ooh-ooh, excitable boy)
(Ooh, ah-ooh)
(Ooh-ooh, excitable boy)
(Ooh, ah-ooh)


Then there's Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner...LOL!

 

[BackAgain]

His last song, it was for his wife.

It is a touching song. It struck me even harder when my cancer returned after 6 -7 years. (And, on that note, I’m happy to add that the treatments I have since undergone seem to have, at least for the time being, knocked it into remission.) Still, that particular song of his remains one of my favorites.

 

[westwall]

My favorites include "Werewolves Of London", "Excitable Boy", "Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner" and "Poor Poor Pitiful Me".

Lawyers guns and money

 

[Leo123]

What? Is that lyric in the song?

Yea