Warren Zevon: Likeness

“And I'm searching for a heart,
Searching everyone.
They say love conquers all.
You can't start it like a car,
You can't stop it with a gun.”

Warren Zevon

"Searching For a Heart"
Mr. Bad Example (1991)

Love , Cars , Search , Heart

“From what I know about alcoholism, I'd say there's nothing romantic, nothing grand, nothing heroic, nothing brave — nothing like that about drinking. It's a real coward's death.”

Warren Zevon

As quoted in "Warren Zevon's Resurrection: How he saved himself from a coward's death" http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5935191/warren_zevons_resurrection/print by Paul Nelson, Rolling Stone (19 March 1981)

Death , Alcohol , Drink

“He's the hairy-handed gent, who ran amok in Kent.
Lately he's been overheard in Mayfair.
You better stay away from him. He'll rip your lungs out, Jim.
Huh, I'd like to meet his tailor.”

Warren Zevon

"Werewolves of London"
Excitable Boy (1978)

“We made mad love:
Shadow love,
Random love,
And abandoned love.
Accidentally like a martyr.
The hurt gets worse and the heart gets harder”

Warren Zevon

"Accidentally like a Martyr"
Excitable Boy (1978)

Love , Heart , Hurt , Madness

“Loneliness and frustration,
We both came down with an acute case.
And when the lights came up at two,
I caught a glimpse of you.
And your face looked like something
Death brought with him in his suitcase”

Warren Zevon

"The French Inhaler"
Warren Zevon (1976)

Death , Light , Loneliness

“So much to do, there's plenty on the farm;
I'll sleep when I'm dead.
Saturday night I like to raise a little harm;
I'll sleep when I'm dead.”

Warren Zevon

"I'll Sleep When I'm Dead"
Warren Zevon (1976)

Sleep , Night , Dead

“And if California slides into the ocean
Like the mystics and statistics say it will,
I predict this motel will be standing until I pay my bill.Don't the sun look angry through the trees?
Don't the trees look like crucified thieves?
Don't you feel like Desperados under the eaves?
Heaven help the one who leaves.”

Warren Zevon

"Desperadoes Under the Eaves"
Warren Zevon (1976)

Feeling , Tree , Sun , Help

“It just sort of happened. I wrote like what I'd always read and what was in the movies … I'm sure popular music is supposed to be like this.”

Warren Zevon

Answering the question "What led you to stake out the noir Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner genre?", in "My Lunch with Warren Zevon" by David Bowman,Salon.com (17 March 2000)

Music , Reading