“Poor, poor pitiful me.
Poor, poor pitiful me.
These young girls won't let me be.
Lord have mercy on me.
Woe is me.”

—  Warren Zevon

"Poor Poor Pitiful Me"
Warren Zevon (1976)

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American singer-songwriter 1947–2003

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