“So I'm gonna hurl myself against the wall,
'Cause I'd rather feel bad than not feel anything at all.”

—  Warren Zevon

"Ain't That Pretty At All", written by Warren Zevon and LeRoy Marinell
The Envoy (1982)

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American singer-songwriter 1947–2003

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