Lyrics/Personnel provided for songs unique to ISWID Anthology:

Frozen Notes
Warren Zevon
© 1971 Mr. Bones Music Inc. Publishing (BMI)

    Warren Zevon: Piano, String Arrangement
    Charles Veal & Kenneth Yerke: Violins
    Carol Mukogawa: Viola
    Dennis Karmazyn: Cello
    Don Henley: Harmony Vocal

Softly falls the morning rain
Loneliness comes around again
And I sit and sing my song
'Though it never seems to matter
And it never fills the emptiness inside

Frozen notes hang suspended in the autumn air
While someone waits for someone to come somewhere
No one waits for me
'Cause I thought I wanted to be free
Now I'm wondering why I said goodbye
Looking through my window
At the dark and troubled sky
I think I see the ship of the brokenhearted passing by
And I turn away
From today
To where we used to lie
And I cry
Yes, I cry
And I cry
While softly falls the morning rain
Loneliness comes around again


Reconsider Me (Single Version)
Warren Zevon
© 1987 Zevon Music (BMI)

    Warren Zevon and Jai Winding: Keyboards
    Roy Bittan: Piano
    Benmont Tench: Organ
    Mike Campbell: Guitar
    Waddy Wachtel: 12-String Acoustic Guitar
    Tony Levin: Bass
    Craig Krampf: Drums
    Don Henley: Harmony Vocal

(Lyrics the same as on Sentimental Hygiene)


You Don't Know What Love Is
Don Raye & Gene DePaul
© 1941 MCA Music Publishing (ASCAP)

    Warren Zevon: Vocal
    Mark Isham: Trumpet and Electronics
    Peter Maunu: Guitar
    Kurt Wortman: Drums

You don't know what love is
Until you've learned the meaning of the Blues
Until you've loved a love you had to lose
You don't know what love is

You don't know how lips hurt
Until you've kissed and had to pay the cost
Until you've flipped your heart and you have lost
You don't know what love is


Roll With the Punches
Warren Zevon
© 1992 Zevon Music (BMI)

    Warren Zevon: All Instruments Except:
    Jorge Calderón: Bass
    Jordan Zevon: Drums

Johnny never knew what hit him
When he first met Julia
He used to be so wild and free
Time treats everybody like a fool

You gotta roll with the punches
The sun is sinkin' low
You gotta roll with the punches
Honey, we ain't never goin' home

Johnny had a '57 Chevy
Four-on-the-floor and a 429
We used to take it out on Wild Horse Pike
Run it out to the end of the line

You gotta roll with the punches
The sun is sinkin' low
You gotta roll with the punches
Honey, we ain't never goin' home


If You Won't Leave Me I'll Find Somebody Who Will
Warren Zevon
© 1993 Sony Tunes o/b/o CPTV Music Inc. (BMI)

    Warren Zevon: All Instruments
    Jordan Zevon: Harmony Vocal

Ever look out you window, babe
And wonder what was going down in the street below
Out where the four winds blow
Ever stand at the crossroads, babe                        
And know it didn't really matter which road you chose
Heaven knows
I'm a refugee from the mansion on the hill
And if you won't leave me I'll find somebody who will


Real or Not
Warren Zevon
© 1994 Music Corporation of America Inc. (BMI)

    Warren Zevon: All Instruments
    Rosemary Butler: Harmony Vocal

They say the devil's in the details
I know what they mean
I'm walking in the wasteland
With the Ghost in the Machine

There's a simulated sunset
Starlight in my eyes
The skies are filled with miracles
And half of them are lies

Are you real or not?
It's a fine line
Are you ready or not
For the light of day?
Are you real or not?
These are strange times
And I don't want to live this way
    (Don’t want to live this way)

When you wake up from a nightmare
And it's worse when you're awake
And there's no one you can turn to
And there's nothing you can take
Better ask yourself..

Are you real or not?
It's a fine line
Are you ready or not
For the light of day?
Are you real or not?
These are strange times
And I don't want to live this way