Warren Zevon

Released: February 15, 1980

Songwriter: Warren Zevon

Producer: Warren Zevon Greg Ladanyi

[Verse]
You've seen him leanin' on the streetlight
Listenin' to some song inside
You've seen him standin' by the highway
Tryin' to hitch a ride
Well, they tried so hard to hold him
Heaven knows, how hard they tried
But he's made up his mind
He's the restless kind

[Pre-Chorus]
He's the wild age
He's the wild age
He's the wild age
Wild age, it's the wild age
And the law can't stop 'em
No one can stop 'em
At the wild age

[Chorus]
Mostly when the reckless years end
Something's left to save
Some of them keep runnin'
'Til they run straight in their graves
To stay the wild age
Stay the wild age
Stay the wild age

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
Mostly when the reckless years end
Something's left to save
Some of them keep runnin'
'Til they run straight in their graves
To stay the wild age
Wild age, wild age
Wild age, wild age
Wild age
Wild age, wild age
Wild age
Wild age, wild age
Wild age
Wild age, wild age
Wild age
Wild age, wild age
Wild age

Warren Zevon (24 January 1947 – 7 September 2003) was an American rock singer-songwriter and musician. He’s known best for his dark and outlandish sense of humor.

Zevon’s life is a classic tale of someone caught-up in bipolar alcoholism, drug-dependence, paternity suits, and divorce – a virtual train wreck on two feet. Still, his writing stands out among songwriters as some of the most original, interesting (and, okay, bizarre) on record. He released 13 studio albums in his career.

Zevon was a session musician for the Everly Brothers in the early 1970s, and came into a circle of artists ranging from Waddy Wachtel to Jackson Browne to Linda Rhonstadt to Don Henley to Bonnie Raitt to Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. That circle of friends cross-pollinated to create the California rock sound of the late 20th century. All of the artists just mentioned point to Zevon as a big influence on their music.

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