Warren zevon chords5/3/2023 ![]() that is called Gower Gulch and is set up with a western theme with boardwalks and eaves! Under the Eaves refers to a shopping center on Sunset Bl. As far as gypsy goes there are more than a few fortune tellers in Hollywood, but your thinking fits, about 12 steps. Not bad, but here is a little more insight from someone who grew up in Hollywood. "Look away down Gower Avenue" is interesting because at one end is Paramount Studios (on Melrose) which could represent fame and the world's stage, and at the other end is the towering church Hollywood Presbyterian which could represent spiritual transition (baptism or funeral). ![]() So he's left listening to the AC hum, but guilty before God (angry sun), awaiting his fate as a mortal. Especially in the sense that alcoholism is often a form of escape from matters of conscience. Sun represents all-powerful, always present, unassailable god/higher power the crucified thieves are reminiscent of Jesus on the cross (per the Bible, Jesus was crucified along with two thieves) "Desperado under the eaves" seems to refer to the fact that he's sneaking away from creditors, but in the larger, poetic sense, it means guilty in the eyes of the higher power. crucified thieves, and Heaven help." are all spiritual references. gonna drink um up") unless you keep working your 12-step program for life. In 12-step programs, a counselor would tell you that if you're an alcoholic, you're gonna keep drinking compulsively ("All the salty margaritas. I wonder if "the gypsy wasn't lyin'" is a reference to a rehab counselor, because a gypsy is very dubious, as is often the case with rehab counselors who tend have personal experience with addiction. ![]() The overall tone feels like it's about recovery from alcoholism - ".empty coffee cup", "Still wake up with shaking hands" allude to that What ties the verses together is the sense of guilt and disorientation, and that there's a higher power judging him (".the sun look angry at me")- that's sort of where 12 step programs take you.
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