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I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (Alternate Version)

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(Note from Zevonfan1--I greatly prefer the alternate reading of "And I DON'T intend to use it on myself")

So much to do, there's plenty on the farm
I'll sleep when I'm dead
Saturday night I like to raise a little harm
I'll sleep when I'm dead

I'm drinking heartbreak motor oil and Bombay gin
I'll sleep when I'm dead
Straight from the bottle, twisted again
I'll sleep when I'm dead

Well, I take this medicine as prescribed
I'll sleep when I'm dead
It don't matter if I get a little tired
I'll sleep when I'm dead

I've got a .38 special up on the shelf
I'll sleep when I'm dead
If I start acting stupid
I'll shoot myself
I'll sleep when I'm dead

So much to do, there's plenty on the farm
I'll sleep when I'm dead
Saturday night I like to raise a little harm
I'll sleep when I'm dead

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (Alternate Version)

🎵 Warren Zevon

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Hasten Down the Wind (2008 Remaster)

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The French Inhaler (2008 Remaster)

Mohammed's Radio (2008 Remaster)

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2008 Remaster)

Carmelita (2008 Remaster)

Join Me in L.A. (2008 Remaster)

Desperados Under the Eaves (2008 Remaster)

Frank and Jesse James (Solo Piano Demo)

The French Inhaler (Solo Piano Demo)

Hasten Down the Wind (Band Demo)

Carmelita (1974 Demo)

Mohammed's Radio (Solo Piano Demo)

Backs Turned Looking Down the Path (Take 1 - 1/28/76)

Join Me in L.A. (Take 2 - 11/20/75)

Poor Poor Pitiful Me (Alternate Version)

Frank and Jesse James (Alternate Version)

Mohammed's Radio (Take 2 - 11/6/75)

The French Inhaler (Take 1 - 1/13/76)

Carmelita (Alternate Version)

Desperados Under the Eaves (Take 2 - 1/13/76)

Mama Couldn't Be Pursuaded (Live WMMS 10/13/76)

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