Warren Zevon - Accidentally Like A Martyr Lyrics

waddy told hime to write 2 more songs for the album, so he wrote this and Tenderness.

I really like that this is a sad song about a dying relationship with no blame assigned. Sometimes shit just happens.

Great way to put it.

What can you say about a song writing legend?

Dylan named an album "Time out of mind" after this song

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as much as we toss around the word genius, this is one time it applies. warren was a genius and is missed.

Tell me why he isn't in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

got me beat

tell me why I can't get this song out of my head after fifteen years?

He looks the creepiest on this album artwork than anywhere else.

Legend.

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Possibly one of the most touching, human songs ever written and he's mostly famous for a song about werewolves.

enjoy every sandwich

Just lovely wonderful lyrics great playing and Warren's super singing Declan

Accidentally Like A Martyr
Warren Zevon

The phone don't ring
And the sun refused to shine
Never thought I'd have to pay so dearly
For what was already mine
For such a long, long time

We made mad love
Shadow love
Random love
And abandoned love
Accidentally like a martyr
The hurt gets worse and the heart gets harder

The days slide by
Should have done, should have done, we all sigh
Never thought I'd ever be so lonely
After such a long, long time
Time out of mind

We made mad love
Shadow love
Random love
And abandoned love
Accidentally like a martyr
The hurt gets worse and the heart gets harder


Written by: WARREN WILLIAM ZEVON
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

The ultimate song for a first love

Jann Wenner is a dick who's keeping WZ out of the HOF for personal reasons

Wore this album out, had to buy another copy. Every few years I put it on the old Dual 1249 turntable and listen to it on the Harmon Kardon A-500 tube amp and the warm analog sound just floats around the air. Some of you out there know what I'm talking about.

Great song. Similar to Late for the Sky by Jackson Browne.

I’m just discovering this song in 2019 via the War on Drugs cover but wow what a damn good song..Warren Zevon lives on

Gone way to soon.

33 years old, still listening Warren <3 ya my friend enjoy those sandwiches

Pure genius...left too soon.

Warren Zevon. Irreplaceable One. I hear this glorious, gorgeous voice singing songs only a TRUE God Of Music could write....I've been reading fresh rake-ups of Warren's old indiscretions, and it fills me with such disgust...people whose only claim to fame is that they knew him, sifting over old mistakes Warren fought so hard to make up for. WHEN will the sorrows HE suffered, the loneliness HE felt, the hurt OTHERS caused HIM balance the scales, and allow those of us who love and accept him "warts and all" the peaceful joy of revering a truly IRREPLACEABLE ONE, and to HELL with all the Perfect People who never made a mistake? Y'know....I do believe I'm there. Shine On, Bright Spirit! You truly Live Forever, Warren...human from the beginning, perfectly Perfect at last.....

I never cared for this song back in the day...35 years later I hear it on a local rock station and suddenly i can't hear it enough.

Set the bar high didn't he!

brings me to tears...every time...

That is a beautiful song.

The world actually needs more Warren Zevon.

The background vocals (Karla Bonoff, Jackson Brown and Kenny Edwards are simply ASTOUNDING

Warren is my God of Music, and my Legend. And everyone knows God's and Legends NEVER die. Warren lives still....
...out there on the edge of dreams.....

Warren Zevon had a sweet, sweet deep heart. I treasure his music.

time out of mind - now who used that as an album title

Cheers to rocky loves that can climb mountains

shoulda done...shoulda done...we all sigh.

Linda Ronstadt's background harmonies are just icing on the cake.

ok, this song hit home , thought that wound was healed . That last line eh.

Still perfect for me

Random love and abandoned love...

Found out about him because of a direct quote by the band "the cumshots", wow this is a lot to process

This dude ,,,,,wow,,,,sooooo good !

That little piano riff always gets to me.....

The phone don't ring
And the sun refused to shine
Never thought I'd have to pay so dearly
For what was already mine
For such a long, long time

We made mad love
Shadow love
Random love
And abandoned love
Accidentally like a martyr
The hurt gets worse and the heart gets harder

The days slide by
Should have done, should have done, we all sigh
Never thought I'd ever be so lonely
After such a long, long time
Time out of mind

We made mad love
Shadow love
Random love
And abandoned love
Accidentally like a martyr
The hurt gets worse and the heart gets harder

Accidentally Like A Martyr
Warren Zevon

The phone don't ring
And the sun refused to shine
Never thought I'd have to pay so dearly
For what was already mine
For such a long, long time

We made mad love
Shadow love
Random love
And abandoned love
Accidentally like a martyr
The hurt gets worse and the heart gets harder

The days slide by
Should have done, should have done, we all sigh
Never thought I'd ever be so lonely
After such a long, long time
Time out of mind

We made mad love
Shadow love
Random love
And abandoned love
Accidentally like a martyr
The hurt gets worse and the heart gets harder


Written by: WARREN WILLIAM ZEVON
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

For Nece

He still doesn't get enough credit.. this album is a masterpiece

He wrote so many great songs and is so sorely missed.

Backed by 70s LA studio royalty.

For me, this is his best song from a catalogue of amazing work.

We lost a GREAT fella.

Enjoy Every Sandwich :(

sounds like Clayton though very Gordon lightfoot good

anyone got the chirds for this I find it in f key but I could be wrong Holla back

I can't get to my piano but on guitar it seems to be in F so I think you're right. Not sure of the progression, but see what you can do with F, C and Bflat.
I'm not sure what the minor keys might be.

Sarah Eff yep that's basically it with a few other little chords thrown in. great tune indeed

Fabulous!

"The phone don't ring
And the sun refused to shine
Never thought I'd have to pay so dearly
For what was already mine
For such a long, long time

We made mad love
Shadow love
Random love
And abandoned love
Accidentally like a martyr
The hurt gets worse and the heart gets harder

The days slide by
Should have done, should have done, we all sigh
Never thought I'd ever be so lonely
After such a long, long time
Time out of mind

We made mad love
Shadow love
Random love
And abandoned love
Accidentally like a martyr
The hurt gets worse and the heart gets harder"

Baa.

"We made man love. Shadow love. Random love and TANDEM love! Accidentally like a martyr!"

And now for the dirty part: "The hurt gets worse and my cock gets harder!" 😂

haha
yeah actually
"mad love"
and "heart gets harder"
funny likeness though :D

I love Warren Zevon

the best break-up song ever written

Almost got out in that way so many times so may times. It is alot harder to get out of here then on may thing or ever believe. I wish you better.

What a beautiful song. Warren Zevon was such an under-appreciated songwriter and artist. Rest easy.

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Excitable Boy lp...WOW!  Yeah, I know he wrote several very nice lps, but this album has at least eight killer cuts opening with the incredible "Johnny Strikes Up The Band"

THAT'S the opening song?!? I guess I forgot! DAMN what an album! 😲

He did so very many many great ones it's very hard to choose, but I would have to choose "The French Inhaler"

I love Mr. Bad Example. Except for the not having a penis thing, that song could have been my life story.

third video in a row that has the same fucking commercial....

Thanks

Rock of the Marne!

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There will never be another be another Warren Zevon.

Dakota Robinson I don’t know whether to give that a thumbs up or a thumbs down.

No; but have you given a listen to Eamon McGrath?

@Paul Bradley's Wild Within I have now.

Just as there can only be ONE Michaelangelo, ONE da Vinci, ONE van Gogh, ONE Rembrandt, ONE Mozart, ONE Beethoven, ONE Einstein, ONE Hemingway..there can only be ONE WARREN ZEVON. They didn't break the mould when they made Warren...HELL NO! He sprang, his brilliance already white-hot and aggressive, straight from the blazing heart of GENIUS. Like a runaway tornado, Warren blazed his way across the World Of Music, kicking ass and taking names. Along the way, he touched our hearts and fired our imaginations, and taught us how it feels to really FEEL. Thank you, WZ!

soarly missed...your music helped me through some rough times man...r I p

same here...

Same here

Jason Burke. Me too. Warren gave me the strength to survive.

Such a lovely song...without a trace of cynisicm.

Dan Hylander , that is well put.

Warren was a force of nature ! so fucking Awesome

When Warren was dying, I saw Bob Dylan do this in a tender homage. Magical.

That is pure honey sweetness.

My boy friend likes this very much...!

what is YOUR opinion?

Warren Zevon.  Wow.  You wrote such fabulous songs, and played them brilliantly.  You are missed.

We gotta remember guys, he's a satirical musician. Don't look too much into it, take it for what it is. This ain't Pink Floyd

@Sidney Meyer Yes, satire never reveals anything worth knowing

The hurt gets worse
And the heart gets harder

Just like heroin addiction. Funny how being addicted to dope and being in love are so similar.

There is a girl out there somewhere, lost in the mists of time that I wish I could send this too.


If you don't cry when you hear this you have no heart.

It's so beutf

53 years old here .. and yes there is for me one of those loves out there lost in the mysts of time for sure

Yeah, Man, I get it.

Amazing Warren you are truly an outstanding singer, songwriter, and person. RIP Warren Zevon! We miss you and Robert Petersen!

Oh God. Tell me about it Warren. This chick has had a lot of heartbreaks and heartaches.

I know the world's biggest WZ fan but I'm not too aware of his stuff, tbh..

Needs to be in the RnR Hall of Fame

Truer words, friend.

no he was a wife beater

Ah, the world's greatest "anti-love" song. Such heartache. Makes me want to swear off of relationships...Oh wait, I already did. Thanks Warren. R.I.P

Tough to choose, but this my favorite of his songs.........RIP, Warren.

tough choice..... but its your choice...
doesn't matter that i think you chose wrong..

Same rip warren

When Bob Dylan covers this song...I think you chose right.

still the best

The phone dont ring. No no

Love this song... one of my favorites by Zevon.  So many to choose from though.  His songs and lyrics are never overly complicated but almost always brilliant.

saw him in atlanta1982?

a great piece of music

Zevon was in a class by himself...brilliant lyrics and great melodies...the world is definitely a worse place without his talents...such a great storyteller..he never sold out for commercial success

Cheer up...99 likes, now.

This is one of the set of Warren songs that Dylan sang in concert before and after Warren died. Dylan has said since that Warren was "a musician's musician."

I didn't know that. Thank you.

As much as I like the zero dislikes the mere 58 likes is unacceptable

It's our job to share the music with the world brother.

Four years later and there are 856 likes. Still unacceptable.

My parents like most peoples parents were not perfect, they sure knew their music though which is why I listen to Waren

Rich V I hope my children say the same. My daughter has already stole my Warren CDs

@1:18 with piano then pedal steel...wow!

At least when he did this live, what sounds like a pedal steel is actually the guitar player on an LP.

Alex Tahti Not steel. The magical guitar of Waddy Wachtel

Fucking brutal genius. 

Zevon was an incredible writer, yes similar to Browne, but I have to put him above. He wrote his point like a poet while browne wrote more what he thought would sell.

Extremely Poignant
The Guy Was A Genius
RIP Warren

Thanks for clearing that up

They are both tremendous artists

Warren and Jackson Browne were very similar in their writing styles. Warren is like Jackson Browne with a sidearm. The two are 1 and 1A in my book. I would probably gravitate more to Jackson Browne simply because he has more material. But on any given day my preference could shift.

It's the most beautiful song I've heard and I've thought so for years. Warren was a genius, there is absolutely no one else like him. I miss him, all the time.

Thank you.