Warren Zevon - The Indifference Of Heaven Lyrics

David Lindley does a great cover of this song.

Warren Zevon should be required listening for every one living.

yes his insights to humanity are unmatched

Enjoy every sandwich ...

WARREN. JUST......WARREN. No more is needed.

Time marches on
Time stands still
Time on my hands
Time to kill
Blood on my hands
And my hands in the till
Down at the seven-eleven
Gentle rain
Falls on me
All life folds back
Into the sea
We contemplate eternity
Beneath the vast indifference of heaven

The past seems realer than the present to me now
I've got memories to last me
When the sky is gray
The way it is today
I remember the times when I was happy

Same old sun
Same old moon
It's the same old story
Same old tune
They all say
Someday soon
My sins will all be forgiven
Gentle rain
Falls on me
All life folds back
Into the sea
We contemplate eternity
Beneath the vast indifference of heaven

They say "Everything's all right"
They say "Better days are near"
They tell us "These are the good times"
But they don't live around here
Billy and Christie don't
Bruce and Patti don't
They don't live around here

I had a girl
Now she's gone
She left town
Town burned down
Nothing left
But the sound
Of the front door closing forever

Gentle rain
Falls on me
All life folds back
Into the sea
We contemplate eternity
Beneath the vast indifference of heaven

-Warren Zevon

B Joel and B Springsteen cited here.

Brilliant.Just brilliant.

Such a great song

The point is, Warren credits this song as being inspired by Martin Amis...my own contribution has been forgotten...

You were a link in a chain. Did you want credit? You just gave it to yourself.

Before it gets lost in the mists of time, could I just say I was sitting with Warren Zevon drinking black coffee in London's Blakes hotel in 1992. I gave him a copy of Martin Amis's 'Time's Arrow,' and talked to him about Mart, whose writing he did not know. Just Sayin'

That's a little gem to treasure among your memories

i bet warren didnt take his coffee black :)

Lucky guy ♥️ Warren.

Truly one of the most emotional songs in rock music... thanks Warren... you were a true music genius

Love you WZ.

"The don't live around here" indeed

Very rarely do you get an artist that will actually bleed his fucking soul into his music. This man saved me from a very ugly suicide attempt. If only more people could dig deep and stop saying "someday soon."
If we learned anything from the Grateful Dead; "the only time is now"
But Jerry dont live around here. John Mayer bought that house 🤨

Donald and Melania don't.

Double Hidden Hand. Good for you Warren! God Bless you.

Jump into this song if you dare.....you won't come out the same...

I love reading the comments here lauding the great artist.

Heavy shit Warren.

Beethoven! Lives!

the jesse ventura inauguration ball...werewolfs of London..wow

Warren we are grateful for all the great music you gifted us, RIPEACE.

Happy Birthday Warren!

Forever Missed!

Who is this maniac and why am I listening to him?...oh yah.....I do live around here and he's a fucking good imo....

How does a great song by a great artist turn into a political discussion by morons?

I imagine it goes like this: (I’m probably wrong) All one can do is appreciate what you can appreciate, be grateful and hope to be a little less bitter man.

the live version with him playing the 12-string guitar is a bit better.

I always have that thought when I hear the studio version begin

Agreed.

Brilliant song !

Who's singing with Warren?

A lot of others. Check them out.

I would sacrifice several of my most revered and cherished artists - Townshend, Waters, McCartney, Jagger/Richards,... - if it meant I could get this guy back for another 10-15 years.

Nobody felt life with such uncowardly courage as This Dude. God Bless you Warren.

Warren never really left us, you know. At least, that's true from MY point of view. See...Warren Zevon is my God...my only Deity.....my Golden God Of Music and a True Legend. And since REAL Gods and Legends NEVER DIE...Warren Zevon is still VERY MUCH ALIVE...in my heart, in my soul...he lives FOREVER, out there on The Edge Of Dreams....in every note of every song he ever sang...and in every crumb of every sandwich I enjoy....WARREN ZEVON LIVES!!! FOREVER!!!

@Dave Crabtree Happy New Year! Hah! Another year with Warren blessing another Plane Of Existence, it's a contradiction of terms, to my mind. But, friend, I LIVE each day because he taught me how. So.....yeah...Happy New Year, and Zevon Lives! Sincerely meant...

I mean, you're probably gonna be sacrificing most of them in the next 10 years anyway. They're all around 75.

@ShastaOrange Yeah..."The Greats", as I think of them, ARE a tad bit long in the tooth. That's sad ...just as Warren himself would have been 72 this past Jan.24th. And he would have DETESTED it. As he himself said so poignantly,
'I dont wanna grow old gracefully; I don't wanna go til it's TOO LATE" The Irreplaceable One KNEW he wouldn't make old bones....56 was NOT old by any standards....

14 years today RIP

Whoever disliked this is a sad sad person

Probably because something bad happened to a clown

But they don't live around here...

I discovered how goddamm great a composer and poet Warren Zevon was just recently. GENIUS IS ALL THAT COMES TO MIND. PLUS A LOT MORE. ..I'M HAPPY TO HAVE MET YOUR MUSIC. SHALOM ALEICHEM WARREN OF BLESSED MEMORY . HOPE TO MEET YOUR NESHOMA SOME NITE IN THE WIND. I'LL GO OFF THE WAGON AND BUY U A PINT OF GUINNESS. ME TOO. OH, THE SONGS WE SHALL SING ON STREETS OF GALWAY CITY! MOUCHOS GRACIAS AMIGO. Y HASTA SIEMPRE.

I discovered how goddamm great a composer and poet Warren Zevon was just recently. GENIUS IS ALL THAT COMES TO MIND. PLUS A LOT MORE. ..I'M HAPPY TO HAVE MET YOUR MUSIC. SHALOM ALEICHEM WARREN OF BLESSED MEMORY . HOPE TO MEET YOUR NESHOMA SOME NITE IN THE WIND. I'LL GO OFF THE WAGON AND BUY U A PINT OF GUINNESS. ME TOO. OH, THE SONGS WE SHALL SING ON STREETS OF GALWAY CITY! MOUCHOS GRACIAS AMIGO. Y HASTA SIEMPRE. James Taylor

I discovered how goddamm great a composer and poet Warren Zevon was just recently. GENIUS IS ALL THAT COMES TO MIND. PLUS A LOT MORE. ..I'M HAPPY TO HAVE MET YOUR MUSIC. SHALOM ALEICHEM WARREN OF BLESSED MEMORY . HOPE TO MEET YOUR NESHOMA SOME NITE IN THE WIND. I'LL GO OFF THE WAGON AND BUY U A PINT OF GUINNESS. ME TOO. OH, THE SONGS WE SHALL SING ON STREETS OF GALWAY CITY! MOUCHOS GRACIAS AMIGO. Y HASTA SIEMPRE. James Taylor

I discovered how goddamm great a composer and poet Warren Zevon was just recently. GENIUS IS ALL THAT COMES TO MIND. PLUS A LOT MORE. ..I'M HAPPY TO HAVE MET YOUR MUSIC. SHALOM ALEICHEM WARREN OF BLESSED MEMORY . HOPE TO MEET YOUR NESHOMA SOME NITE IN THE WIND. I'LL GO OFF THE WAGON AND BUY U A PINT OF GUINNESS. ME TOO. OH, THE SONGS WE SHALL SING ON STREETS OF GALWAY CITY! MOUCHOS GRACIAS AMIGO. Y HASTA SIEMPRE.

I discovered how goddamm great a composer and poet Warren Zevon was just recently. GENIUS IS ALL THAT COMES TO MIND. PLUS A LOT MORE. ..I'M HAPPY TO HAVE MET YOUR MUSIC. SHALOM ALEICHEM WARREN OF BLESSED MEMORY . HOPE TO MEET YOUR NESHOMA SOME NITE IN THE WIND. I'LL GO OFF THE WAGON AND BUY U A PINT OF GUINNESS. ME TOO. OH, THE SONGS WE SHALL SING ON STREETS OF GALWAY CITY! MOUCHOS GRACIAS AMIGO. Y HASTA SIEMPRE.

I discovered how goddamm great a composer and poet Warren Zevon was just recently. GENIUS IS ALL THAT COMES TO MIND. PLUS A LOT MORE. ..I'M HAPPY TO HAVE MET YOUR MUSIC. SHALOM ALEICHEM WARREN OF BLESSED MEMORY . HOPE TO MEET YOUR NESHOMA SOME NITE IN THE WIND. I'LL GO OFF THE WAGON AND BUY U A PINT OF GUINNESS. ME TOO. OH, THE SONGS WE SHALL SING ON STREETS OF GALWAY CITY! MOUCHOS GRACIAS AMIGO. Y HASTA SIEMPRE.
Ja

I discovered how goddamm great a composer and poet Warren Zevon was just recently. GENIUS IS ALL THAT COMES TO MIND. PLUS A LOT MORE. ..I'M HAPPY TO HAVE MET YOUR MUSIC. SHALOM ALEICHEM WARREN OF BLESSED MEMORY . HOPE TO MEET YOUR NESHOMA SOME NITE IN THE WIND. I'LL GO OFF THE WAGON AND BUY U A PINT OF GUINNESS. ME TOO. OH, THE SONGS WE SHALL SING ON STREETS OF GALWAY CITY! MOUCHOS GRACIAS AMIGO. Y HASTA SIEMPRE.
JT

"They say everything is all right they say these are the good times but they don't live around here the Clintons don't Trump and Barack they don't live around here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All ART is political.

@Raymond Moser You know what? A great percentage of the time , that is correct.

Goood

#‎OdedFriedGaon ‪#OdedMusic

Nobody could capture the essence of personal sadness quite like Warren Zevon. So often he was able to say all of the things we could not nor were allowed to say.

Fuck what people "allow" to do. Rock out with your fucking Cock out. Listen to the mutineer.

Excellent.

Townes Van Zandt

Bill morrissey

one of the most beautifully written songs by master of the craft Mr. Warren Zevon

rezervoardogs s

we lost a poet, a seer, a troubadour, a daring explorer, and, yes, a genuinely GOOD man because of the vast indifference of heaven. And we are so much the poorer for that loss. Requiescat in pace, Warren.

+Kat Harper Warren found immortality through his music. Can't take that away. This is such a spiritual song for atheists.

AMEN!! ☆♡☆

I wrote that 4 years ago, and the pain of his loss is as sharp, as genuinely TERRIBLE as it was the day I heard the most amazing Spirit to grace this World had flown to a BETTER REALITY. I still miss him like I miss my own soul. My Brody understands...I'm a lucky girl.

aural heaven on display.

dark pleasure

Their is nothing left but the sound of the front closing forever gentle rain falls on me and all life  folds back into the sea 

 they say everything is  allright they say better days are near they tells us these are the good times   but they don't live around here                    Barack and Michelle don't George & Laura don't and Bill and Hillary Don't they don't live around HERE 

brian, in kindness and without condescension,for i am insignificant, the leaders, as if, the faces of power, and even that is but a 'seeming', live apart to denote their position.if we could see them easily,well, think of marat and charlotte corday or lenin and fania goldman( i hope that was her name.....) what would you share with them, our leaders and their consorts of today? and what would it change?

Great son warren!!!

Zevon lives!!!!

Time marches on and the music stands still. Top five Zevon, definitely.

What are the other four iyo?