Zevon, Warren - I Was In The House When The House Burned Down Lyrics

enjoy every sandwich. even if it's a shit sandwich.

burn baby burn!

❤❤❤

Who's on the harp?

I remember cruising along the only highway on Guam listening to this song my last year of high school. Thanks for helping to make things interesting, Warren.

I wish I was jamming with him

Me,too.

Great drumming on this track.

this song reminds me of my crazy american Irish family

Lmao!! Maybe Scorsese will make a movie someday

Rip Warren. We all die, but you could have still rocked in your old age I bet. You were a genius.

Great song god I really wish I had found this guys music earlier

Seen him live wish i could again.

Anyone else get shivers when he hits those high notes?

Fucking excellent song

The man, the myth, the legend. He will live on forever!

18 dislikes - sad people

"The reason I put the skull with my glasses on every album is because it reminds me not to take myself seriously. Most people do take themselves seriously in this job, but so as long as I have that skull wearing my glasses beaming back at me from my luggage tags and shit, it tends to remind me before it's too late, that I better lighten up a little bit."- Warren Zevon

Yeah,that man kinda changed my life. Thanks Warren,cheers wherever you are.

GOOD onya, ThermoNuclear GR....Warren Zevon is ALIVE! Gods and Legends never die...and WARREN ZEVON IS BOTH!!!!!!!

The Martha Wainwright version brought me here, love them both

One of the best singer/songwriters ever! And, only Warren could help the man with the thorny crown carry his cross thru town!

What a great song. Better hope you never have to sing it...

That motherfucker had a heavy cross

i got hi n burnt down my house today already new my song i really was in the house when it burnt down asleap

One of my faves.

Zevon is still a cult legend,I seen him live 25 times,,,,,he was the best

Victor Modjeski I got to see him once, in a small club in philly in 84. FANTASTIC! He was solo, played all of the different instruments per song. 1st time I heard Boom Boom Mancini! (I actually watched that fite live, on ABC’s Wide World of Sports. Boom, knocked Kim out, and he never got up, died a couple days later.)

now the river will drown the non believers

how is it that a great song like this only has about 90,000 views but a twat like Lady Gaga has hundreds of millions for the crap she puts out?

Matt One of the many symptoms of societal decay.

his ghost can come an scare me anytime, ahhhhh yikes.. whoaa

Jeff Steberg as

LOVE WARREN.

a true genius and a great loss

Takes a lot of balls to be the one guy that voted this down.

Ian Victorine No, not guts. AAOT, dude: Absolute Absence Of Taste. ZEVON LIVES!!!

So Awkward No, jackass...ZEVON set the place ablaze...then laughed at fools like you, watching his World from the outside looking in...ZEVON LIVES!!!

He died in his house fire

No...just absolute lack of brains and taste in music. Must be a rap "music" afficionado....Ye Gawds!! Warren Zevon...God of Music, Legend. Who could ask for more.......????

@Brenda Harper looks like we found him

1 downer thumb downer. Baa.

Toughen Up, Fluffy wow

Reminds me of my days in southern florida .Crazy times

He knows.

"I had the shit till it all got smoked
I kept the promise till the vow got broke
I had to drink from the lovin' cup
I stood on the banks till the river rose up

I saw the bride in her wedding gown
I was in the house when the house burned down

I may be old and I may be bent
But I had the money 'til it all got spent
I had the money 'til they made me pay
Then I had the sense to be on my way

I had to stay in the underground
I was in the house when the house burned down

I was in the house when the house burned down
I met the man with the thorny crown
I helped Him carry his cross through town
I was in the house when the house burned down

I was in the house when the house burned down
I met the man with the thorny crown
I helped Him carry his cross through town
I was in the house when the house burned down

I had the shit till it all got smoked
I kept the promise till the vow got broke
I had to drink from the lovin' cup
I stood on the banks till the river rose up

I saw the bride in her wedding gown
I was in the house when the house burned down"

Baa.

vic henley sent me here

What the fuck ! Only 197 thumbs up...it should be thousands like selloutica has !

Metallica has more likes that pisses me off

Warren is still the best miss him daily

warren was always an angel

how funny one solitary down vote, 177 to 1, how fucking funny ! miss warren !! amazing song, maybe his masterpiece

That thumbs-down was the guy that set fire to the house.

thanks laughing my ass off !! still laughing...

Haha, he was a volunteer and got fined for setting it himself.

Always one arshole in the crowd

Is this about Paul of Tarsus?

I'm wondering why you're asking that, I've looked at the lyrics but IDK how it could be about Paul. Hopefully you see this comment because I'm super curious! God bless.

You enjoyed every sandwich my sweet hubby, Party on in heaven!

This is brilliant. One of his best songs and one I have only just found. Where have I been?

Hey I'm 17 he died when I was like 3 or 4... where was I this whole time he was making awesome music? Not even born. At least you were probably alive to experiece all this great music!

He opened the show with this prior to recording it for the album.  It was amazing!

He's passed on, but his music remains - soak it up and share it so others can feel what he gave us of himself while he was here.

I trust that you have been making up for lost time!

I just found it

YouTube

Damn, didn't know that he had said that about the song. I'm a younger guy who didn't know who this guy was until a few years after he was dead. Wont date myself because people hate that on the 'comments' section, but I wish other people understood this strange magic.

WELCOME, kid !!

Mathus Q s

I like what he said the song was about. During his heavy drinking days he didn't realize he had a problem and then after he sober up it dawn on him "I was in the house when the house burnt down"

miss this guy every day, if god exists and doesn't love him then send me to hell!!

oh how it has fallen!

Screw religions - WZ is a religion all of His own.

no, he was in his reality

Heading out tonight on the town.....gonna bring along my matches....

i helped him carry his cross through town. im a jew and i stilllove this

so was Warren

3

but still

come on y'allzes

Gorillaz rock the house

why are there only 2 of us?

good version its allburnin go for it