"Poor Poor Pitiful Me" is is a song composed by Warren Zevon for his 1976 album, Warren Zevon.
About the Song
Keeping with Zevon's sardonic lyrical style, the song vents various complaints about a failed suicide, domestic abuse, and a brush with sadomasochism. Along with its first appearance on on Zevon's 1976 Album, it also appears on the 2004 tribute album Enjoy Every Sandwich, with it being covered by Jackson Browne with Bonnie Raitt.
Covers
Linda Ronstadt recorded a gender-altered version of the song in 1977. Ronstadt's interpretation was released on the multi-platinum album Simple Dreams. Released as a single (on the Asylum label, #45462), Ronstadt's version of the song debuted on the Hot 100 charts February 18, 1978, and peaked at the No. 31 position after nine weeks. Simple Dreams also contained another Zevon song, "Carmelita."
The song was also covered by Canadian punk band SNFU on the cassette release of their 1984 album ...And No One Else Wanted To Play.
Song Lyrics
I'd lay my head on the railroad tracks
And wait for the Double "E"
But the railroad don't run no more
Poor, poor pitiful me
Poor, poor pitiful me
Poor, poor pitiful me
These young girls won't let me be
Lord have mercy on me
Woe is me
Well, I met a girl in West Hollywood
I ain't naming names
She really worked me over good
She was just like Jesse James
She really worked me over good
She was a credit to her gender
She put me through some changes, Lord
Sort of like a Waring blender
Poor, poor pitiful me
Poor, poor pitiful me
These young girls won't let me be
Lord have mercy on me
Woe is me
Well, I met a girl at the Rainbow bar
She asked me if I'd beat her
She took me back to the Hyatt House
I don't want to talk about it
Poor, poor pitiful me
Poor, poor pitiful me
These young girls won't let me be
Lord have mercy on me
Woe is me
See Also
- Warren Zevon
- Enjoy Every Sandwich: Songs of Warren Zevon
- A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon
- I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology)
- Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon
- Preludes: Rare and Unreleased Recordings
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