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− | '''"Trouble Waiting to Happen"''' is a humorous song from the [[Warren Zevon]] album [[Sentimental Hygiene]]. |
+ | '''"Trouble Waiting to Happen"''' is a humorous song from the [[Warren Zevon]] comeback album, ''[[Sentimental Hygiene]]''. |
== About the Song == |
== About the Song == |
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− | As the title would suggest, the song's theme is about the narrator describing various troubles that are facing him. These include the third and fourth world wars and being slandered in the [[wikipedia:Rolling Stone|Rolling Stone]] (With Zevon commenting on what he had supposedly done as sounding "like a lot of fun"). The line may be a reference to the fact that after disappointing sales of his [[The Envoy]] album, [[wikipedia:Asylum Records|Asylum Records]] dropped Zevon, but never told him about what they had done. He found out in the end by reading the gossip column of the Rolling Stone. The song ends with a warning that trouble is waiting to happen to us all, and a repeated chorus of the songs title. |
+ | As the title would suggest, the song's theme is about the narrator describing various troubles that are facing him. These include the third and fourth world wars and being slandered in the ''[[wikipedia:Rolling Stone|Rolling Stone]]'' (With Zevon commenting on what he had supposedly done as sounding "like a lot of fun"). The line may be a reference to the fact that after disappointing sales of his ''[[The Envoy]]'' album, [[wikipedia:Asylum Records|Asylum Records]] dropped Zevon, but never told him about what they had done. He found out in the end by reading the gossip column of the ''Rolling Stone''. The song ends with a warning that trouble is waiting to happen to us all, and a repeated chorus of the songs title. The song is similar to another song on the album, "[[Bad Karma]]". |
==Song Lyrics == |
==Song Lyrics == |
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I woke up this morning and fell out of bed |
I woke up this morning and fell out of bed |
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== See Also == |
== See Also == |
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Latest revision as of 21:39, 25 August 2009
"Trouble Waiting to Happen" is a humorous song from the Warren Zevon comeback album, Sentimental Hygiene.
About the Song[]
As the title would suggest, the song's theme is about the narrator describing various troubles that are facing him. These include the third and fourth world wars and being slandered in the Rolling Stone (With Zevon commenting on what he had supposedly done as sounding "like a lot of fun"). The line may be a reference to the fact that after disappointing sales of his The Envoy album, Asylum Records dropped Zevon, but never told him about what they had done. He found out in the end by reading the gossip column of the Rolling Stone. The song ends with a warning that trouble is waiting to happen to us all, and a repeated chorus of the songs title. The song is similar to another song on the album, "Bad Karma".
Song Lyrics[]
Note: the text of this song's lyrics is not under the same copyright license as the wiki's encyclopedic text, it is used under fair use/dealing.
I woke up this morning and fell out of bed
Trouble waiting to happen
Should've quit while I was ahead
Trouble waiting to happen
I turned on the news to the Third World War
Opened up the paper to World War IV
Just when I thought it was safe to be bored
Trouble waiting to happen
Trouble waiting to happen
The mailman brought me the Rolling Stone
Trouble waiting to happen
It said I was living at home alone
Trouble waiting to happen
I read things I didn't know I'd done
It sounded like a lot of fun
I guess I've been bad or something
Trouble waiting to happen
Trouble waiting to happen
Trouble waiting to happen
Teardrops ready to start
Trouble waiting to happen to my heart
This just ain't gonna be my day
Trouble waiting to happen
Things just ain't gonna go my way
Trouble waiting to happen
My day was over by a quarter to ten
I climbed right back into bed again
I'd write this down if I could hold a pen
I might get better but I don't know when
So I'm gonna wait right here 'til then
Trouble waiting to happen
Trouble waiting to happen
Trouble waiting to happen
Teardrops ready to fall
Trouble waiting to happen to us all
See Also[]
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