My son asked me to be sure this song was played at his funeral. He was a perfectly healthy 32 year old. I told him I wouldn't be around when that time came, but about 3 months later I honored his wish. RIP John - I will keep you in my heart forever and a day. Love, Mom
His ticket may have been punched, but his will to survive was stronger. I think he hung on for a few personal reasons, including if I am not mistaken the birth of his daughter's child, his grandchild. And, of course, to finish the album. He reached out to many friends and acquaintances to join him on the album, that was part of his genius as a singer/songwriter.
I have terminal cancer, and am in my final months, if not weeks. This song goes out to every living soul who has been a special part of my life for the past 68 years. We’ve lived, we’ve loved, we’ve laughed, we’ve cried, we were always there for each other. Please continue to do that for the special people in your own lives, cherish your life, cherish the ones you love, cherish the ones who love you. Remember that everyone who enters your circle during your life has something of value to offer. Cherish that. God bless all.
I played this song at my husband's funeral 13 years ago. He passed away at 48 years old. William Cribbs 4/15/1962 - 3/11/2011 These years have gone by so fast. I sure do miss you Willie. Love Deidra 🩵💙🩵💙
@@B0st0n7 Your sibling/loved one would not want you to be in pain or undue grief. Think about whatever good that person brought to you, which I hope was much, and then move forward in a positve direction. Your loved one would've surely wanted it that way for you.
I'm a nurse and I play this whenever I lose one of my beloved patients. People say "I couldn't do it... it's too depressing" but for me, it's the opposite. I know the difference I make in their day and their lives. I think of every smile, laugh, dance and hug they wouldn't get if I wasn't there. I try to bring all the joy possible to their final days. 😢❤
I miss my grabdpa so much 😢😢😢 I have a major important meeting at work today and this song came on as if he was here reminding me how rockstar ae are. Thanks grandpa I love you
My beautiful brother George died April 16th April 2022 it was quick blood clot he had this song at the end 💔 😢 lm still in shock beautiful song sorry for you loss its hard isnt it
the way Warren dealt with his illness, the way he carried himself was an amazing display of bravery and class. he was a remarkable talent and person. R.I.P.
Just lost my tia last night to stage 4. Grateful to say she was surrounded by her family and she took her last breath after we all said amen when accompanied in a prayer by her pastor. Ill always keep her in my heart. Thank you all for your own stories🙏 sorry for your loss as well
Wow, that's sad his cancer was inoperable & he made this song based on knowing he was going to die. I liked it as soon as I heard it (on "According to Jim"). I like that it's 70s & folkish, makes me nastalic . . . ✌
Since my last comment, I've been diagnosed with a serious lung disease, and breathing is sometimes difficult and painful, I've never been a smoker, so feel a little bit cheated .The line in this song "The wheels keep turning, but i'm running out of breath" just about sums me up. However, i'm still here, and enjoy listening to Warren Zevon songs RIP Warren.
My best friend of 67 years passed just recently and forever in my heart. Was my best ever buddy. Cancer claimed him. Rest in peace forever in my heart.
I lost my husband of almost 51yrs.He introduced me to this song. I'd cry as he sung it. He will be in my heart ❤️ untill I am blessed to meet again in Heaven. The song brings tears always 😢😢😢I will always love ❤️ u honney. 7 kisses 💋 😘
My husband passed away April of 2021 from bladder cancer. I had heard this song, I believe, on Grey's Anatomy or another medically-related show. I researched the words and had them posted inside the bulletin we handed out at my husband's memorial service. I keep the home fires burning, no matter what. I will keep Mike in my heart every minute of every day.
This song was played at my cousin's funeral. I had never heard it before even though I was a fan of Warren's. Shortly, thereafter, my dad passed. I asked that it be played at the end of his service. This song has touched my ❤ like no other...
I am so sorry for your loss. I feel your pain as it never dissipates. I come from a large family and am now without my parents and my oldest brother so there is definitely a hole in my heart. There will come a time when you remember all the fun and crazy times you shared. Cherish those memories.
Hi all. I'm dealing with a lesser variety of pancreatic cancer. Doing fine-it was/is early stage 3. They may have gotten all of it but I'm getting more intensive chemo. I wish all who are struggling with staying alive could feel like I do. After I got out of an 11 day stay in the hospital (a complication of unknown source old GI bleed-eventually determined to be nonproblematic), the 3-4 first days out were amazing. Not in terms of physical energy (I stayed awake the first 2weeks out at most 6 hours at a time) but my spirit energy was like a newborn colt combined with me strapped onto a Saturn 5 rocket. Truly amazing. I would like to bottle that feeling and send it to all who could use it. I just got off the phone with an old acquaintance/fellow fighter for justice who has done fantastic work and is dealing with metastatic cancer. I had her laughing and having a good time for over an hour and a half. I done real good. Do good for yourself and others.
I have never been to a Zevon show-nor do I own any of his music. So how can it be someone I have such little connection to has impacted my own life with as few words and smiles as this guy has. Warren will never be forgotten.
Me Too Brother He was Anointed. The Great Thing about Music is it Overcomes The Sting of Death. Music Once Anointed is Forever More Giving and Overflowing The Cup as It was The Day it was Penned 🎸
We all should donate what we can spare to Cancer Research. Reading the sad Comments, you realise just how many people are fighting this dreadful illness. Medical Research will go a long way to rid the World of Cancer. 😕
Might seem ridiculous in light of so many losing family. My sincere condolences to everyone. But I had to put my dog down fifteen months ago today. A day hasn't passed that I've not wept for missing him. He was the best friend I've ever had, and I'm almost sixty. My Pilot.
“These wheels keep turning but they’re running out of steam.” One of the most devastating lyrics I’ve heard. He confronted his mortality by writing the most heartbreaking, yet weirdly optimistic song ever.
Watch the documentary done by VH1 cuts you right to your soul.....He knew he had 3 months to live and instead of giving up he said his time was done yet and last over a year to create this music and to see his grand babies born.
My son just passed today I was told he found this song while in jail this last time and found in a yard on an over dose to me I think we know when we are ready to go beautiful song make me happy Thank You
It's the line, "You know I'm tied to you like the buttons on your blouse" that gets me every time. I would like to sing this song, but I just know I couldn't get past that line. I'm typing with tears in my eyes. He was one of a kind, and his last work was among his best.
My beautiful husband played this song for me some 20 years ago. I started to cry then and am crying right now as I kiss him goodbye. Marty you will be in my heart always.
He's in your heart forever and when you're missing him the most bring out the best memories you have of him. Wishing you Peace and Blessings as you heal.
Am a Ghanaian going through a lot I heard this song in my dream without hearing it before i woke up and search de song on you tube and boom am a full fan. This man sing to me in my dream thank Eddie.
I see people posting about their various dealings with cancer...I don't know you, never met you, or how it turned out...but your in my heart for a while.
This is crazy cause I don't know you, but THANK YOU for your kind words. My mom was just diagnosed with a glioblastoma stage 4, maybe 12 months to live, and I'm struggling. But just to have read your kind words made me smile, thank you for that.
Warren had such soul. I regret not seeing him at the small clubs he played up and down the West Coast, before his demise. Trust me, no one gets out alive. It's how one lives their life. To my Wife of 40 years, passed 3 years ago. Always in my heart, Life goes on for the living.....
One of the most underrated artists of all time! God bless David Letterman for featuring Warren on his show after the announcement. This song is just so sad (but beautiful too).
I know how tough that can be, brother, and I sincerely hope you are exhibiting the kind of strength your mother taught you throughout those most formidable years. Live your life as if they're watching, and bring honor to your given Family Name. That's often times my credo. With that in your backpack, you will become all that they had hoped. Best Wishes to you in life. 🤗
My wife gave me this album when it came out, 2 months later she was diagnosed with cancer, 1 month later she was gone. This song still resonates 16 years later. RIP Warren. Thank You for an incredible and emotional album.
I am sorry for all that are losing the battle or that have lost it. My wife was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer 3 years ago. I thought I would lose her. She got treatment and we just saw her recent scans and she is cancer free. There is always hope but I am sorry for all of you that have not been able to beat this disease. I know there is a cure, it just is not financially beneficial to the drug companies. Bless you all.
My wife is losing her battle. She has a brain tumor that is not curable. She is in hospice and doesnt even know me anymore. She was taken to Hospice on 10/17/2023. 25 years to the day we met, 10/17/1998. I Love you Cheryl Lynn and will never forget the joy that has been you, the joy that has been our life
When they played this song in the series finale of House, I wept like a baby. I'd been following Warren Zevon's career on and off for years and was stunned at the utter irony of "My Shit's Fucked Up" coming out a year before his diagnosis, though I loved the song. This one hits home, because my dad died 2 years after WZ of an aggressive cancer and this song has always been a touchstone for me.
The way his voice sounds on this song, it’s that of sorrowful acceptance that something profound is going to happen and change things forever. He seemed to be very good at expressing emotion in his songs, no matter how he felt.
I am so grateful to Warren Zevon....my two sons James Crofts aged 14 and John Andrew Crofts aged 24 died and recently my grandson Arden James Butcher aged 13 days died. All these losses and it is so hard to keep alive. Thank you Warren Zevon for this song it is my crutch as I cry constantly. To those terminally ill I send you my unconditional love xxx
just attended a wake for a dear friend departed..he chose this song for his funeral..we were both Zevon fans..still wiping tears a day later..RIP..Vaughn..!!❤️
If you are reading this comment right now, it means you haven't started listening to this song yet, because if you have, your eyes would be welled up with tears.
I lost my Dad in 2003 to bladder cancer. We played this song at his funeral. This album came out about a month before he passed. I remember watching the Letterman appearance with my Dad. He was gone a month later. I can't listen to this without crying my eyes out. I miss him so much 😢
My dad was diagnosed 8 weeks ago with stage 4 bladder cancer. Cancer is everywhere. I already miss him so much. Edit: My dad passed away 2 weeks after I wrote this.
My own father had bladder cancer, and it destroyed his life. My mother's too while she cared for him. I've been diagnosed with bladder cancer, now, too. And through my father, I know what's coming. I don't know if I'm strong enough to face this. I can't put my wife through what my mom went through.
Wanted to play this at my sister's memorial this weekend but can't make it through the song playing at home let alone for our families. A stunningly beautiful song.
My boyfriend Scotty told me a few years ago, to play this song it this funeral someday. On July 28th 2022 Scott David Hawkins lost his battle with depression. My heart hurts, but he is no longer in pain. "I'm tied to you like the buttons on your blouse..." I love you "Baby Boy."
I am so glad that I watched californciation, else I might never had the good fortune to discover your music. Such a talented and awesome individual. Gone but never ever forgotten. Forever in our hearts.
Yes but, there are individual sights that we see by ourselves that nobody else will ever see. It’s enough that one person was there to experience that event
Seems as of late that I'm losing so many good folks in my circle. Cancer is by large the culprit. 💔😢 I'm very glad that I suddenly recalled this song. Thank you Warren Zevon, and may you continue to rest in heavenly peace.🙏⚘️💜
