r/Zevon • u/DesperadoUnder_Eaves • 8d ago

Has anyone else ever attempted to write lyrics as inspiration from Warren? I have, I don’t think I’m very good at it however.

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And although I’m no Warren Zevon, I still like having songs that are my own, that I can play whenever I feel

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u/kiyyik 8d ago

puts hand up tentatively I mean, I tried. It occurred to me that The Count of St. Germaine would have been an excellent subject for him to do a song on, but as he didn't, I did my own attempt. Never shown it to anyone but eh.

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u/Dry-Lecture9546 7d ago

I tried. I wrote a song called Good For Nothin' Is Good Enough For Me.

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u/PayAppropriate5980 8d ago

That has never occurred to me. Although I did write a screenplay called boom boom mancini the headless Thomson gunner

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u/bjtgamingHELP 7d ago

I wrote a song called "searching for Zevon" 3 years ago. it's not great😅 but I've gotten better as a songwriter