Accidentally Like A Werewolf!

Sept., 2003 was a significant month for me. This was the month in which I read about the deaths of Warren Zevon and Elia Kazan. Whereas I knew of the movie, "On The Waterfront", I knew nothing about its director Elia Kazan. I did not even hear the name of Warren Zevon prior to then. Actually, before 2001, perhaps I knew of only a handful of English songs. (Interestingly, Elia Kazans was born on 7th September, a day on which Zevon passed away!).

I still remember the CNN news item about Warren Zevon, and his most famous song, Werewolves of London. It was amusing to me, because someone had told me how the city of London has many stray Foxes. In my mind, the foxes do not differ much from wolves, and so Werevolves of London was an interesting title of a song to me.

I knew about "On the Waterfront" because of an article by someone named Uptal Datta, about the much-acclaimed Hindi movie "Parinda", made in Hindi. While the whole of India was ga-ga over this great movie, Datta clearly pointed out that it was an act of plagiarism, where the whole theme and the storyline was stolen from "On the Waterfront".

It would be in fall-2004 that I would finally watch "On the Waterfront". It was almost during the same time that I would listen to Zevon's "Werewolves of London".

However, till date, my most favorite of his songs is, "Accidentally Like a Martyr". If you don't believe my words, just look at the title of this blog!

Looking back now, it seems to me that the news of Warren Zevon's death could be the point at which I started becoming interested in the various info about English singers and bands.
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Accidentally Like A Martyr
(Warren Zevon)

The phone don't ring
And the sun refused to shine
Never thought I'd have to pay so dearly
For what was already mine
For such a long, long time

We made mad love
Shadow love
Random love
And abandoned love
Accidentally like a martyr
The hurt gets worse and the heart gets harder

The days slide by
Should have done, should have done, we all sigh
Never thought I'd ever be so lonely
After such a long, long time
Time out of mind

We made mad love
Shadow love
Random love
And abandoned love
Accidentally like a martyr
The hurt gets worse and the heart gets harder
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WereWolves of London
Recorded by "Warren Zevon"
Album: "Excitable Boy" - 1978

I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain
He was looking for a place called Lee Ho Fook's
Going to get himself a big dish of beef chow mein
Werewolves of London

If you hear him howling around your kitchen door
Better not let him in
Little old lady got mutilated late last night
Werewolves of London again
Werewolves of London

He's the hairy-handed gent who ran amuck in Kent
Lately he's been overheard in Mayfair
Better stay away from him
He'll rip your lungs out, Jim
Hunh, I'd like to meet his tailor
Werewolves of London

Well, I saw Lon Chaney walking with the Queen
Doing the Werewolves of London
I saw Lon Chaney, Jr. walking with the Queen
Doing the Werewolves of London
I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's
His hair was perfect
Werewolves of London
Hunh, Draw blood
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Sources:
http://www.lyricsondemand.com/w/warrenzevonlyrics/accidentallylikeamartyrlyrics.html
http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/lyrics/werewolves_of_london.html
Pic Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genius:_The_Best_of_Warren_Zevon