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He's the hairy-handed gent, who ran amok in Kent.
Lately he's been overheard in Mayfair.
You better stay away from him! He'll rip your lungs out, Jim!
Huh, I'd like to meet his tailor.

— Warren Zevon

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I write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying to not think about.

From what I know about alcoholism, I'd say there's nothing romantic, nothing grand, nothing heroic, nothing brave — nothing like that about drinking. It's a real coward's death.

Sickness, doctors, that scares me, not violence — helplessness. That's why I turn to violent stories.

So much to do, there's plenty on the farm; I'll sleep when I'm dead.

I wrote my songs despite the fact that I was a drunk, not because of it.

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