Lawyers, Guns and Money

"Lawyers, Guns and Money" is a song by Warren Zevon, the closing track on his 1978 album Excitable Boy.

The lyrics describe going home with a waitress who is "with the Russians, too". The narrative goes on to speak of "gambling in Havana", with the request that "Dad" send "lawyers, guns and money " to "get me out of this". The lyrics then claim that the speaker is an "innocent bystander" who is down on his luck. Finally the narrative relates that the speaker is "hiding in Honduras" and that he is a "desperate man". The lyrics repeat the refrain to "Send lawyers, guns and money", with the final comment that "The shit has hit the fan".

Warren Zevon
Studio albums
  • Wanted Dead or Alive
  • Warren Zevon
  • Excitable Boy
  • Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School
  • The Envoy
  • Sentimental Hygiene
  • Transverse City
  • Hindu Love Gods
  • Mr. Bad Example
  • Mutineer
  • Life'll Kill Ya
  • My Ride's Here
  • The Wind
Live albums
  • Stand in the Fire
  • Learning to Flinch
Compilations
  • A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon
  • I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology)
  • Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon
  • Reconsider Me: The Love Songs
  • Preludes: Rare and Unreleased Recordings
Tribute albums
  • Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon
Songs
  • "Carmelita"
  • "Desperados Under the Eaves"
  • "Hasten Down the Wind"
  • "Lawyers, Guns and Money"
  • "Life'll Kill Ya"
  • "Mr. Bad Example"
  • "Poor Poor Pitiful Me"
  • "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner"
  • "Trouble Waiting to Happen"
  • "Werewolves of London"
Related articles
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  • Skip Battin
  • Gary Mallaber
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  • Hindu Love Gods

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