"Poor Poor Pitiful Me" is a rock song written by the late Warren Zevon. It is best known as one of Linda Ronstadt's signature hits. It first appeared on Zevon's eponymous 1976 album Warren Zevon with backing vocals by Lindsey Buckingham. It was included on his greatest hits compilations A Quiet Normal Life (1986), I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead (1996), and Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon (2002). Live versions later appeared on 1980’s Stand in the Fire and 1993’s Learning to Flinch. Alternate studio versions were included in the 2008 reissue of Warren Zevon, as well as the posthumous 2007 compilation Preludes: Rare and Unreleased Recordings.
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