Poor, Poor Pitiful Me Warren Zevon The riff just repeats, very simple: Riff: : I lay my head on the railroad tracks Waiting for the double E The rail-road don't run no more Poor, poor pitiful me Chorus Poor, poor, pitiful me Poor, poor, pitiful me These young girls won't let me be Lord have mercy on me Woe is me Well I met a girl in West Hollywood And I anin't namin' names But she really worked me over good She was just like Jesse James She really worked me over good She was a credit to her gender She put me through some changes, lord Sort of like a Waring blender Chorus Poor, poor, pitiful me Poor, poor, pitiful me These young girls won't let me be Lord have mercy on me Woe is me Solo (12 bars) These young girls won't let me be Lord have mercy on me Woe is me Solo (12 bars) Lord have mercy on me Woe is me break (4 bars) I met a girl at the Rainbow Bar She asked me if I'd beat her She took me back to the Hyatt House I don't want to talk about it Poor, poor pitiful me, poor, poor pitiful me...repeat, What, never mind; whoo hoos...fade Linda Ronstadt version is in F# with some lyric changes.