{"id":19874,"date":"2013-12-31T16:32:16","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T00:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=19874"},"modified":"2013-12-31T16:32:33","modified_gmt":"2014-01-01T00:32:33","slug":"on-new-years-eve-watch-jason-isbell-and-amanda-shires-cover-warren-zevons-mutineer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2013-12\/on-new-years-eve-watch-jason-isbell-and-amanda-shires-cover-warren-zevons-mutineer\/","title":{"rendered":"On New Year&#8217;s Eve:  Watch Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires Cover Warren Zevon&#8217;s &#8220;Mutineer&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zevon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-19877\" alt=\"Zevon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zevon-650x365.jpg\" width=\"635\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zevon-650x365.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zevon-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zevon-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zevon.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2013 has been a good, long year that&#8217;s coming to a close.\u00a0 In keeping with the season, many will be breaking out their <strong>New Year&#8217;s resolutions<\/strong> tonight and tomorrow (we hereby resolve to publish <strong>our Best of 2013 lists<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>The gargantuanally-gifted and large-hearted <strong>Warren Zevon<\/strong> left us some rousing resolutions before he passed ten years ago (&#8220;Enjoy every sandwich,&#8221; etc.).\u00a0 One of our favorite <strong>Zevon<\/strong> song-resolutions is found in his effective adieu, the affecting <em><strong>Mutineer<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 In addition to lauding sincerity and free-thinking (which seem to be in dwindling supply these days), the song thematically speaks to hopeful love during cataclysmic times.\u00a0 If these aren&#8217;t cataclysmic times, we don&#8217;t know what are.<\/p>\n<p>To put you in the proper mood for the <strong>New Year<\/strong>, watch below as <strong>Jason Isbell<\/strong> (who had an outstanding 2013, appearing on many<strong> Best Album of 2013 lists<\/strong> with his superb <em><strong> Southeastern<\/strong><\/em> album) and <strong>Amanda Shires<\/strong> beautifully cover<em><strong> Mutineer.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>Below it watch <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2012-09\/warren-zevon-was-born-to-rock-the-boat\/\">Zevon&#8217;s stirring performance on the Letterman Show<\/a> <\/strong>not long before he passed.<\/p>\n<p>May you be filled with hopeful love in 2014.\u00a0 And may you float on.<\/p>\n<p>The song&#8217;s lyrics follow the videos below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V7TAOyU8OeU\" height=\"425\" width=\"625\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MqWqyjUsCAw\" height=\"425\" width=\"625\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum<br \/>\nHoist the mainsail &#8211; here I come<br \/>\nAin&#8217;t no room on board for the insincere<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re my witness<br \/>\nI&#8217;m your mutineer<\/p>\n<p>I was born to rock the boat<br \/>\nSome may sink but we will float<br \/>\nGrab your coat &#8211; let&#8217;s get out of here<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re my witness<br \/>\nI&#8217;m your mutineer<\/p>\n<p>Long ago we laughed at shadows<br \/>\nLightning flashed and thunder followed us<br \/>\nIt could never find us here<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re my witness<br \/>\nI&#8217;m your mutineer<\/p>\n<p>Long ago we laughed at shadows<br \/>\nLightning flashed and thunder followed us<br \/>\nIt could never find us here<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re my witness<br \/>\nI&#8217;m your mutineer<\/p>\n<p>I was born to rock the boat<br \/>\nSome may sink but we will float<br \/>\nGrab your coat &#8211; let&#8217;s get out of here<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re my witness<br \/>\nI&#8217;m your mutineer<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re my witness<br \/>\nI&#8217;m your mutineer<br \/>\nI&#8217;m your mutineer&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2013 has been a good, long year that&#8217;s coming to a close.\u00a0 In keeping with the season, many will be breaking out their New Year&#8217;s resolutions tonight and tomorrow (we hereby resolve to publish our Best of 2013 lists). 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