The Envoy
The Envoy is the fifth studio album by American singer/songwriter Warren Zevon. The album was released on July 16, 1982, by Asylum Records. The album's lack of commercial success caused Zevon's label to terminate his recording contract, a fact that Zevon discovered only after reading about it in Rolling Stone. In reaction, Zevon went on a self-destructive binge that nearly killed him, followed by a rehab stint that kept Zevon clean and sober for the rest of his life.
The title track was inspired by veteran American diplomat Philip Habib's shuttle diplomacy during Israel's Lebanon incursion of 1982.
Track listing
All songs written by Warren Zevon except as indicated.
Personnel
Podcasts:
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by Warren Zevon
The Envoy
by: Warren Zevon"Nuclear Arms in the Middle East
Israel's attacking the Iraqis
The Syrians are mad at the Lebanese
And Baghdad does whatever she please"
"Looks like another threat to world peace for the Envoy"
"Things got hot in El Salvador
CIA got caught couldn't do no more
He's got diplomatic immunity
He's got a lethal weapon that nobody sees"
"Looks like another threat to world peace for the Envoy
Send the Envoy
Send the Envoy"
"Whenever there's a crisis
The President sends his Envoy in
Guns in Damascus
Woe to Israel
Yeah"
"Nuclear arms in the Middle East
Israel's attacking the Iraqis
The Syrians are mad at the Lebanese
And Baghdad do whatever she please"
"Looks like another threat to world peace for the Envoy
Send the Envoy
Send the Envoy
Send the Envoy
Except for Me
Yeah
Except for Me