NotYourPrince's blog post - I'm Not Good Enough For Her

"I'm Not Good Enough For Her" by Warren Zevon appears on his final album, "The Wind" - 2003




This is the last love song Zevon published and you can’t help but wonder if it was intended as a message to someone in particular.

On Valentine’s Day 2006, VH1 Classic premiered a music video for this song and aired it every hour on the hour that day.
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Lyrics and Interpretation:

I could hold my head up high
And say that I left first
Or I can hang my head and cry
Tell me which is worse

If you go and ask her why
She might say she's not sure
Trust me when I tell you
I'm not good enough for her

(If Zevon is talking about himself, then he's referring to his ex-wife, Crystal.)

Crystal Zevon:

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I want her to be happy
I want her to be free
I want her to be everything
She couldn't be with me

(Spoken as a man with a long list of regrets.)

Warren and Crystal - 1978:


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I'd wait here for a thousand years
If she'd come back to me
I have everything she wants
But nothing that she needs

(This is the most heartfelt phrase of the song, and speaks volumes of who this woman was to him.)



I want her to be happy
I want her to be free
I want her to be everything
She couldn't be with me

I could hold my head up high
And say that I left first
Or I can hang my head and cry
Tell me which is worse

If you go and ask her why
She might say she's not sure

(She's actually said this in interviews, when asked why they broke up.)

Trust me when I tell you
I'm not good enough for her

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