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“Poor Poor Pitiful Me” has been recorded by many artists, including Warren Zevon (who wrote it) in 1976, Linda Ronstadt in 1978, and Terri Clark in 1996. The melody and arrangement are upbeat, but that hides a message of failed suicide, domestic abuse and sadomasochism. It’s a com-bination Zevon perfected over the course of his career.

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