“Lawyers, Guns and Money” by Warren Zevon appears on his third studio album, Excitable Boy (1978).

Zevon told a story about how he came to write the song. He said he was in Cuba with his manager and they were in a taxi. As they rode along, the driver said, “I gotta make a quick stop”. He pulled into a house and a few minutes later comes running out with his sister, who had apparently been kidnapped.

They jumped in the front seat of the taxi and took off while being chased by the kidnappers. From the backseat, Warren’s manager deadpanned, “Call my Dad and tell him to send some lawyers.” Warren replied, “Yeah, and some guns and money.”

That’s Warren’s story and I’m afraid, at this point, he’s going to have to stick with it.