Keep Me In Your Heart by Warren Zevon, off his final album The Wind, is perhaps one of the most beautiful, emotional and sad songs I have ever heard.

Zevon was dying of cancer when he wrote this album, the whole thing is a masterpiece, really. He got phenomenal talent to work with him and is himself quite talented. Noted accompanying stars: Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Dwight Yoakam, Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Ry Cooder. It ranges from fun, humorous songs (Dirty Life and Times for instance, which features the line "I'm looking for a girl with low self-esteem" and "If she won't love me her sister will") to the sad, somber songs you'd expect from a man who is reflecting on his life. Notably touching are El Amor de Mi Vida and Rest of the Night. One being an ode to lost love and the other a call to "Party for the Rest of the Night."

The album is particularly touching when you consider this is his last work. He knew it would be his last work. Instead of making a moral-spewing piece or a musical last will, he took liberty and had a lot of fun and created a really solid album. Death leaks into it all just the same, but that only binds it together and makes the gestalt sweeter.

But back to Keep Me In Your Heart. It is the last track on the album and his most focused on his imminent death. What is so wonderful about it is how simple yet evocative it manages to be. I think I've listened to it four or five times in the last half an hour and it's brought tears to my eyes every time. His words are perfect, they paint the picture without being overly dramatic or needlessly obscure. This song is about a man who has come to terms with what will happen to him, and his one last plea. Keep me in your heart for a while.