My Ride's Here

My Ride's Here is the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Warren Zevon. The album was released on May 7, 2002, by Artemis Records. Zevon described it as "a meditation on death"; it was released several months before Zevon was diagnosed with terminal mesothelioma.

On My Ride's Here, Zevon collaborated with a number of writers from outside the world of music. The song "Basket Case" features in Carl Hiaasen's novel of the same name where it was performed by a fictional rock band. Zevon also covers Serge Gainsbourg's "Laissez-Moi Tranquille" which roughly translates as "leave me alone". Gainsbourg first recorded it in 1960 on the Romantique 60 EP. "I Have to Leave" was a song written by Zevon's high school friend, Dan McFarland. Zevon had told sports writer and Rock Bottom Remainders member Mitch Albom about his desire to write a hockey song (telling Albom "nobody sings about hockey") and the two would collaborate to write "Hit Somebody!" which would feature performances from Late Show cast members David Letterman and Paul Schaffer. "You're a Whole Different Person When You're Scared" was cowritten with Hunter S. Thompson, and a phrase from the song would share the title for Thompson's 2003 book Kingdom of Fear.

The title track of the album was cowritten by Zevon and Paul Muldoon. Muldoon had studied Zevon's catalog prior to cowriting the song, with a character named Jim alluding to "Werewolves of London" and the opening verse at a hotel mirroring the opening setting of "Desperados Under the Eaves." Romantic poets, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats and Lord Byron; are referenced during the song, with Byron also featuring in the track "Lord Byron's Luggage" the only song on the album attributed to Zevon writing solo. "My Ride's Here" would be covered by Bruce Springsteen to open a concert at the SkyDome Toronto in 2003 shortly after Zevon's passing, and the live recording would be featured on Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon.