Zevon was a genius.
Seriously underrated lyricist that makes it impossible to pick a favorite. However, that song has the best alliteration: “Little old lady got mutilated late last night…”
Indeed he was. I bought Excitable Boy as a Junior in High School, having heard Werewolves of London late at night on FM radio in my rural home. I listen to it occasionally to this day, nearly fifty years later, and still love it. The songs, the playing, the singing, and the sonics of the recording are all first rate.