What is the most LA song? - Bilge

W woofmutt Member Seattilite Telstar Joined: Mar 26, 2002 Posts: 2639	W woofmutt Posted posted on Mon, Jul 20, 2009 7:45 AM Michelle Shocked's Come A Long Way from her brilliant 1992 album Arkansas Traveler. An epic road trip song about L.A. full of references to the city and other songs. It plays like a movie of endless asphalt, concrete sprawl, dusty palm trees, and sun. kicked in his door at 5 AM "I've come for my bike" I told the repo man My 920's gonna take me far today You can travel for miles and never leave L.A. I've come a long way I've gone 500 miles today I've come a long way And never even left L.A. I drive by the Plaza where the gay boys pose Stand in their windows wearing no clothes I heard the screams of the dying dark Through the sweet green icing of MacArthur Park And then I crossed the river into East L.A. Pescado mojado me encontre And I've given up on rock 'n roll And I'm saving up for norteno The river she runs by the railroad tracks I swear I'll never take it back A train, she cries on the midnight hour All along the Watts Tower I've come a long way I've gone 500 miles today I've come a long way And never even left L.A. I gunned it down to San Pedro Bay Watched my ship sail in, watched it sail away The sun was sinking into the sea But a ball of fire inside of me Was burning my motor and driving me hard Past the big hair on the Boulevard And up Mulholland where I made the scene Like the one that took little Jimmy Dean And then I shimmied up Wilshire like a little silk worm Past the rodeo and the pachyderm And then I stopped for coffee at an art cafe I saw the repo man and made my getaway Doing the Eagle Rock Heading for the hills Oh try to let my engines cool And it is not my fault that this town shakes I saw the falling rock and I hit my brakes I've come a long way I've gone 500 miles today I've come a long way And never even left L.A. Now you tow it to the repo man's front door And you give him these keys, I don't need them no more You tow it to the repo man's front door And you give him these keys, I don't need them no more I've come a long way I've gone 500 miles today I've come along way And never even left L.A.

Michelle Shocked's Come A Long Way from her brilliant 1992 album Arkansas Traveler.

An epic road trip song about L.A. full of references to the city and other songs. It plays like a movie of endless asphalt, concrete sprawl, dusty palm trees, and sun.

kicked in his door at 5 AM
"I've come for my bike" I told the repo man
My 920's gonna take me far today
You can travel for miles and never leave L.A.

I've come a long way
I've gone 500 miles today
I've come a long way
And never even left L.A.

I drive by the Plaza where the gay boys pose
Stand in their windows wearing no clothes
I heard the screams of the dying dark
Through the sweet green icing of MacArthur Park
And then I crossed the river into East L.A.
Pescado mojado me encontre
And I've given up on rock 'n roll
And I'm saving up for norteno
The river she runs by the railroad tracks
I swear I'll never take it back
A train, she cries on the midnight hour
All along the Watts Tower

I've come a long way
I've gone 500 miles today
I've come a long way
And never even left L.A.

I gunned it down to San Pedro Bay
Watched my ship sail in, watched it sail away
The sun was sinking into the sea
But a ball of fire inside of me
Was burning my motor and driving me hard
Past the big hair on the Boulevard
And up Mulholland where I made the scene
Like the one that took little Jimmy Dean
And then I shimmied up Wilshire like a little silk worm
Past the rodeo and the pachyderm
And then I stopped for coffee at an art cafe
I saw the repo man and made my getaway
Doing the Eagle Rock
Heading for the hills
Oh try to let my engines cool
And it is not my fault that this town shakes
I saw the falling rock and I hit my brakes

I've come a long way
I've gone 500 miles today
I've come a long way
And never even left L.A.

Now you tow it to the repo man's front door
And you give him these keys, I don't need them no more
You tow it to the repo man's front door
And you give him these keys, I don't need them no more

I've come a long way
I've gone 500 miles today
I've come along way
And never even left L.A.

Post #470275 by woofmutt on Mon, Jul 20, 2009 7:45 AM