Come a Long Way - Michelle Shocked.mp3

[00:12.27]Kicked in his door at 5 A.M.
[00:13.32]"I've come for my bike" I told the repo man
[00:18.84]My 920's gonna take me far today
[00:20.67]You can travel for miles and never leave L.A.
[00:23.31]I've come a long way
[00:31.74]I've come a long way
[00:34.26]I've gone five hundred miles today
[00:36.57]I've come a long way
[00:37.89]I've come along way
[00:39.57]And never even left L.A.
[00:48.78]I drive by the Plaza where the gay boys pose
[00:51.72]Stand in their windows wearing no clothes
[00:54.81]I heard the screams of the dying dark
[00:57.24]Through the sweet green icing of MacArthur Park
[01:00.42]And then I crossed the river into East L.A.
[01:03.90]Pescado mojado me encontre
[01:06.06]And I've given up on rock 'n roll
[01:09.75]And I'm saving up for norteno
[01:12.15]The river she runs by the railroad tracks
[01:16.41]I swear I'll never take it back
[01:19.20]A train, she cries on the midnight hour
[01:22.86]All along the Watts Tower, oh
[01:31.62]I've come a long way
[01:33.06]I've come a long way
[01:36.00]I've gone five hundred miles today
[01:37.80]I've come a long way
[01:39.09]I've come along way
[01:40.77]And never even left L.A.
[02:07.80]I gunned it down to San Pedro Bay
[02:10.02]Watched my ship sail in, watched her sail away
[02:13.74]The sun was sinking into the sea
[02:16.23]But a ball of fire inside of me
[02:19.44]Was burning my motor and driving me hard
[02:22.05]Past the big hair on the Boulevard
[02:25.56]And up Mulholland where I made the scene
[02:28.26]Like the one that took little Jimmy Dean
[02:31.32]And then I shimmied up Wilshire like a little silk worm
[02:34.20]Past the rodeo and the pachyderm
[02:36.84]And then I stopped for coffee at an art cafe
[02:40.26]I saw the repo man and made my getaway
[02:43.59]Doing the Eagle Rock, heading for the hills
[02:47.10]Oh, try to let my engines cool
[02:49.98]And it is not my fault that this town shakes
[02:52.74]I saw the falling rock and I hit my brakes
[02:58.17]I've come a long way
[02:58.89]I've come a long way
[03:02.16]I've gone five hundred miles today
[03:03.84]I've come a long way
[03:05.22]I've come along way
[03:06.87]And never even left L.A.
[03:07.80]Now you tow it to the repo man's front door
[03:30.57]And you give him these keys, I don't need them no more
[03:33.54]You tow it to the repo man's front door
[03:36.09]And you give him these keys, I don't need them no more
[03:39.54]I've come a long way
[03:41.07]I've come a long way
[03:44.19]I've gone five hundred miles today
[03:45.78]I've come a long way
[03:47.13]I've come along way
[03:48.75]And never even left L.A.
[03:51.96]I've come a long way
[03:53.22]I've come a long way
[03:56.61]I've gone five hundred miles today
[03:58.11]I've come a long way
[03:59.37]I've come along way
[04:01.11]And never even left L.A.
[04:02.01]And never even left L.A.
[04:02.58]And never even left L.A.