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Kicked in his door at 5 A.M. |
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"I've come for my bike" I told the repo man |
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My 920's gonna take me far today |
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You can travel for miles and never leave L.A. |
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I've come a long way |
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I've come a long way |
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I've gone five hundred miles today |
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I've come a long way |
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I've come along way |
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And never even left L.A. |
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I drive by the Plaza where the gay boys pose |
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Stand in their windows wearing no clothes |
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I heard the screams of the dying dark |
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Through the sweet green icing of MacArthur Park |
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And then I crossed the river into East L.A. |
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Pescado mojado me encontre |
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And I've given up on rock 'n roll |
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And I'm saving up for norteno |
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The river she runs by the railroad tracks |
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I swear I'll never take it back |
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A train, she cries on the midnight hour |
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All along the Watts Tower, oh |
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I've come a long way |
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I've come a long way |
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I've gone five hundred miles today |
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I've come a long way |
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I've come along way |
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And never even left L.A. |
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I gunned it down to San Pedro Bay |
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Watched my ship sail in, watched her sail away |
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The sun was sinking into the sea |
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But a ball of fire inside of me |
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Was burning my motor and driving me hard |
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Past the big hair on the Boulevard |
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And up Mulholland where I made the scene |
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Like the one that took little Jimmy Dean |
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And then I shimmied up Wilshire like a little silk worm |
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Past the rodeo and the pachyderm |
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And then I stopped for coffee at an art cafe |
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I saw the repo man and made my getaway |
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Doing the Eagle Rock, heading for the hills |
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Oh, try to let my engines cool |
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And it is not my fault that this town shakes |
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I saw the falling rock and I hit my brakes |
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I've come a long way |
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I've come a long way |
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I've gone five hundred miles today |
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I've come a long way |
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I've come along way |
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And never even left L.A. |
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Now you tow it to the repo man's front door |
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And you give him these keys, I don't need them no more |
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You tow it to the repo man's front door |
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And you give him these keys, I don't need them no more |
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I've come a long way |
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I've come a long way |
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I've gone five hundred miles today |
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I've come a long way |
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I've come along way |
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And never even left L.A. |
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I've come a long way |
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I've come a long way |
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I've gone five hundred miles today |
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I've come a long way |
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I've come along way |
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And never even left L.A. |
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And never even left L.A. |
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And never even left L.A. |