Come a Long Way  

Kicked in his door at 5 A.M.

"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 come a long way

I've gone five hundred miles today

I've come a long way

I've come along 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 ParkAnd 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 nortenoThe 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, ohI've come a long way

I've come a long way

I've gone five hundred miles today

I've come a long way

I've come along way

And never even left L.A.I gunned it down to San Pedro Bay

Watched my ship sail in, watched her sail away

The sun was sinking into the sea

But a ball of fire inside of meWas 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 DeanAnd 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 getawayDoing 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 brakesI've come a long way

I've come a long way

I've gone five hundred miles today

I've come a long way

I've come along 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 moreI've come a long way

I've come a long way

I've gone five hundred miles today

I've come a long way

I've come along way

And never even left L.A.I've come a long way

I've come a long way

I've gone five hundred miles today

I've come a long way

I've come along way

And never even left L.A.And never even left L.A.

And never even left L.A.