Come a Long Way

And I've given up on rock 'n roll
And it is not my fault that this town shakes
I've come along way

The river she runs by the railroad tracks
Past the rodeo and the pachyderm
Stand in their windows wearing no clothes
I've gone five hundred miles today
I've come a long way
All along the Watts Tower, oh
Now you tow it to the repo man's front door

And never even left L.A.

Past the big hair on the Boulevard
I've come along way
You can travel for miles and never leave L.A.
And you give him these keys, I don't need them no more

I've come a long way
Was burning my motor and driving me hard
I've come a long way
I've gone five hundred miles today
I gunned it down to San Pedro Bay
I saw the falling rock and I hit my brakes
But a ball of fire inside of me
And never even left L.A.
I've gone five hundred miles today
I've gone five hundred miles today
I've come along way
And I'm saving up for norteno
Doing the Eagle Rock, heading for the hills
I've gone five hundred miles today
Like the one that took little Jimmy Dean
And you give him these keys, I don't need them no more
I've come a long way
Through the sweet green icing of MacArthur Park
I saw the repo man and made my getaway
And never even left L.A.
And up Mulholland where I made the scene
And never even left L.A.
Oh, try to let my engines cool
And then I stopped for coffee at an art cafe
I've come a long way
I've come a long way
I drive by the Plaza where the gay boys pose

I heard the screams of the dying dark
A train, she cries on the midnight hour
I've come a long way
Pescado mojado me encontre
I've come a long way
I've come a long way
I've come a long way
I've come a long way
My 920's gonna take me far today
I've come a long way
You tow it to the repo man's front door
I've come a long way

I've come a long way
And never even left L.A.
Watched my ship sail in, watched her sail away
I've come along way

I've come along way

And then I shimmied up Wilshire like a little silk worm
And then I crossed the river into East L.A.
I've come a long way
And never even left L.A.
The sun was sinking into the sea

I swear I'll never take it back