Come a Long Way

I've come along way
And up Mulholland where I made the scene

Was burning my motor and driving me hard
I saw the falling rock and I hit my brakes
I drive by the Plaza where the gay boys pose
Like the one that took little Jimmy Dean
And never even left L.A.
You can travel for miles and never leave L.A.
And it is not my fault that this town shakes
The river she runs by the railroad tracks
And never even left L.A.

Past the big hair on the Boulevard
I've come along way

I've come a long way
I've come a long way
My 920's gonna take me far today
And never even left L.A.
And I've given up on rock 'n roll
I've come a long way

I've come a long way
And you give him these keys, I don't need them no more
And you give him these keys, I don't need them no more
But a ball of fire inside of me

Stand in their windows wearing no clothes
And never even left L.A.
All along the Watts Tower, oh
I've gone five hundred miles today
Watched my ship sail in, watched her sail away
And then I crossed the river into East L.A.
I've come a long way
And then I shimmied up Wilshire like a little silk worm
I've come along way

I've come a long way

I've come a long way
And never even left L.A.
I've come a long way
Past the rodeo and the pachyderm
And then I stopped for coffee at an art cafe
A train, she cries on the midnight hour
And never even left L.A.

I've gone five hundred miles today
I've gone five hundred miles today
The sun was sinking into the sea
I swear I'll never take it back
Doing the Eagle Rock, heading for the hills
I gunned it down to San Pedro Bay
I've come a long way
I've come along way
And I'm saving up for norteno
I've come a long way
I've gone five hundred miles today
I've come along way
Oh, try to let my engines cool
You tow it to the repo man's front door
I've gone five hundred miles today
I've come a long way

I've come a long way
Now you tow it to the repo man's front door
I've come a long way
Pescado mojado me encontre
Through the sweet green icing of MacArthur Park
I've come a long way

I saw the repo man and made my getaway
I've come a long way

I heard the screams of the dying dark