Come a Long Way

I drive by the Plaza where the gay boys pose

I've come along way

And it is not my fault that this town shakes
I saw the repo man and made my getaway
And never even left L.A.
Pescado mojado me encontre
Was burning my motor and driving me hard
But a ball of fire inside of me

Like the one that took little Jimmy Dean
I've come along way

You can travel for miles and never leave L.A.

I've come a long way
And you give him these keys, I don't need them no more
Oh, try to let my engines cool
I've come a long way
I heard the screams of the dying dark
I've come a long way
I've come along way
I've come a long way
You tow it to the repo man's front door
Past the big hair on the Boulevard
The river she runs by the railroad tracks
Doing the Eagle Rock, heading for the hills

I've come a long way
All along the Watts Tower, oh

And then I crossed the river into East L.A.
I've come a long way

I gunned it down to San Pedro Bay
I've come a long way
I've come a long way
And I'm saving up for norteno
I've come a long way
I swear I'll never take it back
A train, she cries on the midnight hour

I've come a long way
I've gone five hundred miles today
I've gone five hundred miles today
I've gone five hundred miles today
Through the sweet green icing of MacArthur Park
Stand in their windows wearing no clothes
Watched my ship sail in, watched her sail away
And then I stopped for coffee at an art cafe
I've gone five hundred miles today
And you give him these keys, I don't need them no more
And never even left L.A.
I've come along way

And never even left L.A.
I've come a long way
And I've given up on rock 'n roll
And up Mulholland where I made the scene
And then I shimmied up Wilshire like a little silk worm
And never even left L.A.
I've come a long way
And never even left L.A.
I've come a long way
I've gone five hundred miles today

I've come along way
I saw the falling rock and I hit my brakes

I've come a long way
Now you tow it to the repo man's front door
I've come a long way
And never even left L.A.
The sun was sinking into the sea
Past the rodeo and the pachyderm
My 920's gonna take me far today