Electric Los Angeles Sunset Lyrics - Al Stewart

Shots split the night, a bullet lodged in his brain 

He must have died instantly, he felt no pain 

A crowd quickly gathered to the feast of the gun 

Waiting for the ambulance and cops to come 

Hm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm 

Sirens wail in the concrete 

Hm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm 

Electric Los Angeles sunset, the sunset, the sunset, oh-o-oh 

Headlight lit the faces by the tabernacle door 

Gazing at the bloodstains on the damp sidewalk 

As the crowd turned to go, a man was heard to say 

"He must have had it comin' to him anyway" 

Hm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm 

Blood wagon rolls through the dragnet 

Hm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm 

Electric Los Angeles sunset, the sunset, the sunset, oh-o-oh 

Cadillacs roll through the smoggy perfume 

The buildings are choking on oxygen fumes 

Evangelists praying in rented rooms, in the afternoon 

Which way do the signposts read 

African eyes in the sunrise 

The gates of the city are rusted over and mouldering 

The violence of the evening decays into the night 

While shadows press like moths against the neon light 

Movie queues diffuse into the Cinerama haze 

While libertines read pornozines in street cafes 

Hm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm 

The madman swings in the pulpit 

Hm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm 

Electric Los Angeles sunset, the sunset, the sunset, oh-o-oh