Calistan Lyrics - Frank Black

I took three days, to drive down one street 

The radio on, tuned to the big fleet 

Invisible planes, crackin' the concrete 

That's just what some people say, hey hey 

I put down my blanket on Cigarette Butt Beach 

I saw the old man, he was doin' ok 

He's makin' his last stand 

On old bottles and cans 

'Round there, Calistan way, hey hey 

Used to be sixteen lanes 

Used to be Nuevo Spain 

Used to be Juan Wayne 

Used to be Mexico 

Used to be Navajo 

Used to be yippy yay I don't know 

Went in from the weather, when I got wheezy 

I play some pachinko, I play pachisi 

And St. Anne's still makin' it breezy 

In the valley of tar that once was L.A., hey hey 

And my best friend, he's the king of karaoke 

He struck up a cord and he took it away 

Out of the pan 

And into Japan 

'Round there, Calistan way, hey hey 

Used to be sixteen lanes 

Used to be Juan Wayne 

Used to be Mexican 

Used to be Espano Nuevo 

Used to be Navajo 

Used to be yippy yay I don't know