Come A Long Way Lyrics - Singles - Michelle Shocked

Kicked in his door at 5 A.M. 

"I've come for my bike" I told the repo man 

My 920's gonna take me far today 

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

I've come a long way 

I've come a long way 

I've gone five hundred miles today 

I've come a long way 

I've come along way 

And never even left L.A. 

I drive by the Plaza where the gay boys pose 

Stand in their windows wearing no clothes 

I heard the screams of the dying dark 

Through the sweet green icing of MacArthur Park 

And then I crossed the river into East L.A. 

Pescado mojado me encontre 

And I've given up on rock 'n roll 

And I'm saving up for norteno 

The river she runs by the railroad tracks 

I swear I'll never take it back 

A train, she cries on the midnight hour 

All along the Watts Tower, oh 

I've come a long way 

I've come a long way 

I've gone five hundred miles today 

I've come a long way 

I've come along way 

And never even left L.A. 

I gunned it down to San Pedro Bay 

Watched my ship sail in, watched her sail away 

The sun was sinking into the sea 

But a ball of fire inside of me 

Was burning my motor and driving me hard 

Past the big hair on the Boulevard 

And up Mulholland where I made the scene 

Like the one that took little Jimmy Dean 

And then I shimmied up Wilshire like a little silk worm 

Past the rodeo and the pachyderm 

And then I stopped for coffee at an art cafe 

I saw the repo man and made my getaway 

Doing the Eagle Rock, heading for the hills 

Oh, try to let my engines cool 

And it is not my fault that this town shakes 

I saw the falling rock and I hit my brakes 

I've come a long way 

I've come a long way 

I've gone five hundred miles today 

I've come a long way 

I've come along way 

And never even left L.A. 

Now you tow it to the repo man's front door 

And you give him these keys, I don't need them no more 

You tow it to the repo man's front door 

And you give him these keys, I don't need them no more 

I've come a long way 

I've come a long way 

I've gone five hundred miles today 

I've come a long way 

I've come along way 

And never even left L.A. 

I've come a long way 

I've come a long way 

I've gone five hundred miles today 

I've come a long way 

I've come along way 

And never even left L.A. 

And never even left L.A. 

And never even left L.A.