The World Began In Eden & Ended In Los Angeles Lyrics - Phil Ochs

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Don't you think it's time that we were leaving? 

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For another chance, another place to start 

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Desperate ones that went across the ocean 

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And they wondered how it would all turn out. 

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If you have to beg or steal or borrow 

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Welcome to los angeles, city of tomorrow 

They landed on the coldest of the colonies 

But still they wanted better than the rich 

They built highways on the houses of the homesteads 

It happened that way moving west. 

If you have to beg or steal or borrow 

Welcome to los angeles, city of tomorrow 

So this is where the renaissance has led to 

And we will be the only ones to know 

So take a drive and breathe the air of ashes 

That is, if you need a place to go 

If you have to beg or steal or borrow 

Welcome to los angeles, city of tomorrow 

City of tomorrow, city of tomorrow