…and it’s going to take some time this time.
Time, flowing like a river
Time, beckoning me
Who knows when we shall meet again, if ever
But time… keeps flowing like a river… to the sea
First the tide rushes in
Plants a kiss on the shore
Then rolls out to sea and the sea is very still once more
Then the tide rushes in
And washes my castles away
Then I’m really not so sure
Which side of the bed I should lay
I should lay
Rows and flows of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere
I’ve looked at clouds that way
But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way
That cloud, that cloud
Looks like Ireland
C’mon and blow it a kiss now
But quick
'Cause its changing in the big sky
Blue, blue windows behind the stars,
Yellow moon on the rise,
Big birds flying across the sky,
Throwing shadows on our eyes…
The raven brings on darkness and night
He flies right down, gives me one hell of a fright
He takes the tube right out of my hands
Man, I’ve got to find out where that black bird lands
Blackbird singing in the dead of night,
Take these broken wings and learn to fly,
All your life,
You were only waiting for this moment to arrive…
Now, the moon shines tonight on pretty Red Wing
The breeze is sighing, the night bird’s crying,
For afar 'neath his star her brave is sleeping,
While Red Wing’s weeping her heart away.
Well the last time I saw Old Man Emu
He was chasing a female he knew
As he shot past I heard him say
She can’t fly but I’m tellin’ you, she can run the pants off a kangaroo
Rockin’ and boppin’ to the crocodile rock, yeah…
Sandy, that waitress I was seeing lost her desire for me
I spoke with her last night, she said she won’t set herself on fire for me anymore
She worked that joint under the boardwalk, she was always the girl you saw boppin’ down the beach with the radio
In the motel pool the waitress cools
She doesn’t ask for more
She makes a wish she takes a risk
She opens up her door
Through human eyes she’s a dolphin in disguise
It’s the last night of the war
And somewhere far away there’s another day
And someone’s getting out of bed
She puts on her face in the morning space
She doesn’t know if she’s dead
Her ruby lips can’t excite me anymore
They livin’ up at the Hotel California,
What a nice surprise,
What a nice surprise,
Bring your alibis…
Look at that mountain
Look at those trees
Look at that bum over there, man
He’s down on his knees
Look at these women
There ain’t nothing like 'em nowhere
Century Boulevard (we love it)
Victory Boulevard (we love it)
Santa Monica Boulevard (we love it)
Sixth Street (we love it, we love it)
We love L.A.
I love L.A. (we love it)
I love L.A. (we love it)
I love L.A. (we love it)
I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California girls
I left my home in Norfolk Virginia
California on my mind
I straddled that Greyhound
And rode into Raleigh and on across Caroline
Don’t even know which way I’m going to
The lights are on and I am feeling blue
I hope you know which way I’m going to fly
Thank you for my life
I said good night, good-bye
You see me going
But here we are the rolling people
Can’t stay for long
We gotta go
We gotta get out of this place
If it’s the last thing we ever do
We gotta get out of this place
Girl, there’s a better life for me and you