In a matter of time, there'll be a friend of mine Gonna come to the coast, gonna see him Up close for a minute or two Where the ground cracks under you By the look in your eyes You'd think that it was a surprise And you seem to forget Something somebody said About the bubbles in the sea And an ocean full of trees L.A City in the smog, city in the sun Don't you wish that you could be here too? Don't you wish that you could be here too? Well, it's hard to believe
So you get up to leave And you laugh at the door That you heard it all before Oh it's so good to know That it's all just a show for you 'Cause when the suppers are planned And the freeways are jammed And the mountain erupts And the valley is s**ed Into cracks in the earth Will I finally be heard by you L.A City in the smog, city in the sun Don't you wish that you could be here too? Don't you wish that you could be here too?