John Murry - California lyrics

Heh I've beaten my brain with benzodiazepines Momma won't tell ya that love is a monstrous thing The sky's a blue vapor! It's painfully true I prayed it would rain and drown my feelings for you I drove the fire roads at night in a busted up car, Isearched the skyline in vain for one goddamn star This city's a dream But I'm wide awake Caught up in their lights With nothing to say My soul has been bled! I don't know for sure! If my heart is breaking, is yours breaking, too? I've heard the Mission bells ring through the salty breeze I've seen politicians born on a thousand TV's There's a knife in every back (and one in every hand!) And I swear it ain't you, it's California I can't stand I'll be right there with you when the last lamp runs dry,when the last hands been played, when the black banners fly, when the songbirdshave all broken their throats, when the fire of St. Joan is nothing but smoke I've seen the fog rolling in and the flashbulbs throwsparks. We suffer in time, but illumine the dark. There's a knife in EVERY backand one in EVERY hand and I swear it ain't you, it's California I can't stand I swear it ain't you… It's California… Yeah…..