East Los Angeles

The crowd began to wave

From the freeway overpass

We joined the parade

Right behind the marching band

You said

"Wave back, cause these are the best days of your life."

And I said

"I know, I can't feel anything"

And up, up on the Ferris wheel

I can see L.A. and all the freeways

I can see your face

So close to me

And I can dream my dreams

And light the night

Like a drive-in movie screen

(You know....)

On a hot summer day

We laughed in the Polaroid

Counted all the ways,

To slow down our time machine

And in my mind all I could

Think was that love is war

And you know I'd surrender anything

And up, up on the Ferris wheel

I can see L.A. and all the freeways

I can see your face

So close to me

And I can dream my dreams

And light the night

Like a drive-in movie screen

Oh no, I don't want to be another

Scar on a bar stool

In East Los Angeles.