Greetings from Laurel Canyon! I was a city child with a dead-end smile / And a worm’s-eye point of view / Oh I knew my way, I was a back-street stray / And I had my eyes on you Now I got this friend and he’s a screwdriver-jiver / You know, some kinda automobeat on […]
Greetings from Laurel Canyon! Everybody’s talkin’ at me / I don’t hear a word they’re sayin’ / Only the echoes of my mind / People stoppin’, starin’ / I can’t see their faces / Only the shadows of their eyes / I’m goin’ where the sun keeps shinin’ / Through the pourin’ rain / Goin’ […]
Greetings from Laurel Canyon! I woke up this mornin’ with the sundown shinin’ in / I found my mind in a brown paper bag within / I tripped on a cloud and fell an eight miles high / I tore my mind on a jagged sky / I just dropped in to see what condition […]
Greetings from Laurel Canyon! Daddy’s telling lies / Baby’s eating flies / Mommy’s on pills / Baby’s got the chills I’m friends with the President / I’m friends with the Pope / We’re all making a fortune / Selling Daddy’s dope Sitting here in Queens / Eating re-fried beans / We’re in all the magazines […]
Greetings from Laurel Canyon! You’re just too good to be true / Can’t take my eyes off of you / You’d be like Heaven to touch / I wanna hold you so much / At long last, love has arrived / And I thank God I’m alive / You’re just too good to be true […]
Greetings from Laurel Canyon! I almost called it a day so many times / Didn’t know what it felt like to be alive / Until you been a friend to me / Like nobody else could be Keep my hands on the wheel now, mama / I’m gonna honestly try / She looked past the […]
Greetings from Laurel Canyon! Got struck by the first volley / Of the war in the corps / Never held my service / Send ’em a wire, give ’em my best / This ammunition never rests / No one serves coffee, no one wakes up Stop breathin’, stop breathin’ / Breathin’ for me now / […]
Greetings from Laurel Canyon! Time for livin’, time for givin’ / No time for makin’ up a monster to share / Time for livin’, time for givin’ / No time for breakin’ our own fairytale Ain’t, ain’t, ain’t nobody’s got to spell it for me / Ooh, ain’t nobody got to yell, I can see […]
Greetings from Laurel Canyon! Once upon a time, not too long ago, we took a day out in Manchester / We all fall down, there’s not enough hours in the day / Played a bit of football, fell into the union / Barged our way into the toilet with the kung fu king There’s not […]
Greetings from Laurel Canyon! Eyes lit on sharp threats from dark lips / The lights press the soft skin to rough hands / Eyes lit on sharp threats from dark lips / The lights press the soft skin to rough hands I’ve gotten into the habit of posting lyrics on this, my Idelic Hour column. […]
Greetings from Laurel Canyon! Now that you’ve found your paradise / This is your kingdom to command / You can go outside and polish your car / Or sit by the fire in your Shangri-la / Here is your reward for working so hard / Gone are the lavatories in the back yard / Gone […]
Greetings from Laurel Canyon! I went to the market to realize my soul / ‘Cause what I need I just don’t have / First they curse, then they press me ’til I hurt / Rudie can’t fail / Okay! Okay! So where you want to go today? / Hey, boss man! / You’re looking pretty […]
Greetings from Laurel Canyon! Could I write a requiem for you when you’re dead? / “She had the moves, she had the speed, it went to her head” / She never needed anyone to get her round the track / But when she’s on her back / She had the knowledge / To get her […]
Greetings from Laurel Canyon! Fell into a sea of grass / And disappeared among / The shady blades / Children all ran over me / Screaming tag / Hey you are the one He trips her as her sandals fail / She says “Stop I’m a girl / Whose fingernails are made of mother’s pearl” […]
Greetings from Laurel Canyon! Now when the water’s calm and everything is right / Ain’t no catfish gonna make us fight / Hold your sails to the wind and keep your ship in gear / ‘Cause if we sail together we got nothing to fear You threw me your line and now you know I’m […]
