Paradise

oh me oh my
LA is fine
AM by the seaside
all night on the eastside
its fine in the way that you talk about a man you want or
a woman that you need by your side

fat double wides
rolling down the 5
like the grease on a slug
or rolled on their backs like a bug
and Im stuck sitting in a mazda black
waiting on the moon to bring the nighttime back
then I'll slip off the edge of the world or
through the cracks

traffic lights are keeping time
from bombay beach down to the county line
and I'll sit wide-eyed just like a child
while the sun goes down on paradise

some two kind eyes
staring back in mine
filling my heart bout to burst
feeling like love is a church
and if we all join hands we could live in a peaceful way
actors all get jobs and immigrants get to stay
lets pay the cost for it to be that way

traffic lights are keeping time
from bombay beach down to the county line
and I'll sit wide-eyed just like a child
while the sun goes down on paradise

Bill.e sits by a bench
staring at the river through a fence
sitting there he starts to dream
soul rising up likes its cream
heart young but scarred by regret
its hot in the sun so he sweats and he says

oh me oh my

LA is fine.