Blue Skies

Blue skies Brown horizons If this is the city of angels Then why have we chosen to settle in hell Another shooting and a four-alarm fire Porcelain diet to a body that's good enough to sell All the swimming pools and movie stars Couldn't lure me away from where you are Driving limousines to the movie screens Airbrushed hopefuls posing for magazines, underneath Blue skies Brown horizons If this is the city of angels Then why have we chosen to settle in hell Any day it could explode into riots Sending a shockwave from South Central to Mississauga All those swimming pools and movie stars Will dry up with the valley aqueduct Driving limousines leaking gasoline Airbrushed hopefuls shooting pornography, underneath Buildings racing toward the city lines Acid raining downward from the skies LAX invites another flight Actors, immigrants, and business types Lusting for a piece of coastal life California cornflake paradise You talk, you talk, climb to the top with lies, all lies The hills alight, a fire fight, you run for your life Skyline fires turn the night to day We can't make you leave but you can't stay Handbag Shih Tzus cruise Rodeo Drive Horowitz can't hear the farmer's cries Acid's raining downward from the sky Buildings race toward the city lines Buildings racing past the Buildings sprawling past the Buildings creeping toward the Blue skies Brown horizons