Sometimes I walk and wish L.A.

were some small town in Monteray

I close my eyes and ask the gods

to make those cadillacs

some dusty dogs



I close my eyes and live

I close my eyes and live another day



Sometimes I think I'll melt away

and in the sidewalk cracks I'll stay

and who will notice?

who will call?

and life won't change much

if at all



I close my eyes and live

I close my eyes and live another day



another day so far

from the farms where I grew up

another day

another day

another day so far from that single

pair of eyes

that speak to me of home

not another night alone



another day is done

I lay my eyes to rest

there's food

I've got a bed

and there's a roof above my head



sometimes I think that everyone

really speaks a foreign tongue

like I say x and you hear y

but I push these thoughts from my mind



and close my eyes and live

I close my eyes and live another day



I close my eyes and live

I close my eyes and live another day