Burbank -

Well, the rent’s no cheaper in Burbank

I think somebody lied

And they keep saying L.A. is over with

It’s like someone had died

But the rich and fortunate

Like plastic surgeons, they all seem to thrive

I’m just skating on the boardwalk today

Thinking, hey, how strange I’m alive

There’s a lady getting arrested

She’s walking topless on the beach

There’s an old blind man

With his banjo in hand

Tip jar is well within reach

But the lost and restless

They get nervous when the cops pass by

I watch the old men play chess

Hey, hey, we all get by

But the lost and restless

They get nervous when the cops pass by

I’m just here on the pier today

Thinkin' hey, I’d like to do more

More than survive

There’s a part of me gone missing

It left so long ago, some town I’d lived in

Some childhood nightmare

Where it went ain’t nobody knows

But the voices of angels

They will lift me when it’s my time to fly

I’m just here in the California sun

Thinking, hey, hey, I guess, I’ll try