Michael Tomlinson Angelenos
You know I hardly ever come here Cause it's a place I don't feel at home They say long ago she lost the dream When her keepers here let it go I heard many things about her Before I laid my eyes on her skin When I first beheld this withered angel I yearned for what she had been Chorus: Oh hey Los Angelenos I saw your lights from on the hill Spread out below a diamond blanket I saw your breast rising still I never knew you held this vision Pulsing alive and full of rhyme I couldn't see the hidden meaning I guess I was wrong about your dying Oh I was wrong about your dying Oh L.A. It's so easy to be swallowed In these streets that call out for rain Let a storm come on uproot us from here And plant us all once again Oh her spirits heard me singing She lead me up the hill in the dark She unblinded me where I could see That the angel still has heart Chorus They're like butterflies your healers And they fill your skies at night We can listen if we will Bring us all alive World arise and fly
