L.A. (Looking Alive)

Taking a walk down Eagle Rock, wandering Where the men wear their jeans tight as a bull dog's skin Listening to the way people talk and the way people worry Turn themselves blonde when they get that sick feeling they're aging I've had a face he has a hard time remembering And every time that we've met he'll Ask, "Sorry what's your name again?" Well the way people talk and the way people hurry To reach for a card when they think that you might be- Wasting their time Wide eyed looking for something There's bound to be something To let you down Wide eyed are you sleep deprived Well if you want to be something You're looking alive Taking a drive down the five, I'm a different man The drivers have a way of taking the last bit of goodness I had There's always something to wake you when you're caught in a dream Flashing lights in your rearview, The hollowing scream of your own voice Was that my voice? Might I suggest something? There's bound to be something To let you down Wide eyed are you sleep deprived If you want to be something then- Hey! Look alive Look alive Look alive Look alive Look alive Look alive Well I left for the city with the strength and the will to compete How quickly you forget that just anyone can fill your seat Doesn't it feel good to laugh at yourself? Turn your back on the business and leave it to sell its own worry I've been looking alive I've been looking alive