L.A. (Looking Alive)

Takin' a walk down Eagle Rock, wanderin'

Where the men wear their jeans tight as a bulldog's skin

Listenin' to the way people talk, and the way people worry

Turn themselves blind when they get that sick feeling they're agin'

Well, I've got a face he has a hard time remembering

And every time that we've met, he asks, "Sorry, what's your name again?"

Well, the way people talk and the way people hurry

To reach for a card, and they think that you might be wastin' their time

Wide-eyed, lookin' for somethin', there's bound to be somethin'

Too that you've done

Wide-eyes, sleep deprived, well, if you wanna be somethin'

You're lookin' alive

Takin' a drive down the Five, I'm a different man

Well, the drivers have a way of takin' the last bit of good in the sand

Well, there's somethin' always to wake to, when you're caught in a dream

Flash the lights in your rearview, the holler and scream of your own voice

Or was that my voice?

Might I suggest somethin'?

There's bound to be somethin' to let you down

Wide-eyed, I am sleep deprived, well, if you wanna be somethin'

Then, hey, look alive

Look alive

Look alive, look alive

Look alive, look alive

Well, I long for the city with the strength and the will to compete

And how quickly you forget that just anyone can fill your seat

Ah, doesn't it feel good to laugh at yourself?

Turn your back on the business and leave it to sell its own worryin'

It's own worry

I've been lookin' alive

I've been lookin' alive