So Much For The City lyrics

Well tell me

Where it all went wrong

And tell me

Where you lost those damn songs
I can't say i was surprised

I heard a drink was involved

Oh you gotta be, oh you gotta be

Still living by the sea

Oh you gotta be, oh you gotta be

Cause Santa Cruz,

You're not that far

Oh Santa Cruz,

No, you're not that far

Well villains come and villains will go

So much for the city

Tell me that you'll dance to the end

Just tell me that you'll dance to the end

Hey, hey you're the monkees

People said you monkeyed around

But nobody's listening now

Just don't go back to Big Sur

Hangin' around, lettin' your old man down

Just don't go back to Big Sur

Baby baby please don't go

So much for the street lights

So you've paid your dues,

(No intention to)

Those Elvis frauds, how they'll applaud,

Farewell my friends

So in your rock'n'roll

(In your rock'n'roll)

And pretty soon those pretty girls

Will find your home

We'll pay you handsomely (But you see)

Dont steal our sun

Dont steal our sun(You're just killin' fun)

I said you felt so good

(I said you felt so good)

Well, what can you do

When all that surrounds you

Says slow down

Deckchairs and cigarettes

(Theyre sayin)

Lets go to San Diego

Hey thats where all the kids go

Just don't change a thing

Just don't change a thing

Just don't change a thing

Well the bottom fell out

On our summer

But we knew

What we got ourselves into

(Theyre sayin)

Lets go to San Diego

Yeah you're burning

Oh you're burning

My ears with your travelling tales

But my in laws;

oh baby my in laws

They're trying to tie a young man down

Well i never should have settled down

Hanging around in a one horse town

When everyone started sleeping around

But this feeling

That I'm feeling

Well you're preying on a tender heart

So this evening

Everybody's talking crazy

This town you're hanging up on me,

Baby blue.

Its such a shame when old friends fall out,

Its such a shame when old friends fall out,

Its such a shame when old friends fall out,

Over new lovers. (Well my oh my oh my)

Broken friendships surely beckon

Why she asked me?

All because of you,

Baby blue.

Its such a shame when old friends fall out,

This old world won't take me home

I said sure for the hell she goes

Well i dont know man, well i dont know man

(I sure know i'm here)

Ooh, say it ain't so

Ooh, say it ain't so

Because i sure love you so

Memories dig in my heels

I dont care girl,

I'll be there girl

So does this mean your truly gone?

Well i don't know man, well i dont know man

(I sure know i'm here)

Well they're sure keen on dancin'

Those Hollywood kids, those Hollywood kids got it made.

When they act, big doors open.

Those Hollywood kids, those Hollywood kids got it made.
So let's party, Dustin Hoffman.

Those Hollywood kids, those Hollywood kids got it made.

Oh how the sun sets on my Boulevard

But leaves quite a shadow to fill

Oh how the sun sets on my Boulevard

If this sounds phoney,
Don't say i didn't warn
This place suffocates,
And my hearts yearns me on
But the one girl you want,
Is waiting right here

But the one girl you want,
Is waiting right here

You spent your life inspiring envy,
But not yourself.
That's the last thing you told me,
I'm back to make amends.

So go on tell all your friends,
You're just travelling through.

Dont you know

You can't rewrite

Your own history
Cigarette Barbie

Your love is like a city i visited

Your love is like a city that burnt me good

Oh Las Vegas,

I could only afford one weekend

Don't you know

You're like Pete Best

Bitter after all these years

Just let it go

Your love is like a city i visited

Your love is like a city that burnt me good

Oh Las Vegas,

Lately

I'm gettin the impression

That my baby

Is moving down to LA

For the big lights

Flashing and reflecting

In her big eyes

Hey nothing here could make her stay

Everybody's got to have plans,

she said

Everybody's got to have plans,

Cos I can't see you smiling pumping gas

Some low life

B-movie producer

And his Big talk

Now dont you go buy into that

Well sure has been a while

Well I was just here killing some time

Watching people go by

Left my sins down by the sea

Donât you know that no-one likes to be upstaged

Well I donât buy that

I donât believe youâd leave without me

Well I donât buy that

I donât believe youâd leave without me

So please donât go away

Do I look like a car crash

Baby tell me it aint true

Cos if i look like a car crash

I don't know what the hell i'd do

Everybody tells me i'm out of my mind

Just because I say

Baby, oh baby

Don't change

Do I look like a car crash

Tell me baby it aint true

Cos if i look like a car crash

I don't know what the hell i'd do

Everybody tells me i'm out of my mind

I was surfing this tidal wave,

of faded glories.

A San Diego pad,

and five, six years walked straight by me.

Well times have changed,

and time sure has changed you.

Don't you realise you've really changed?

We'll dance, we'll dance 'til the tide creeps in.

We'll dance, we'll dance 'til the tide creeps in.

We'll laugh, we'll laugh 'til the tide creeps in.