Balboa Fun Zone lyrics

She's got her nose in the mirror
She's got her mind in a cloud
I want so much to be near her
But I'm gonna have to wait

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'Til she comes - Down!
'Til she comes down!
'Til she comes - Down!
'Til she comes down!

She's a classy, sassy, flashy lady
She hides her heart in a shroud
I'd take a nod or a maybe
But I'm gonna have to wait

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Sometimes at night I drive by and stare
And wonder what my life would be like if I had wound up there
Would I walk around with that look on my face
That dreaded look of having been condemned to this place

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I could have kept on drinking
I could have gone to jail
My twisted road was sinking
Straight to the?

Allen Hotel
The Stories they tell
At the Allen Hotel

He left home at 16, the days go by like years
He didn't get much schooling but he learned a lot on the road
He knows one thing, not to trust no one but himself
He hopes and prays, but he knows his days are numbered

Well, he hits the bottle to wipe out his fears
But no one's there to wipe away those whiskey tears
He's alone against the world

Something went on last night
You were fine at the Fun*Zone, now something isn't right
Something went on last night

It's in your touch
It's in your stare
I'd hurt half as much
If I thought you still cared
Well I watch the ocean hit the sand
With troubled heart and empty hands
I feel the summer turn to fall
And wonder why I cared at all
You're feeling like the summer gone

Spring Break 1987
Kids out of school, they're in seventh heaven
For one short week nothing's out of reach
They make their way down to Balboa Beach

Boys look for girls, girls look for boys
Showing off their cars and making lots of noise
Words on the Fun*zone, no one can deny it
There's a mob of restless kids looking for a riot

There's a Riot! Riot! Riot! Riot at the beach!!!!

People who don't understand - Tryin' to keep together a band
Pigs that never let me be - Most of the justice that I see
One of those days, sleepless nights - Public scenes, domestic fights
Routine ruts from day to day - Girls who won't go all the way
So. Cal freeway jams - S.O.S. and legal scams
Rides that always sketch on me - Have to have her home by three

I don't really know which way to go
What I really want to do
Can't you see the pain overload behind mine eyes?

Expecting mass perfection
So the plan will carry through
A gift from above? A curse in disguise?
Can't find a soul who'll sympathize

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I'm a genius in pain, I'm a genius in pain
Try to keep a pace impossible to sustain
I'm a genius in pain, I'm a genius in pain

She came in out of the rain
Her eyes reflecting all my sorrow and pain
I tried to turn her away
Said 'Get out! Wait a minute, won't you stay?'

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Come on in? 'Cos I'm a victim
Come on in? 'Cos I'm a victim
Come on in? 'Cos I'm a victim
Come on in? 'Cos I'm a victim

Now that I have changed my old ways
Too many broken hearts have been the price that I've paid

Instant Karma's gonna get you
Gonna knock you right on the head
You better get yourself together
Soon you're gonna be dead

What in the world you thinking of?
Laughing in the face of love
What on earth you tryin' to do?
Well it's up to you, yeah you!

Instant Karma's gonna get you
It's gonna look you right in the face
Better get yourself together darlin'
Join the human race

The only difference between tattooed and non-tattooed people
is that tattooed people don't mind if you're not tattooed!

Since my first time under the gun
It seems I'm never, ever able to stop
Next time I think I'll go see Patti Laguna
One of the coolest lady's around

Still, in some places its against the law
What's wrong with such a beautiful art?

You yell and scream for no reason at all
You pick up shit and throw it at me then you start to bawl
You should see yourself! Hear yourself! A fucking child!
I'm tryin' to find a reason for you going so wild

"What's wrong?" I ask, you say "You said something mean!"
Every word I utter, man, I gotta screen
This shit has gotta stop before I go berserk

Such a hawk
Not a dove
Do you really believe in the god above?

Took control when we found ourselves in sticky situations
Not a gesture of love, but self appreciation

Idleness
Webs of time
Treacheries you undermined

Now you find yourself in a sticky situation
We laugh as you drown in your own humiliation

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Search for the truth, wade through the lies

Hello?
Is my daughter there?
She's 15 years old
Blue eyes, blonde hair
She's been away from home 'bout two or three day
To locate Rikk Agnew in California

Write a letter to me on a random chance of receiving some reply
You get one, suddenly it's and insta-romance, but you're a stranger in my eyes
Pull your rotting roots and proceed to bail on a journey guaranteed

She spent the last of her teenage years
At home alone with her worst fears
When the telegraph came, she did not know who to blame

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She walks alone [x9]

The War that took her husband's life
It made a widow of his wife
The world came crashing in, she made a haunt to rest with him

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She walks alone!

She leaves the flowers on his grave