L.A. Girl

The Distillers

This is the story about a circle of women
LA women
On an LA mission
This is the glory gonna get their hooks in gonna drag you way down
Do ya want to go home soon?
Yeah god almighty what the fuck happened to you?
I'm not red, white, and blue
Outta mind your outta sight
Every day and all night
I watch your pale ass on that street, I watch you walk on through

Then she went glassy a sawn-off tragedy
A deliverance in the city, a new beginning
Power and glory in the name of the enemy
You sell your restless casualty for power and glory

Yeah god almighty what the fuck happened to you
I'm not red white and blue
Outta mind your outta sight
Every day and all night
I watch your pale ass on that street
Why'd you you walk on through

Hey, yeah yeah yeah, no hey, yeah, hey, yeah yeah yeah, baby

Do I miss you, do I miss you?
Miss you at all
Do I miss you, do I miss you?
I don't miss you at all
And I say god almighty what the fuck happened to you
I'm not red white and blue
Outta mind your outta sight
Every day and all night
I watch your pale ass on that street
Why'd you you walk on through this hate, why?d you you walk on through

Hey, yeah yeah yeah, no hey, yeah, hey


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    what the fuck is everyone on about with the courtney love thing?wat a pile of shit that doesnt even link with the lyrics especially the chorus. Its more likely about how when she moved to LA from australia, and saying how it brings you down etc. a bad city, whatever. and saying 'im not red white or blue' is obviously about the american flag, saying shes not fucking american her heritage is australian. same meaning applies to the song city of angels, saying how its all lies what you here and nothings what it seems, the idea of LA is sugrcoated with celebrities, etv etc etc.

    about courtney love..........jesus christ

    asktheangelson June 30, 2004   Link

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