The Pulse of L.A

The planet's most diverse megatropolis
Arguably the center of the world
You can get lost looking at a map
A strategic stronghold on the Pacific's rim
Finally woke from many a decade's nap

There are a whole lot of stars
Many more cars, coffee houses and sports bars
Southern and western beaches
Multi-aged groupie leaches
Forests and deserts
Ethnic cuisines, SUV's, limousines
Cell phones, silicone
Minds blown - from faking and perpetrating

A mountain with six flags
A land of disney too
A knott so berry farm
And a universe of studio's with tours

Then the quakes that shake
Rocks that slide, waves that crash
Brush that burns, a sun that lasts
Charming villages for locals
Hidden villages for the privileged

Plenty of homes full
And too many are home-less
High crime more grime
A street shoeshine is very hard to find

A few off-shore islands
Over priced rehabs and asylums
You see spaced out loners
A church on every corner
Hide speed chases, bogus court cases
City council races, same ole faces
Fruit flies, brown skies,
Modern day privateers in neck-ties

Police commission politics, Hollywood lunatics
Lots of porn stars craving to fit - in
There are masses of immigrants
Plenty of derelicts
An original blimp and corporate pimps

Up and coming plastic surgeons
Perverts with dungeons
Wanna b's, killer bees, lots of fake boobies
A city still experiencing growing pains
Not hardly enough rain

Scenic views, unfavorable news
Once again the Clippers loose
31 clever choices of ice cream
Hopeful star's shattered dreams
No pro football team

Nationalities of every blend
A legendary announcer named Vin
And we expect the Lakers to win
Again and again and again

Well known mountains
Griffith Park fountain
Frequent gas gouging
People who are true blue
People you can see through
People who want to be you

Want to see something more spectacular
Than precious jewels around a rich lady's neck
See this city from the air
On an after dark in-bound flight to LAX

A trillion million-dollar homes
Somebody's gettin' paid
Now can you feel the pulse of L.A
Veins and arteries going every which-a-way

Quietly kept
The I.E., the O.C., the S.D.
And a piece of the pacific blue
Shouldn't deny that they're part of L.A. too

Here you will find
Cliff jumping hang gliders
Home of original low riders
Renown think tanks
A host of foreign banks
Proud universities
Famous hill top observatory
A downtown hi rise penitentiary

Plenty of scandals, vandals
Spas and gyms marketing human meat
Under a guise of relaxation or reducing love handles
Graffiti around the city
Serious artistic talent undiscovered
What a pity

Champions in every major sport
A massive world port
80 spoken languages of all sorts
40 million nostrils
Shortage of nurses and doctors

Space Shuttle sonic booms
Weekend skies raining hot air balloons
Some would agree that
The nightlife here shuts down too soon

Spend part of the day at the beach
Zooming in the speed boat
Later in the evening
Get out the parka and the gloves
And hit the moon-lit ski slopes
All in the same day
Only here can you have it that way

The capital of the 'reality show'
For every color in a rainbow
The absolute ultimate in urban sprawl
And let's not forget the freeways that always crawl

Reason I ain't gone
L.A. is home