Ah, this street seems so lonely
Isn't this where it all began?
The dream makes it seem so familiar
Yet somehow it slipped through my hand

It's at this point I realize
I feel there's nothing there
In this moment I realize
Left myself standing there

The cars flash by so beautiful
So gorgeous in such a racy maze
In a painful stare the city of angels
Melts into a sluggish haze

Isn't this the place I came
To see my pinnacle of success
It's the 5th or 6th or 100th step
In my race before my death

The cars flash by so beautiful
So gorgeous in such a racy maze
In a painful stare the city of angels
Melts into a sluggish haze

I put on my makeup
So carefully line my eyes
Can I make me up enough
To live outside the lies

© 2001 Joslin Larson and Patrick Short, BMI

Margie: lead vocal
Patrick: piano, bass and backing vocal
John Antony: guitar intro and steel-string acoustic guitar parts
René Berblinger: classical (nylon string) guitar parts