Los Angeles is Burning

 
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Somewhere high in the desert near a curtain of a  
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blue, 
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St. Anne's skirts are billowing  
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But down here in the city of the lime-lights,  
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The fans of Santa Ana are witherin'.  
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And you can't deny that living is easy,  
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If you never look behind the scenery.  
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It's showtime for dry climes,  
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And Bedlam is dreamin' of rain.  
 
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When the hills of Los Angeles are burnin',  
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Palm trees are candles in the murder wind.  
 
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So many lives on the breeze,  
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Even the stars are ill at ease.  
Am G 
And Los Angeles is burnin'. 
 
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This is not a test,  
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Of the emergency broadcast system,  
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When Malibu fires and radio towers,  
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Conspire to dance again.  
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And I cannot believe the media Mecca,  
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They're only trying to peddle reality, catch it on  
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prime time, story at nine.  
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The whole world is goin' insane.  
 
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When the hills of Los Angeles are burnin',  
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Palm trees are candles in the murder wind.  
 
Am Em 
So many lives on the breeze,  
Am C 
Even the stars are ill at ease.  
Am G 
And Los Angeles is burnin'. 
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A placard reads,  
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The end of days,  
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Jacaranda bows are bending in the haze  
 
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More a question than a curse,  
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How could hell be any worse?  
 
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The flames are stunnin', 
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The cameras runnin',  
 
So take warnin'. 
 
 
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When the hills of Los Angeles are burnin',  
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Palm trees are candles in the murder wind.  
 
Am Em 
So many lives on the breeze,  
Am C 
Even the stars are ill at ease.  
Am G 
And Los Angeles is burnin'. 
 
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.:.PEdRINHO.:.