Paradise West

Paradise West

Generation X
(album: Valley Of The Dolls)

A sixteen hundred packed with angry young men
Came burning down mainstreet
I touched the epiphone that hung on my hip
It knew the sound of my heartbeat
But turning the corner in a twisted heap
They pulled some bodies
From an upturned Ford
Some kid looked at me and said it´s only life
Might as well use it while we´re young
Might as well use it while we´re young
I queued with some friends outside the ABC one
To see the killer with no name
Yeah De Niros so great, and you know last week
I saw the universe in flames
But it´s always the same like Citizen Kane
Y´end up with nothing and you leave for home
Talking and kicking coke cans in the street
As Fu Manchu Looks on
As Fu Manchu Looks on
And I thought they must think I´m crazy
The things I´ll see for fun
Then in my mind I saw the enemy
And I wasted him with my gun
I thought of my brother working Heathrow
Flying engines in the night
Learning every part he´ll be through in years
When I´m signed on for life
Lying here waiting for a hero to rise
But a lazy man lies back instead
No one hears the young man when he´s alone
Planning to kill someone
Planning to kill someone
And I thought it must be me who´s crazy
The things I´ll do for fun
Choosing poison to get to paradise
Paradise west one
And I thought it must be me who´s crazy
The things I´ll do for fun
Choosing poison to get to paradise
Paradise west one