Part of the Album, "Music After All"
Copyright 2009 John Torres
lyrics
L.A. Comes Alive
By: John Torres and Tim Kobza
Two Old Men Music (BMI)
Kobza Music (ASCAP)
V1
Was it really a crime?
Or is it just the way we are?
A thousand points of light in every frame
And all the car alarms, and signals of security
Afraid that we have always been the same.
Confused by every facet of the game
Pre
And all the while the time keeps passing. All the while…
Chorus
L.A. comes alive and I am frozen in the light
And Oh I wonder if the night will lead me home.
L.A comes alive and all my dreams have now arrived
An.d It’s a wonder I survived so long alone.
V2
Did I ever believe,
Or do I have to wait and see
The fingerprints and traces that remain
Parts you’ve taken from me, pieces with integrity
Moments that my heart cannot contain.
Thoughts that leave me singing in the rain.
Pre
And all the while the time keeps passing. All the while
Chorus
LA comes alive and I am frozen in the light
And Oh I wonder if the night will lead me home.
LA comes alive and all my dreams have now arrived
And it’s a wonder I survived so long alone.
Bridge
The Billboards on a Friday night
Dissolving in the smoking light
Of cigarettes and ashes on the street
The faded dreams and broken hearts
Recycled on the Boulevard
Are written on the faces that you meet
In the city of our dreams
L.A comes alive.
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