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Down on Pico and Fedora.
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Back in 1983
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All the cholos on the corner
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Hid their pistols in the trees
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El Funny Clown lived off of Sunset
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On a street called Benton Way
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There were blood satins on the sidewalk
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But the rain washed them away
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On the mean streets of L.A.
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All those teenage summer days
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I took the bus way down to Venice
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Went bodysurfing in the waves
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Staring out at the horizon
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On those teenage summer days
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On the mean streets of L.A.
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All those teenage summer days
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My daddy was a trucker
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Hauling freight 12 hours a day
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Sometimes he'd take me down to Vernon
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Or the shipyards in South Bay
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On the mean streets of L.A.
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All those teenage summer days
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