Butch Walker - When canyons ruled the city

^ELaurel was a girl I knew, made of dirt and stone ^AmPretty hip in younger years, but now she sits alone With a ^Chundred thousand architectural disasters She calls^E homes ^EBeverly Glen was pretty, all the rich boys loved her curves She ^Amtried to get the credit sometimes

Like those^C cheesy 80's movies, epitomizing all things We'd come to^E know

^EBeachwood was a boheme from the sexy 60's scene ^AmGrew up east of west Hollywood and somewhere in between All the ^Cmadness Laurel puts up with, But somehow always tolerates^E a scene ^ENicols, he had a way with the performing arts A&^Amamp;R guys having cookouts on his back with super stars But he ^Chad some nasty habits and some potholes to Cover up this dram^Ea queen

^ESometimes Beachwood yelled at Laurel over terms of selling out ^AmThen Laurel yelled at Beverly for not knowing what life's about With her ^Ctrust fund friends and family, it felt like an earthquake When she'd^E shout And ^ESilverlake just stood there, with her nose up in the air Pushing ^Amup her horn rimmed glasses saying, "I don't fucking care abou^Ct the madness all you idiots are buying, Selling and ^Eleasing up there"

^ESan Fernando was a struggling actor who drove a deli truck On the ^Amsets of porno movies, he was just trying to make a buck While his ^Cpilot was in escrow, he dreamed of Dating Beverly one ^Eday