The Destruction of Laurel Canyon-Youth Group

[00:31.78]The nominated councillors had a joke [00:40.65]to build the city's foundations on smoke [00:49.77]And they thought their idea so funny [00:58.60]that their laughter it turned into a choke [01:07.53]They started on the blueprints right away [01:16.49]tracing out the cul-de-sacs in spades [01:25.54]They went to sleep not dreaming [01:33.77]not dreaming that they never would awake [01:43.05]And all the Spanish Mission houses slide into the sea [01:51.89]The pool cleaner he cleans the pool with its owner's SUV [02:00.74]The shadow of the mountain it comes creeping across the sea [02:09.44]And no-one would believe you if you said this is how it would be [02:18.25]Up in Laurel Canyon angels sing [02:27.12]while sweet Gene Autry's dealing cards to Sting [02:36.21]He's so flat he went out and traded [02:45.05]Fifty dollars for his wedding ring [02:53.81]And all the sullen singers they pull down on their fringe [03:02.33]The French doors start to buckle and they let the waters in [03:11.32]You know that these hills were built for people to be free [03:19.91]And no-one would believe you if you said this is how it would be [04:01.38]The gutters become torrents and run down the graceful streets [04:09.66]Like a revolutionary force stamping its foamy feet [04:18.76]The elements of nature they are turned and reversed [04:27.83]Land is sea, and air is land, and fire its inverse [04:36.40]All the marble monuments they return to the sea [04:44.80]And no-one would believe you if you said this is how it would be