[ti:The Destruction Of Laurel Canyon] [ar:Youth Group] [al:Casino Twilight Dogs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Destruction Of Laurel Canyon - Youth Group [00:32.39]The nominated councillors had a joke [00:40.93]To build the city's foundations on smoke [00:50.20]And they though [00:52.45]Their idea so funny [00:58.85]That their laughter it turned into a choke [01:08.14]They started on the blueprints right away [01:17.08]Tracing out the culdesacs in spades [01:25.91]And they [01:28.20]Went to sleep not dreaming [01:34.26]Not dreaming that they never would awake [01:43.69]And all the spanish mission houses slide into the sea [01:52.48]The pool cleaner he cleans the pool [01:56.42]With it's owner's suv [02:01.32]The shadow of the mountain [02:04.63]It comes creeping across the sea [02:10.04]And no one would believe you [02:12.17]If you said this is how it would be [02:19.09]Up in Laurel canyon angels sing [02:28.08]Sweet gene autry's dealing cards to sting [02:37.07]He's so flat [02:39.09]He went out and traded [02:45.88]50 dollars for his wedding ring [02:54.66]And all the sullen singers [02:58.43]They pull down on their fringe [03:03.36]The french doors start to buckle [03:06.70]And they let the waters in [03:12.28]You know that these hills were built for [03:16.77]People to be free [03:20.89]And no one would believe you [03:22.97]If you said this is how it would be [04:01.83]The gutters become torrents [04:05.57]And run down the graceful streets [04:10.50]Like a revolutionary force stamping it's foamy feet [04:19.37]The elements of nature [04:23.30]They are turned and reversed [04:28.37]Land is sea and air is land and fire it's inverse [04:37.28]All the marble monuments they return to the sea [04:45.52]And no one would believe you [04:47.72]If you said this is how it would be