Los Angeles Friday lyrics

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Did my best to transcribe Los Angeles Friday. I left question marks where I'm not sure of the lyrics or words and I gave up on Silver Lake at some point.

[every break within a song indicates a switch in vocalist]
[S] means the female vocalist

Rap it Like You Should

put down the misery
put down the hate
you can do it
it's not too late
you know that if you could
you got to rap it like you should
you think you're so super-cool
but you're a low-down circus fool
put down the misery
get yourself up and you be free
if only you would
you could rap it like you should
I'm going to tell you once again
put down the misery
look straight ahead
and walk that way
you know that you could make it good
you got to rap it like you should
put down the misery
look straight ahead
and walk that way
you know that you can make it good
you know that if you could
you got to rap it like you should

The Bus and the Apartment

I was standing on a corner
I had a few dollars in my hand
along came a bus
and stopped in front of me

it stopped in front of me

I got on that bus
and paid my fare
I took a transfer
so I could take another bus

I could take another bus

I went to the back
and I took my seat

I took my seat

after a long time riding
I got off that bus
and I waited for another one
to come along
I kept riding those buses
all day and night

day and night
day and night

I slept when I could
thought about a lot of things
[nearly 30 years since Rodney King, 30 years of police violence on video not being enough]
it didn't matter that where they were going
it didn't matter the scenery outside

it didn't matter
it didn't matter
it didn't matter

I had something to do inside my mind
but as the time went by
I couldn't think no more
I just kept riding those buses

riding those buses

wherever they would go
I got off at parks
and I sat around a while
I walked here and there
until I found
another bus to ride on

another bus to ride on

whoa
I didn't look at the numbers
or the places they said they would go
it really didn't matter
as long as they took my time
oh, took my time
the sun came up
the sun went down

the sun went down

I came to my apartment
I stayed in my apartment
I didn't want to go outside

I didn't want to go outside

I had the rent paid
the pieces of furniture
to find the wrong personality
I talked to the table
in my own way
hello there mr. table

hello there mr. table
hello

do you know
what's going on
but I really didn't want to know
I hear activity
once in awhile
and then it's quiet

quiet

all over again
there's a streak of light
dancing across the door
but I don't dare to open it
there's nothing on the other side
I don't know

I don't know

how it got this way
my being just brings me here
and I think about the tulips

think about the tulips
think about the tulips
think about the tulips

and the shining smiles that were

shining smiles
shining smiles
shining smiles

but now it's a different time
and the table is not really a friend
it's just an inanimate object

inanimate object

like every other thing that I see
it's not really for the thinking
or the solutions
that could be
it's only for the living

it's only for the living

it's only for the living

it's only for the living


A Good Day

[S]The wind was blowing me away
you stood there and held on to me
the hills and valleys disappeared
the house on the ledge
stronger on the edge
up high and mighty
was your home
welcome welcome
the wind died down
and all was calm
the birds could be heard
dappled sunlight pervaded
it was a good day
I could breathe deeply and smell the plants
and sky falling into my eyes
the landscape beckoning me to the bridge
the on that side with me
we could walk forever
dancing by starlight
eyes swirling
under the moon
another day with you
all the notions I had about life
tossed and turned you stood there
and held onto me


Silver Lake

[S]That's the spirit

we ain't got nothing

nothing is all
we're happy to announce

we ain't got nothing

we're happy to announce

we ain't got nothing

we're happy to announce

we ain't got nothing

we went walking

sunset blvd.

ever been there

sunset blvd.

we passed an outdoor staircase that reminded me of a 70's horror picture show

sunset blvd.

we're happy to announce

we went walking

we would like to inform you

it was some cliffs
some dirt cliffs
and they they went up to some big houses way up there and we thought hey we could climb up these cliffs just find a toehold you know climb up these cliffs but but

we're walking together and we came across some dirt cliffs

sunset blvd

he kept saying let's climb the cliffs I said I don't think I want to climb the cliffs he said let's climb the cliffs I said let's keep walking

let's climb up those cliffs we don't care if the dirt falls down and we get up there we can hang onto those roots and branches and getup on top of that cliff

there was a sign that siad house for aale he said lets follow it so we followed it
we ended up in a stranger's house

benton street
it was benton street

north bentont to be exact
what's your name

james murphy

and hellen murphy

that's my name

you're going to ask that question, what's our names

james murphy

don't you know you don't ask that question

that's my name

you don't ask that question

you wanna know my name

it;s james murphy

I ain't gonna give you my name i'll give you some other name but it ain't gonna be cause I don't want you to know me

or me apparently because I'm hellen murphy

but that house was built 1917 really cool house with

we walked every inch of that house

this is really good

we're happy to announce
we're ahhpy to announce
we're marrying a computer drummer

and we went walking along them streets of los angeles and wow goodness and they had all thsI fruit growing form teh trees and we said hey I don't need to go to the grocery store just pick this fruit off the trees and all these plums and peaches and oranges I know

[giving up transcription at this point]

The Kids Are Outside

[S]going in and out of these places I don't know
the kids are outside but I don't want to be there
I'm in this moving box I made
the kids are all outside
keep myself moving
I don't want to stop
but I'm thinking
that I need to be here not going anywhere
so you gonna stay here with me
you gonna step inside my mind
you never left em here anyway
you never did say good-bye
hey you wanna stay here
make me love you
make me love you
cause i'm going down here
down to be where I must
and if you like me will you will let us be the ones
who stay in this together


The American

she say me
I don't even look like an American
I think hmmmm I'm born and raised in America
who does look like an American
is it the people with they pictures on the money
is it them people on tv
is it the government people
is it all the people in the grocery stores
well what about the bus drivers
what about people with birth certificates
what about people who don't have them
you just passing through
have a baby
they be an American
it don't matter nothing
we's all in the same boat
we's all in the same boat
we's all in the same boat
America yeah

The Limit

believe it[repeatedly]
think I'll go live in Caracas
with the murderers and the theives
I'm sure they won't like me none
I won't be one of them
I think I'll go and live in Pakistan
They'll shoot me on the spot
cause I don't belong in that place
I don't belong at all
think I'll go live in Nairobi
or maybe Istanbul
how about I live in Baghdad
or maybe North Korea
can you believe this
it's got to be a prison
or a bullet in the head
I laid down a railroad track
at which the coming train
I don't even have to leave here
to feel the crushing pain
crushing pain
crushing pain
if you believe it
    
Animal

[S]I'm the animal you locked in the basement
keep me here while you're at work
you put my thoughts into your trunk
locked up tight no chance for me undering [?]
no escape
they stay there while you're at play
zipping down circular routes
content in nothing
activity-driven you shed your emotions
puposefully for this lifetime
how else does one get by
I have twenty-six minutes every day
to myself to think about life
while I'm locked away
everything turns into a lonely merry-go-go-round
and a trill of excitement
when I hear you turn the key trying to unlock my door

Map it Out in Blue

go quiet to Provo, Utah
via moving [buy it moving?]
but when a corporation
find a way to get money
make the damage go away
I'll make a movie in Provo
I promise you that
so you could see me
on the planet of the Earth
I build my body
I yoga breathe
so I stand proudly
ready to die
and if you kill me
I just go away
you can't do that
I have a long plan for me
I want to keep talking to you
I want to stay alive
all living things do
I want the warmth of Houston
and the starts of Provo
I walk my walk
early evening shadows
as the whites and the reds
play in the motion sway
why do I need so the trees
the comfort of weakness
in the god spirit you reside in
you receive this peace
like a crystal asterix
in the sky
shine you be my bent my neck
to your love and kindness
you give me
right through me

To Recover

[S]a meeting at the coffee shop
I'll be there
a union to assist behind scenes
please let it be me
a dance offered for the very first time
shaking down to my knees
a phonecall made out of the blue
my palm sweaty on the receiver
a drink made to you and me
you and me
well that didn't really happen
a song floating between the two of us
it touched me
an awakening listening to your melody
writing in mental ecstasy
a communion broken intentionally
I turned inside-out
it's from that I want to recover
it's from that I want to recover
please please help me recover

Things That Never Change

don't take the air away
I beg you
leave the air
please please
I need to breathe
you can take away the food
you can take away the water
but please please please leave me the air
I need to breathe
I can't go soft seconds [?]
maybe a better soul [?]
but oh I don't want to be without air
can you believe it
I make you my pact
I'll live by the rules
I'll bow down before you
just give me a little air
thank you for the oxygen
whoa
I can do another minute
I just got some air
snap snap my bones got into place
I got my posture working straight
it doens't matter that the turmoil or the barrage or the hate
just keep a cool temper
and we'll talk about it
after a while
the things that never change
got a hold on you
the chains of the predictament
won't let you be
my friend
I cried a big tear for you
and then I asked you
tell me if you love me
I am waiting in the wild dream you have
the things that never change
got a hold on me
got a hold on me
got a hold on me
got a hold on me
got a hold on me
Los Angeles, 2016

[Boris Feigin]

Thank you very much:)

[Antón Seoane]

Thanks! Always nice to have lyrics at hand (specially for non-English natives)

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