I took three days to drive down one street   The radio on, tuned to the big fleet   Invisible planes are cracking the concrete   That’s just what some people say      I put down my blanket on cigarette butt beach   I saw the old man, he was doing ok   He’s making his last stand   On old bottles and cans   ’round there, calistan way      Used to be sixteen lanes   Used to be nuevo spain   Used to be juan wayne   Used to be mexico   Used to be navajo   Used to be yippy-ay-i-don’t know      Went in from the weather when I got wheezy   I play some pachinko I play pachisi   And st. anne is still making it breezy   In the valley of tar that once was l.a.      And my best friend he’s the king of karaoke   He struck up a chord and he took it away   Out of the pan   And into japan   ’round there, calistan way      Used to be sixteen lanes   Used to be juan wayne   Used to mexican   Used to be espano nuevo   Used to navajo   Used to be yippie-ay-i-don’t know