Never should have listened to that friend of mine He said the work was here and the girls were fine But all I do is wait in line to be told that I'm not right
Never should have climbed the Rockies in my lousy car Three thousand miles to chase this star I got to save my money and tend this bar To get that eastbound flight
Don't want to waste another day in LA in the land of the endless summer Sometimes it seems these California dreams are just one long bummer And I was born the son of a mummer I'm gonna keep on keep on waiting on new years day
I'll be up all night making body heat Bring my golden slippers down to 2 street And don't that glockenspiel sound sweet in the January air
I'm gonna raise my glass to the first sunrise Dance and strut with all my guys I gotta kiss the girl with the ice blue eyes confetti in her hair, gotta be there
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Here we stand at your door Like we did the year before Give us whiskey give us gin Open up and let us in