So many drugs in L. A Backward-looking swan Veins of my eyes are branches of the Sun Crossed at the gate for lack of Christian faith Hell is a journey in the front seat Where heaven extends your feet Backward-looking swan! Crossed at the gate for lack of Christian faith Backward-looking swan Where the doors are short and fat It takes a lawyer to build a temple and a banker to watch it burn Backward-looking swan! Backward-looking swan Where water is the measure of time and bombs the measure of love We ruin our reputation, the one we never had Backward-looking swan! So many drugs in L.A. man Where the doors are short and fat It takes a lawyer to build a temple and a banker to watch it burn Where water is the measure of time and bombs the measure of love We ruin our reputation, the one we never had Backward looking swan! So many drugs in L. A Veins of my eyes are branches of the Sun Backward looking swan!