Butch Walker

When Canyons Ruled The City

Butch Walker


laurel was a girl i knew, 
made of dirt and stone 
pretty hip in younger times, 
now she sits alone 
with a hundred thousand, 
beat up architectural disasters 
she calls homes 
beverly glen was pretty 
all the rich boys loved her curves 
she tried to get the credit sometimes 
more than she deserved 
like those cheesy 80's movies 
she epitomized all things 
we'd come to know 
beachwood was a boheme 
from the sexy 60's scene 
grew up east of w. hollywood 
and somewhere in between 
all the madness laurel puts up with , but 
somehow always tolerates a scene 
nicols had a lot in common 
with performing arts 
a and r guys having cookouts 
on her back with super stars 
but she had some nasty habits and some 
roadwork to repair this drama queen 
sometimes beachwood yelled at laurel 
on the terms of selling out 
then laurel yelled at beverly 
for not knowing what life's about 
with her trust fund friends and family, 
it felt just like an earthquake 
when she'd shout 
and silverlake just stood there 
with her nose up in the air 
pushing up her horn rimmed glasses saying, 
i dont fucking care 
bout the drama all you idiots are buying, 
selling, leasing, up there 
san fernando was a struggling actor 
drove a deli truck to the sets of porno 
movies, just trying to make a buck 
while his pilot sits in escrow, he dreams of 
dating beverly one day