California’s dark   (video) (intro)

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1. It started in basements and it started in sheds,

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it started in backyards and was hidden under beds.

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I turned on the TV, don't believe a word they say,

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we can't stay here now, love, and we can't get away.

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There's a riot on Sunset, and fires burn in the park,

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the sun has set my friend and California's dark.

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2. And over the screaming I heard a clear voice,

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I looked at my choices, yeah, and I made a choice.

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Smoke and ashes tonight hide the stars,

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the stop lights are red now, love, we've come for what's ours.

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There's a riot on Sunset, and fires burn in the park,

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the sun has set my friend and California's dark.

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3. Come stand among the rattlesnakes at the side of the desert road,

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and close your eyes and listen to the music, hard and cold.

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Tonight the moon is blackened, tonight the doors are shut,

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behind the shuttered windows we pray the sun will come up.

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4. For something walks across these fields for which there is no name,

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you might have heard different, honey, but I was there when it came.

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It will start with a spark, and a great fire will grow,

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don't know how I know it, man, yeah, but I just know.

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There's a riot on Sunset, and fires burn in the park,

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the sun sets everywhere, and the whole damn country's dark.

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There's a riot on Sunset, and fires burn in the park,

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the sun has set my friend and California's dark.

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(orig. = capo 1st) (The Nightwatchman)