| Tell you 'bout this friend of mine that you don’t know
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| He lives way up a road that’s lost in time
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| Don’t know his name, or where he’s coming from
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| Only thing you know, he’s a real gone cat
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| This friend of mine
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| He don’t have no uptown friends, or drive a Cadillac
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| But he’s got cool threads and a beat up car
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| All his downtown friends like me ride around in the back
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| 'Cause he’s a real cool cat, yeah he’s a real cool cat
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| This friend of mine
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| La Loma boys will run with you
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| Do anything that you want them to
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| If you need a friend 'cause you’re feeling blue
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| Palo Verde girls never let you down
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| Na na na na na, living in a poor man’s Shangri-La
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| Firme guys in their firme cars
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| Underneath the moon and stars
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| The city lights way down below
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| What’s that sound? |
| What’s that light
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| Streaking down through the night?
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| What’s it mean? |
| It’s a red cloud over
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| Chávez Ravine
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| Oralé, UFO, come gliding low
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| Se cayó up Chávez Road
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| Space Vato, square cat
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| Say, «Caramba, partners, where’s the party at?»
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| I heard about the cool jerk, and the alligator
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| Tokay wine, Mary Jane, and Lil' Julian Herrera
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| Iwant to learn to dance, make romance
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| These La Bishop girls might take a chance
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| My friend says, «No, be cool, bro
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| If you want to dance slow
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| Learn to ask a mi hermana con respeto.»
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| UFO got a radio
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| Lil' Julian singing soft and low
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| Los Angeles down below
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| DJ says, we got to go
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| To El Monte, El Monte, pa El Monte
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| Na na na na na, living in a poor man’s Shangri-La |