The Valley

I'm just another third generation
San Fernando Valley Beth Shalom kid
North Hills mother
Boyle Heights father
Chose each other
Chose Reseda Blvd
Moved to the suburbs
Can’t choose your daughters
They grow like wild tomatoes
Straighten their teeth and fix their noses

Oh, I'm just another family business used car lot princess
And I know
You never leave the valley
You know you never
You never leave
The Sun glints on a noble blade
Laid to rest in balboa lake
The sunset smog looks so sweet from my car
The sky is never blue here
And the girls?
Always are
They always are

I tried to get out
New York City sent me home hay-made
No one there misses me
I feel so silly
Should flee the country
Held down by my own hand
The whole thing makes me dizzy
You’ve got gloom goggles, my mother boggles
She says I'm paranoid
Jack, not much happens on South Saticoy
But Jesus Mary, Mama!
That’s what scares me, don’t you know?
Oh, I know you know

You never leave the valley
You know you never
You never leave
The Sun glints on a noble blade
Laid to rest in balboa lake
The sunset smog looks so sweet from my car
The sky is never blue here
And the girls?
They don’t get too far
They don’t get too far
Oh no, they don’t
I won’t