(Lyrics by Mark Kanning)

I give up on sleep and roll the boulevard
to breathe the air of LA in the dark
The wind beats a fist against the Palisades
and chases all the bums out of the park

My empty cup of coffee sits in disbelief
What's it gonna take to get a fill?
Another quarter underneath the drivers seat
will buy another hour at the all-night grill

And when she shuffles on by
she throws a little shade and drops the bill
That girl is just like me: nobody and nowhere she wants to be
Hey, baby, you can't deny
that you and I have only time to kill
You could be nobody and nowhere with me

"My shift is winding down in an hour" she said
"and part of me is hoping you'll be gone,
but I'll just flip the channels 'til I fell asleep,
and you're cute enough to waste my morning on"

"The wind just blew the clouds off the coast" I said
"so we can catch the sunrise in the clear.
To be lonely among millions is a sorry state
when running from the lonely is what brought us here"

And then she fixed up her hair
and looked at me like looking in a mirror
"That boy is just like me: nobody and nowhere he wants to be.
Hey, baby, maybe I dare to go whatever way you wanna steer.
You could be nobody and nowhere with me"

Well beyond midnight, we're shadows in the twilight
We wait for the sunlight, our backs to the sea
You try to be pretty, I try to be funny
But in this sleeping city, all that you need to be is nobody...
nobody and nowhere with me

My Favorite Memory

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