California goodnight,
all your glittering lights
Your wayward delights,
it seems like
All the kids are looking for
a love in the blackout
My hungry years were all spent
Buying coke with the rent,
not recompensed
So I told the sorry tale
of my years in the blackout
I'm in love with a girl
I'm in love with a girl
Who tears my heart out
As she ties me to the bed
Her sweetest nothings all are said
I think it's time I got out
Miss Gamara, au revoir,
I lost my soul to the stars
But stole it right back the night that
All the little angels ran right in the blackout
You're filming day for night
And take a twisted delight
in my delirious flight
Oh dear, I'll burn all my new clothes
in the blackout
I'm in love with a girl
I'm in love with a girl
Who tears my heart out
As she ties me to the rack
Her biggest promise is on spec
I know it's time, I've got to go
I'm gazing down at your lights
I see your curses and blights
Your lies and slights,
I think I've found myself here
at the end of the blackout
So as I wave you goodbye,
I offer one final lie
and with a bow and a sigh I whisper
I'm just another kid
who wants love in the blackout
I murdered my life last
night in the blackout
I spent thirteen years and two weeks