Album: The Ry Cooder Anthology: The UFO Has Landed
Tell you 'bout this friend of mine that you don't know
He lives way up a road that's lost in time
Don't know his name, or where he's coming from,
Only thing you know, he's a real gone cat,
This friend of mine
He don't have no uptown friends, or drive a Cadillac,
But he's got cool threads and a beat up car
All his downtown friends like me ride around in the back
'Cause he's a real cool cat, yeah he's a real cool cat,
This friend of mine
La Loma boys will run with you,
Do anything that you want them to,
If you need a friend 'cause you're feeling blue
Palo Verde girls never let you down
Na na na na na, living in a poor man's Shangri-La
Firme guys in their firme cars,
Underneath the moon and stars
The city lights way down below
What's that sound? What's that light
Streaking down through the night?
What's it mean? It's a red cloud over
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