I should note two things here: (a) It wasn’t until I was in my late 30s that I first saw A Christmas Story, so I had no idea who Scott Farcas was for a long, long time and (2) It’s hard to imagine that the Less Than Jake song Scott Farcas Takes It on the Chin is about any city other than Los Angeles.
Well, I think of how things are.
Right now it feels like, yea, it all feels like some kind of circus show.
And how this town, it keeps you pinned down.
Same old song from years ago.
And how this place, will chew you up.
Then spit you out before you go-oh.
And when they drag you, kickin’ and screamin’ from the scene you know,
that it’s time to leave.
Well, I think of how this town right now it’s filled with speed freaks, and assholes,
and all kinds of creeps.
And some how every new face in every single case in a year or two will be erased.
And how this place will chew you up.
Then spit you out before you go-oh.
And when they drag you kickin’ and screamin’ from the scene you know, that it’s time to leave.
When I think of how I’m feeling right now, somehow.
I still remember how I felt four years ago.
And when I think of how things are right now, the same old song from years ago.
I know this place will chew you up.
Spit you out before you go. I know, I know.
And when they drag you, kickin’ and screamin’ from the scene you know, that it’s time to go.
(That it’s time to go.)
