In The Shadow Of The Valley

I gave up my cynicism, I gave up my hard shell I gave up everything that would cause you the least pain I'm immodest as a child old before it's time Why should I hide something I've no chance to see? My nights are all sleepless so all through my day I took the next shade of weariness down to L.A. I'm off like a shotgun out of your reach My self-importance, my mind-numbing haze No, I don't want to know about my life I don't want to know what I'm thinking or feeling Ignorance is bliss but babe, we won't stay that way We'll escape heaven somehow down in L.A. I can make your future easier to predict I'm hot as a devil and cold as an addict People usually just make me tired The plague of always deserving something better God save me from the rewards I deserve One for giving up hope and the one for the love that I serve If I opened my heart then you'd be washed away Down the bone-dry rivers that drain L.A. My nights are all sleepless and all through my day I like to take shades of weariness all through L.A. --- In the Shadow of the Valley - American Music Club