[Verse 1]
Gonna be free, one day we gon' fly
To the other side, golden ride
Ocean breeze, haze in the sky
Livin' like a champion, up in the canyon
Gonna be free, one day we gon' fly
Smile on the beach if we could only reach it
Gangster paradise on the bus
Stars in the pavement, red ropes sayin'
You will never be one of us
[Chorus]
Angeles, oh Angeles, Angeles, Angeles
Angeles, oh Angeles, Angeles, Los Angeles
[Post-Chorus]
Ooooo, take my soul, I wanna let you
Ooooo, wish that I had never met you
[Verse 2]
And we're gonna be free, one day we're gonna fly
To the other side, golden ride
Ocean breeze, haze in the sky
Livin' like a champion, up in the canyon
Night bloomin' Jasmine, waited by a has-been
Livin' in the street light dead by day
Houses on stilts in ancient hills
With eyes that have seen this a million ways
[Chorus] + [Post-Chorus]
[Bridge x2]
This place and I, we have an affair
It's beautiful and violent and full of despair
[Post-Chorus]
[Chorus x3]
[Outro]
(Take my soul, I wanna let you)
(Wish that I had never met you)