Pushstart Wagon

L.A. Was Our Alamo

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"One of the album's best songs is 'Love Is Such a Hard Way.' It's a thought-provoking, honest musing on the subject of love with the band's laid back, rootsy mid-tempo rock sound at its very best. If you need further proof that Pushstart Wagon can craft a good song, look no further than the acoustic "Los Angeles," a poignant look at big city loneliness."

- www.loconotion.net

"'L.A. Was Our Alamo' is a nice blend of pop (still with some power behind it), a bit of blues, a smattering of country and plenty of folk rock."

Album Tracks & Lyrics

• Paul

30 seconds looking away
30 years of saying some other day
And you never thought
you'd be the replacement
You said Jesus wouldn't
buy you no smokes
He wouldn't laugh at all
your off color jokes
But you keep coming back
like a hearse Cadillac
To the funeral home
that you took out on loan

No hearts too hard
You can't break it in two
And when it breaks
You come all unglued…

You replaced all the
lights in your van
Then you replaced the guys
who played in your band
And you never thought
you'd be the replacement

You said Jesus wouldn't
buy you no smokes
He wouldn't laugh at all
your off color jokes
But you keep coming back
like a hearse Cadillac
To the funeral home
that you took out on loan

No hearts too hard
You can't break it in two
And when it breaks
And you come all unglued

Where do you think you're going?
Where are you coming from?
Who will you be tomorrow?
Who were you last night?
Where do you think you'll get off?
So you might as well just give in
so you might as well just give in
Cause you're never gonna get away
Away, away…

No hearts too hard
You can't break it in two
And when it breaks
And you come all unglued…
No hearts too hard
You can't try and stop it
Like a rolling stone
No hearts too hard

• Radiation

I had a vision of the future from L.A.
I finally found out why the people overpay
The resurrection of Hollywood life is on the way
I had a vision of the future from L.A.

It's the Radiation
Radiation...

I was sittin' playin' cards at Pink's Cafe
Jesus, James Dean, and John asked to play
The cards were dealt, the die was cast what could I say?
In my vision of the future from L.A.

It's the Radiation
Radiation...
It's the Radiation
Come on, sing it loud
Radiation...

Took a tanker of holy water and some lemonade
Sprinkled hookers, bums, and hipsters in the street crusade
Billy Graham and Elton John sang songs to save
Bono was the first to change his wicked ways

Radiation, It's the Radiation
Radiation, It's the Radiation
Radiation, It's the Radiation
Not the way you draw a crowd
It's the Radiation

In my dreams we all held hands
We all sang songs of forgetfulness
In my dreams we left the stands
Everybody join the band!

Radiation, It's the Radiation
Radiation, It's the Radiation
Radiation, It's the Radiation
Not the way you draw a crowd
Not the way you speak out loud
Not the way you stand up proud
Not the way you stand up proud

I got a vision of the future from L.A.

• Country Star

May these words I speak to you never be a lie
And the things I say I'll do never pass you by
May I never sell these songs that I wrote for you
To a country star who sings 'em out of tune

Yippy yi yay, yippy yi yay

May I never leave this house with anger in my heart
May I never take my time when that time is yours
May I never try to be something I can't be
I'm no country star and I could never sing

Yippy yi yay, yippy yi yay

May these hands that play guitar never make a fist
May I never strike a chord that's striking out to hit
May the music that I play never make it in the hands
Of a country star and a country band

Yippy yi yay, yippy yi yay

Did you really think I'd go that far?
Leave this place and play some country bar?
Pack my bags my amp and my guitar
Did you really think I'd go that far?

May the voices at my back never be allowed
To keep you bottled up, to drown your voices sound
And the hope we have in store never saddle up

Like a country star…

• Mary

I tried to make sense of a senseless act of will
There were only questions in my house
Why they had to kill
Someone tell me why this happened
Someone tell me why we're all crying
Someone tell me this will never happen
Someone tell me this will never happen again, again

Someone's gonna get back to you Mary
Someone's gonna get back to you soon
I'm sorry if you are feeling badly
Sitting in your room, crying in your room

Look into my eyes again
Tell me it's alright
Look into the TV set
Will Mary get a call tonight?
Someone tell me why this happened
Someone tell me why we're all crying
Someone tell me this will never happen
Someone tell me this will never happen again, again

Someone's gonna get back to you Mary
Someone's gonna get back to you soon
I'm sorry if you are feeling badly
Sitting in your room… crying in your room

• Love is Such a Hard Way

I could drift away and I could blame it on
the clock that clicks away and the unfaithful
I had to go and lay it on your chest with all the rest
I had to go I had to

I could get a life and I could trade you one
with a lifetime guarantee until you're twenty-one
I had to go and lay it at your feet and bear the heat
I had to go I had to

love is such a hard way
love is such a hard way to go

I could shove you out or I could take you in
to my hidden places where we could begin again
To lay it out, to lay it on the line, this time
I had to, yes, I had to

And I could run away and I could curse the sun
and point my bony finger like a skeleton
I had to go I had to go away…away
I had to go I had to

Where have you been tonight?
I'll let you back in the garden, back into Eden
Cursing the moment, cursing the moment
Cursing the moment of your birth
You can curse day and night
You can do anything you want
Except take the easy way out

Love is such a hard way
Love is such a hard way
Love is such a hard way to go
Love is such a hard way
to go, to go, to go
Do not go away, don't go away
Do not go away, away, away, away, away
way to go

• Breathing Room

I need a little space
A place to call my own
I can't breathe efficiently
When I've got no room to roam
First you sat down in my car
Changed the presets on my radio
And just when I got used to you
You said you had to go

You could put me off because I am too demanding
Or leave me at the altar crying empty handed, empty handed, empty handed…

I'm pursued by you, then let loose by you
You saw me hanging and then you cut the noose in two

You cut me in your flesh
And carved me in your hands
You thought of me constantly
While I ran and ran and ran
I took you everywhere I went
Or was it you that was taking me
Now I can't discern if when you caught me up
You really set me free

You could put me off because I am too demanding
Or leave me at the altar crying empty handed, empty handed, empty handed…

I'm pursued by you, then let loose by you
You saw me hanging and then you cut the noose in two
If I'm turning blue, I can count on you
To give me air to breathe, and give me breathing room…
breathing room

• Would I Be So True

I'm stepping down the aisle again
I've made mistakes before
but now I mean it

I've seen my friends go down before me
I'm hoping that this will restore me in their graces…
I look into your eyes again, and you're ok with it
Run into your arms again, without explaining it

I promised that I would be true
But I broke that promise and now I'm feeling awkward
When I took the vow I was in real deep
And I prayed the Lord my soul to keep and he kept me…He kept me
I look into your eyes again, and you're ok with it
Run into your arms again, without explaining it

Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah... I'm faking it, for all to see
Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah... I'm mistaking it for what I believe

See clearer with my glasses off
So I closed my eyes and tried real hard to listen
No heart is pure, now that's for sure
But the odds are more and more piled up against me

Swear that you said something
But you just say that you were mumbling nothing... nothing at all
Look into my eyes again

Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah

Got a piece of the sun and yeah I can go there, runnin' to the heat
Got a piece of the sun and yeah I can go there, try and melt my wings
Got a piece of the sun, and yes, I can go there, but I'll try not to melt my wings
Got a piece of the sun, and yes, I can go there , but I'll try not to melt my wings

• Aisle Walker

When you left me for the last time
left me I was slowly goin' under, "runnin' back to you"
If you think that I am goin' think that I'll be leavin' well you're wrong, "I'll be there for you"
One more ticket for where I go,
ticket and I'm runnin' out of town
ridin' on the rail It's time I left for good, but
One more ticket for where you've gone
if you think I won't be comin' through, well, "I'll be there for you"

If you never gave up on me, would I be so
If you never walked out on me, would I be so
If you never let me be, would I be so true…

Jump back, sittin' in the front seat
Rollin' down the windows I can't think that, you'd be there for me
Drive on, headin' down the highway
Listen to the music comin' out, gettin' even louder baby, come on baby
Don't you think that I could understand
Think that I could understand
Taking me around in circles, around in circles
Somewhere, love, I'll be waiting
I'll be waiting there for you…if you come around

If you never gave up on me, would I be so
If you never walked out on me, would I be so
If you never let me be, would I be so true…

I feel you in my song…
• Defend You

I tried to defend you but I ain't got a friend who will listen…
I tried to protect you while they tried to dissect you with logic, with logic

Ba-ba-ba-ba where have you gone right now when I need you?
Ba-ba-ba-ba where have you gone when I tried to defend you?

I tried to defend you but I act and pretend to listen…
When you tried to explain things I made my complaint ring much louder…much louder

Ba-ba-ba-ba where have you gone right now when I need you?
Ba-ba-ba-ba where have you gone?
when I tried to defend you
Bah-ba-ba-ba where have you gone right now when I need you?
Ba-ba-ba-ba where have you gone
when I tried to defend you, defend you, defend you

I can't wait to tell you why
I can't wait to say I'm sorry
And I can see you've drawn the line… yeah the line
You don't need me to defend you, and that's why I…

I try to defend you but I ain't got a friend who will listen…
I try to alarm you, disregard, then disarm you with with logic…
Ba-ba-ba-ba where have you gone right now when I need you?
Ba-ba-ba-ba where have you gone? Right now
Ba-ba-ba-ba where have you gone when I tried to defend you?
Ba-ba-ba-ba where have you gone?

• Teenage Bible

I'm so depressed 'cause I'm underdressed
I just found the truth in the teenage bible
On page 63, I found the teenage creed
Lose weight, look great, look out for number one

The beauty magazines make me feel so ugly
The beauty magazines make me feel so…

I'm so obsessed with the perfect breasts
Will I ever get to be with anybody?
On page 63, I found the teenage creed
Lose weight, look great, look out for number one

The beauty magazines make me feel so ugly
The beauty magazines make me feel so bad
If I had a dime for every line they've sold me,
"You need to do something more to make you civilized"

And I sang, "Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do"
What do you want from me teenage bible?
"Do, do, do, do, do, do, do"
What do you want from me teenage bible?

And I've been hanging on to what I've got
And I've been losing it, 'cause I can't do,
what you want me to do… do, do, do, do, do, do

I buy tighter jeans, read teen magazines
I'll do anything to be anybody
'cause on page 63, I found the teenage creed
I lost weight, I look great, I'm lookin' out for number one

And I sang, do, do, do, do…
What do you want from me teenage bible?
Do, do, do, do… What do you want from me teenage bible?
Do, do, do, do… What do you want from me teenage bible?

• Los Angeles

Los Angeles, she's a lady all dressed up for a riot
With her hand on the remote control
She's flippin' stations, watching car chases
Watching car chases

Seattle, she is lonely
Waiting in the northern woods
Soaking wet and green
Drinking caffeine

New York, New York
She's resilient and rough
Hanging out under streetlights and laughing
And laughing, laughing
Laughing at the days to come
She's laughing at the days to come

San Francisco, she wears fishnets
And high, high heels
With her lips open wide as she breathes out a sigh
Movin' slowly down the street with her back to the east
With her heart on her sleeve and her face to the sea
With her heart on her sleeve and her face to the sea