Arlo Guthrie - Coming Into Los Angeles (studio version)

[Paha Sapa]

The Woodstock version is really good too. Nice guitar work on a fairly obscure classic.


Coming in from London, from over the pole
Flyin' in a big airliner
Chickens flyin' everywhere around the plane
Could we ever feel much finer?
Comin' into Los Angeles
Bringin' in a couple of keys
Don't touch my bags if you please, mister customs man
Yeah, there's a guy with a ticket to Mexico
No, he couldn't look much stranger
Walkin' in the hall with his things and all
Smilin, said he was the Lone Ranger
Comin' into Los Angeles
Bringin' in a couple of keys
Don't touch my bags if you please, mister customs man
Hip woman walkin' on the movin' floor
Trippin' on the escalator
There's a man in the line and she's blowin' his mind
Thinkin' that he's already made her
Comin' into Los Angeles
Bringin' in a couple of keys
Don't touch my bags if you please, mister customs man
Comin' in from London, from over the pole
Flyin' in a big airliner
Chickens flyin' everywhere around the plane
Could we ever feel much finer?
Comin' into Los Angeles
Bringin' in a couple of keys
Don't touch my bags if you please, mister customs man
Yeah, alright
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Arlo Guthrie
Coming Into Los Angeles lyrics © Concord Music Publishing LLC

[JohnnyRingo]

1. A delightful lilt.

I always found this song uplifting. Probably his best work.

I hope the advertisers never find it and do what Ex-Lax did to "City Of New Orleans".

Thanx for posting!