1951 Small town kids
got nothing to do
But dream all night
of movie stars and Cadillac cars
And beautiful girls
and big city lights

LA River [bad word] down
Boom shacka lackalackalackalackalackalacka Boom
Shimmy Shimmy Shake Shimmy Shake Shimmy Shimmy Shimmy
LA River [bad word] down
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From every corner
of this great old nation
Good kids succumb
to the depths of temptation [bad word] queens
get lost in the cracks
and Quarter Back Heroes
Get [bad word] out on Smack

LA River [bad word] down
Boom shacka lackalackalackalackalackalacka Boom
Shimmy Shimmy Shake Shimmy Shake Shimmy Shimmy Shimmy
LA River [bad word] down
Boom shacka lackalackalackalackalackalacka Boom
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You wake up one day
with a monkey on your back
With foil on all your windows
and you're hiding all your tracks
The sheriff's shotgun
don't make a sound
When it's pointed at your corpse
After he shot you down

LA River [bad word] down
LA River [bad word] down
Boom shacka lackalackalackalackalackalacka Boom
Shimmy Shimmy Shake Shimmy Shake Shimmy Shimmy Shimmy
Boom shacka lackalackalackalackalackalacka Boom
Shimmy Shimmy Shake Shimmy Shake Shimmy Shimmy Shimmy