At the end of the world, suddenly I feel alive   There's nothing in the world like a Southern California night   I always hoped that someday, everything would be all right   And now someday has arrived tonight      We're speeding through the city tonight   We'll hit this town just like a bomb   For this one moment, this world is ours   And still we're waiting, for the atomic fire         Black palm trees sway, they whisper to the purple sky    Close your eyes and feel the ghosts of Hollywood gone by    Still the dreamers come, the the dreams are left to die    Behind the lights a necropolis lies