the mamas & the papas - twelve thirty - stereo remix II

Edit 2 for headphones. The single was released in 1967. Source file of this edit is on the album "Gold" (Geffen Records – 0602498624685).
The song was inspired by Laurel Canyon, a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.*

TWELVE THIRTY (YOUNG GIRLS ARE COMING TO THE CANYON)
(John Phillips)

I used to live in New York City
everything there was dark and dirty
outside my window was a steeple
with a clock that always said twelve thirty

young girls are coming to the canyon
and in the mornings I can see them walking
I can no longer keep my blinds drawn
and I can't keep myself from talking

at first so strange to feel so friendly
to say good morning and really mean it
to feel these changes happening in me
but not to notice till I feel it

young girls are coming to the canyon
and in the mornings I can see them walking
I can no longer keep my blinds drawn
and I can't keep myself from talking

cloudy waters cast no reflection
images of beauty lie there stagnant
vibrations bounce in no direction
but lie there shattered into fragments

young girls are coming to the canyon
(young girls are in the canyon)
and in the mornings I can see them walking
(in the mornings I can see them walking)
I can no longer keep my blinds drawn
(can no longer keep my blinds drawn)
and I can't keep myself from talking

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* Youtuber "Follow The Sun" commented:
It was more about the changes that folk singer John Phillips went through when he decided to leave New York City & live in sunny California for good. He was amazed at the free form lifestyle the young people in Los Angeles had (at that time) and while he was feelin' it, he was watching the young girls on their daily early morning march to the Sunset Blvd buses after partying all night with the rock stars who lived in Laurel Canyon, LA.