Lyrics

10050 CIELO DRIVE
(words and music by David E Johnston)
{some lyrics adapted from the prologue to
Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi}

This is the house of the Big Sky
This is the house of the Wide Open Sky
Big Cloud, Big Love, Big Blood, Big Money
Sharon called this the House of Love
It was so quiet you could almost hear the sound
of ice rattling in cocktail shakers
in the homes way down in the canyon
It was hot that night
But not as hot as the night before
The three day heat wave had begun to break
a couple of hours before
Though the coastal fog was blowing in the from the ocean
Los Angeles itself remained hot and muggy
Sweltering in its own emission
Still it remained warm enough so that people in the area
Slept with their windows open
To catch a vagrant breeze
All things considered
It’s surprising more people didn’t hear something
But it was late, just after midnight
And 10050 Cielo Drive was secluded
Being secluded it was also vulnerable
Sharon wore a new bikini
Flowers appliquéed in green
Susan wore a black turtleneck
Blacker than the night they moved in
Get out of my house
Who do you think you are?
Sharon said, that’s what Sharon said
Shutup bitch, I am the Devil doing Devil’s work
That’s what Susan said, that’s what Susan said
This is the house of the Big Sky
This is the house of the Wide Open Sky
This is the house on Cielo Drive
Big Cloud, Big Money
This is the house of the Big Sky
This is the house of the Wide Open Sky
This is the house on Cielo Drive
Big Love, Big Blood
Please let me live, I just want to have my baby
Sharon said
Listen Pig, you’re gonna die, and you know why
Susan said
This is the house of the Big Sky
This is the house of the Wide Open Sky
Sharon called this the House of Love
Susan was told Write something witchy in blood
Who lives there? Who inhabits there?
Who is buried there?
In the house on Cielo Drive
Big Blood, Big Money
Susan approached the body
Susan recalls hearing sounds
Gurgling sounds
Like the blood flowing into the body
Out of the heart