The air smells better, it's harder to see that the oil rigs outnumber the palm tress;...
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Jake Gittes:
[narrating]
The city's different at night: the air smells better, it's harder to see that the oil rigs outnumber the palm tress; it's almost like the good old days, at least the way I'd like to remember them. But stay in this business long enough and every street leads to a place you'd like to forget, every case brings back memories of what you should have done & what might have been, and every skirt reminds you of another woman... or, if you've got it bad enough, the same woman
[narrating]
The city's different at night: the air smells better, it's harder to see that the oil rigs outnumber the palm tress; it's almost like the good old days, at least the way I'd like to remember them. But stay in this business long enough and every street leads to a place you'd like to forget, every case brings back memories of what you should have done & what might have been, and every skirt reminds you of another woman... or, if you've got it bad enough, the same woman
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The city's different at night
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The air smells belter
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It's harder to see that the oll rigs outnumber the palm trees
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and it's almost like the good old days
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Al least the way 1d like fo remember them
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But stay in this business long enough
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and every street leads fo a place you'd like fo forget
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Every case brings back memories
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of what you should have done and what might have been
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And every skirt reminds you of another woman
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Or if you've got it bad enough
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the same woman
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Movie Summary
The sequel to Chinatown (1974) finds J.J. "Jake" Gittes investigating adultery and murder, and the money that comes from oil.
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Jake Gittes
