each friday night i've gotta moan cause it's not right to be alone and i'm alone
and so i sleep wake up at dawn and leave before the moon is gone i know it's wrong wr-o-o-ong
i've got to find some way out of here jump on a plane and i disappear maybe east of ohio maybe that's where i ought to go
cause living here i've got so down i guess that's why i've got to leave town to find some place i haven't found cause i know that you'll be there waiting
back, back, honey take me back, baby i want to stay in l.a. back, back, baby take me back, sugar i want to stay
when i get home the house is dark the only sound is joey's bark
been looking for another place a while seen every town up in northern cal. searching further every country mile i saw new york and i like it's style
but still i've gotta say i love l.a. i guess that's why i feel i've gotta stay the hot streets and the summer nights so lonely
[ "back, back" chorus ]
i know it's sad but i love l.a. it's even sadder that i'm here to stay i might vacation on an isle away but this is where i'll spend my dying day so now it's time for me get me a wife and live in town with her for all of my life i'll understand when my hair turns grey why i i live in l.a.