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
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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.