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, honey

Take me back, sugar

I want to stay



When I get home

The house is dark

The only sound

Is Joey's bark



Been searching 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, honey

Take me back, baby

I want to stay in L.A.

Back, back, honey

Take me back, sugar

I want to stay



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.