Out in L.A. and broke on the ticket that

This fellow sent me

One change of clothes in the suitcase that my girlfriend Anna

Lent me

I stayed for a while in his place, runnin' with

This crowd of his,

Partyin' day after day and meetin' everybody in the biz



Oh they know how to do it in L.A.

They know how tho make it seem brand new

Though it's true what they say, that it's only a dream,

And a dream is a wish you wish for you,

In L.A. the dream may come true



After the booze and the coke, the visions of the blue pacific

After the two-hundredth time I'd told him he was just teriffic,

I woke up one late afternoon and didn't know quite where I was

Leftover taste in my mouth, and with a morning after buzz,

I packed my bag and found myself a dancin' job

Worked the bar for tips and stripped for every lonely slob,

Counted every minute as the hours went by,

Then fell in bed and cried till there where no more tears to cry,

You try to stop the thought from coming that it never ends

You think about how far you are from home and friends

You get through one day at a time, you find a way of stayin'

numb

and don't look in the mirror to see what you've become



But they know how to do it in L.A.

They know how to make it seem brand new,

Though it's true what they say, that it's only a dream,

And a dream is a wish you wish for you

In L.A. the dream may ome true



Yes they know how to do it in L.A

They know tha somewhere up there the sky is blue

So smile when they say it's only a dream

And you'll get what's comin' to you

In L.A.

In L.A.

In L.A. the dream may come true