LA, LA, find a place for me It's where I want to be When it rains I understand the skies are clear all day Give me all your spaces please City of the angels spread your wings for me I've been other places looking for my dream Eastern cities move to fast

I'm wrapped around I've been wrapped around her finger Since the first time we went out Every day, and every night she's all I think about I need that girl beside me When the lights go out I think it's time to put a ring on the finger Every day I clock

'Cause silence isn't golden When I'm holding it inside An I've seen what I have seen Don't damn me when I speak a piece of my mind 'Cause I've been where I have been I put the pen to the paper 'Cause it's all a part of me Be it a song or a casual

All you had to do was stay (Hey hey hey) Had me in the palm of your hand Then, why'd you had to go and lock me out when I let you in Stay, hey, now you say you want it Back now that it's just too late Well could've been easy Stay, hey, all you had to do

But now they are a part of me And I've been searching for a remedy When all along it's been in front of me I'm falling on my knees right now I'm covered in the mess I made These colors used to wash right out I need you here, I need you now A life that we

Give me love when I ain't got nobody A little hope when I ain't got none at all Give me strength when I'm standing And faith when I fall Give me light up ahead on the journey I know it's been a long time since the last time we talked I know I've been a

I hear them all the time I hear you all the time Grandma's singing in the bedroom It's a near forgotten lullaby She used to sing when I wasn't well Father's outside chopping firewood Like he did when he'd been drinking Or when he and mom were at it again

Whenever you look at me I wish I was her You shower me with words made of knives You grace me with your cold shoulder You say it's all in my head And the things I think just don't make sense So where you been then? Don't go all coy Don't turn it round on

You must find a way We must find a way And find faith When hope and love has been lost And you fall to the ground When the darkness descends And you're told it's the end

It's been a long time running It's well worth the wait It's the same mistake Does your mother tell you things? Long, long when I'm gone? Who you talking to? Is she telling you I'm the one? It's a grave mistake and I'm wide awake Drive-in's rained out