Los Angeles a Lifetime Ago

Hey little Santa Monica

You're looking good, baby how you been?

I can't remember when I saw you last

Was it the night I took it on the chin?

I was bruised and bedeviled

Up in Beachwood Canyon that day

I had my foot on the pedal

But I couldn't seem to drive away

No way

Don't know what I was thinking

It's hard to say now I know

But that was Los Angeles

A lifetime ago

Polly stumbled into Bordner's

She'd been up for 36 hours straight

She said "You know this time tomorrow

I'll be married to a guy from a flyover state"

Bella always came to see me

At least every couple days

I remember that night down on Melrose

When she smiled and said "It's better this way

So long babe"

Some dreams don't die easy

Some dreams they never seem to grow

But that was Los Angeles

A lifetime ago

I was high up on Highland

Trying to make it back to the 101

And the pirates over on Mansfield

Had so much fun

Until it all came undone

Some angels just ride easy

Some angels fall so hard

And if by chance you don't believe me

Take a walk down Hollywood Boulevard

Tony Cha Cha moved downtown

And Cassidy and me in Silver Lake

We got so tired of hanging around

Just waiting on our big break

That never came

Yeah part of me still lives there

Where the Santa Ana winds still blow

But that was Los Angeles

A lifetime ago

Midnight at Formosa

Hey Johnny Mercer's on the radio

Oh but that was Los Angeles

A lifetime ago

A lifetime ago