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       [ "back, back" chorus ]       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.