[Verse 1]

Got a friend in East L.A

She asks when I'm on my way

Going wading, water's warm

But I've heard the sirens swarm

[Pre-Chorus]

Ohh, I've been tracing the same old lines

Ohh, leave it all behind

[Chorus]

Run west, sell your soul

Over to the sunny side

Where the fire takes a toll

And still they call it paradise

When I'm really there I'll know

If I could call her my own

Ooh, if its L.A. then you can say I told you so

[Verse 2]

Year in Boston turns to two

Sick and safe in hometown blues

Steady sailing, family car

It won't get me very far

[Pre-Chorus]

Ohh, I've been tracing thе same old lines

Ohh, leavе it all behind

[Chorus]

Run west, sell your soul

Over to the sunny side

Where the fire takes a toll

And still they call it paradise

When I'm really there I'll know

If I could call her my own

Ooh, if its L.A. then you can say I told you so

[Bridge]

I wanna breathe in something new

I wanna give in to the blue

I wanna breathe in something new, oh

I wanna give in to the, ahhh

[Chorus]

Run west, sell your soul

Over to the sunny side

Where the fire takes a toll

And still they call it paradise

Oh, when I'm really there I'll know

If I could call her my own

Baby, if its L.A. then you can say I told you so

[Outro]

Oh, when I'm really there I'll know

If I could call her my own

Ooh, if its L.A. then you can say I told you so