L.A. Blues - Tom T. Hall

I got off the airplane 'long about 7:30 in LA

What a drag to realize that everything’s so different and so same

All my California friends are searching for their minds

And it’s been right there in their heads all the time

LA blues LA blues you want me to be like you ha ha there ain’t no way

California Charlie met me at my room when I got in

We toasted country picking and the help of all our good and mutual friends

Before the morning came we put a handle on the world

And decided that we’d give it to the squirrels

LA blues LA blues you want me to be like you ha ha there ain’t no way

Soaking up that sunshine and eatin' eggs and bacon over light

Sleeping through the daytime and contemplatin' sin thru’out the night

Please hand me my hat and darling give me back my things

Ole T’s got a bunch of songs to sing

LA blues LA blues you want me to be like you ha ha there ain’t no way

I like California and I wouldn’t want to put it down no way

But I heard what you’re thinking and it ain’t exactly what I want to say

Someday California I’ll come roarin' back to you

If you don’t fall in the ocean before I do

LA blues LA blues you want me to be like you ha ha there ain’t no way