Los angeles, give me a miracle, I just want out from this

I've done my share of helping with your defense

But now I can't dismiss

It's killin' me.

Hometown of mine

Just got back from the boulevard, can't stop cryin'

The guy at the corner shop gave me a line and a smile

I know he was tryin', but a line is a lie.

Oh, these days, these days, I can't win

These days I can't see no visions

I'm breakin', losin' faith

These days, these days (these days, these days)

These days, these days (these days, these days)

New york is cold

I tried the winter there once (nope)

Clearly the greatest city in the world

But it was not my home, I felt more alone.

These days, these days, I can't win

These days I can't see no visions

I'm breakin', losin' faith

These days, these days (these days, these days)

I'm thinkin' about leavin'.

And sometimes I speed down crescent heights

I can't hardly feel it runnin' every light

But I wasn't fazed 'cause it wasn't mine

Was I just dreamin'?

And every time I think I might

(It's in my life, it's in my tears)

Leave this city for the first time

(Wavin' back to my fears, city of mine)

I wake up on the other side

(It's in my life, it's in my tears)

Oh, wonderin' was I just dreamin'

(Wavin' back to my fears, city of mine)

Was I just dreamin'?

(It's in my life, it's in my tears)

Oh...

(Wavin' back to my fears, city of mine)

Oh, was I just dreamin'?