When I was a young, I had a dream
movin' to the city sight unseen
19 years of age I'm packing my bags

Hollywood was all the rage

I came to you in 1984

You showed me in, then you shut the door
It didn't take me long to learn to play the game
A kick in the head always feels the same


(chorus)


Los Angeles, you're a $#&@in !@^%
Hollywood, you're an open sore



I played it well, and I played it fast
Livin' slow was in the past

Chicks and drugs and gettin' burnt
Just a few of the things I `learnt'
Got sick and tired of bein' scared as hell

A wasted man, just a shell of myself
But that was then, and this is now
My pretty baby, I've changed somehow



(chorus 2)


Los angeles, you've lost you're grip
Drugs and lies and !@^%s suckin dick


(b-verse)


I don't know if I could do things differently
L.A.'s had me for so long
When I look I can see things differently

What doesn't kill me makes me strong

(bridge)


Los Angeles, I didn't sell my soul to you
Los Angeles, you thought you would kill me

You thought you could take me down
$#&@ that, power to me


(chorus)

(b-verse)


Sometimes it goes like this
Some

A kick in the head