Give me back the hours They're mine to waste The city and it's sorrows holds my gaze
Crimsoned are the hours Bled to death by idle hands of time
Look up the sky's awake, the sun is shining The gloom and the haze have both burned away by morning Oh, L.A., what's written in sand Your cities and plans, the ocean will erase
Images from silence slow to wake Prepare yourself to leave this soft, soft state It's a chase of lightning Brightened skyline, endless days I've longed
Home, home, home
Look up the sky's awake, the sun is shining The gloom and the haze have both burned away by morning Oh, L.A., what's written in sand Your cities and plans, the ocean will erase