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
 kick in the head always feels the same

 [bad word] 

 Los Angeles, you're a [bad word] [bad word]  Hollywood, you're an open sore

 I played it well, and I played it fast
 Livin' slow was in the past
 Chicks and [bad word] and gettin' burnt
 Just a few of the things I `learnt'
 Got sick and tired of bein' scared as [bad word]  wasted man, just a shell of myself
 But that was then, and this is now
 My pretty baby, I've changed somehow

 [bad word] 2)

 Los angeles, you've lost you're grip
 [bad word] and lies and whores suckin [bad word] 
 (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
 [bad word] that, power to me

 [bad word] 

 (b-verse)

 Sometimes it goes like this
 Some
 kick in the head