Christmas In LA

Album: Single Release Only (2013)
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  • Woke up to sun streaming in my room
    Warm beachfront palm December afternoon
    You close your eyes another year blows by
    Somewhere in the wind just another life

    My parents sent a Christmas
    Card and tennis shoes
    "We understand you’re staying
    And we’re proud of you"
    There’s a well-rehearsed disinterest
    In the atmosphere
    I don’t know if that’s what this town gave me
    Or if it led me here

    And I played so many parts
    I don’t know which one’s really me
    Don’t know if I can take

    Another Christmas in LA
    Another pitcher of Sangria
    In an empty beach café
    Another Christmas in LA
    Hold me tighter Carmelita
    I don’t know how long I can stay

    Left a girl behind in my old man’s truck
    Sometimes I wonder where she ended up
    Maybe she got married, had a couple of kids
    Who do you think you’re fooling man?
    Of course she did

    I’m walking in Dan Tana's bar
    Try and talk with Harry Dean
    I don’t know if I can take

    Another Christmas in LA
    Another casting call on Thursday
    For a job that doesn’t pay
    Another Christmas in LA
    Another burnout in a tank top
    Who seems to bask in his decay
    A fat protagonist in flip flops
    With an extensive resume
    From Echo Park to Catalina

    Dreaming of a white Christmas
    The one I used to know
    Tree tops glisten, children listen
    To sleigh bells in the snow Writer/s: BRANDON FLOWERS, DAVE BRENT KEUNING, IRVING BERLIN, MARK AUGUST STOERMER, RONNIE JR. VANNUCCI
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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