L.A. makes me sad every time I go Cause there's a girl out there that I used to know And we said we'd love each other right until the end Now she's back living with my ex-best friend And those memories hang like relics On some museum's wall Like our old place on sunset we use to fall I wonder oh I wonder if she ever thinks of me As I walk these hopeless lonely L.A. streets So take me back to Texas You know it's where I belong Take me back to Austin Well, I never should have left at all Please grant me forgiveness so I can start to grow Don't want L.A. to make me sad anymore I miss that old beer joint down in Venice The one the drunks all know Made me feel like for a second this was home Raised my glass with the freaks And the ones I'll never show Just why L.A. makes me sad every time I go So take me back to Texas You know it's where I belong Take me back to Dallas Well, I never should have left at all Please grant me forgiveness so I can start to grow Don't want L.A. to make me sad anymore She said I'm crazy for thinking what I thought I ain't no saint honey I'm just playing the hand I got And at least I could admit it without putting on a show That's why L.A. gets me down every time I go So take me back to Texas You know it's where I belong Take me back to Austin Well, I never should have left at all Please grant me forgiveness so I can start to grow Don't want L.A. to make me sad anymore And Please grant me forgiveness so I can start to grow Don't want L.A. to make me sad anymore And Please grant me forgiveness so I can start to grow Don't want L.A. to make me sad anymore