Sweet L.A. I gave my broken soul to you Sweet L.A. Why do you hurt me like you do? I keep running and rushing to catch a clue To the mystery of your dark heart I could never have known From the signs I was shown That the game was rigged from the start Sweet L.A. All of these trials you've put me through Sweet L.A. Why do you hurt me like you do?? Underneath all the glamour and flashing lights There are shadows nobody sees In the dim of your dusk You're a cold bloody husk Spreading poison into the breeze Sweet L.A. Why do you hurt me like you do? Open the oldest wounds These memories haunt me Your secrets and crooked smiles They torment and taunt me I long for atonement's arms Carry me back But the reel keeps on spinning loose and the screen Is fading to black Sweet L.A. I gave my broken soul to you Sweet L.A. Why do you hurt me like you do?