In the heat of the day   Every time you go away   I have to piece my life together   Every time you're away   In the heat of the day   In the dark of the night   Every time I turn the light   I feel that God is not in heaven   In the dark of the night   The dark of the night      I wonder why I live alone here   I wonder why we spend these nights together   Is this the room I'll live my life forever   I wonder why in LA   To live and die in LA   I wonder why we waste our lives here   When we could run away to paradise   But I am held in some invisible vice   And I can't get away   To live and die in LA      If I let myself go   And for where I just don't know   I'd maybe hit some cold new river   That led out to the sea   An unknown sea   I'd either swim or I'd drown   Or just keep falling down and down   I think its that, that makes me quiver   Just to keep falling down   Down, down, down      I wonder why I live alone here   I wonder why we spend these nights together   Is this the way I'll live my life forever   I wonder why in LA   To live and die in LA      In every word that you say   I feel my freedom slip away   I feel the bars come down around me   And I can't get away   I can't get away      I wonder why I live alone here   I wonder why we spend these nights together   Is this the room I'll live my life forever   I wonder why in LA   To live and die in LA   I wonder why we waste our lives here   When we could run away to paradise   But I am held in some invisible vice   And I can't get away   To live and die in LA      I can't get away   To live and die in LA   I can't get away   To live and die in LA   I can't get away   To live and die in LA   I can't get away   To live and die in LA