LA, Alone

You can't spell lacking without LA When I'm out here I feel I lack in every way I like being around folks who are ugly Because those folks don't look at me too smugly I wish I could go to NYC or home to Houston Where it all feels less constructed despite the construction This city makes me want to get a nose job I have never felt so out of place for so long I can't stand LA I thought that this was the life I want But I might not be able to stay If you were here with me I could stick around a while With the help of your company I wish you were beside me in this gridlock traffic Because all our conversations have the same gymnastic Quality about them, how they spiral Into tangents, hypotheticals, and eye-rolls I want to take you to the pier at night If we swim we'll run the risk of growing extra eyes But I think we'd still slip into those dark waters And embrace whatever dangers they might offer I can't stand LA I thought that this was the life I want But I might not be able to stay If you were here with me I could stick around a while With the help of your company Oh it's a simple happiness A deep, intrinsic happiness I'm joyful, and I'm tired, and I'm warm, when I'm with you It's a simple happiness A deep, intrinsic happiness I'm joyful, and I'm tired, and I'm warm