Couldn't Make It Rhyme

Drove to the City of Angels Seeking fortune and fame Took a room in a house There you were Gotta live your life forward I heard a fella say But you can only understand it In reverse Tried to write a love song Just be yours and mine No matter what I did Couldn't make it rhyme I was always in pursuit You were always on the run Looking for a better man In the downtown bars And I never got the truth When I asked where you were coming from Always a new one excuse And another stranger's car Tried to write a love song Just be yours and mine No matter what I did Couldn't make it rhyme Jealous doesn't sound like comfort Angry don't sing like sweet Tender doesn't rhyme With how it always felt to me Don't misunderstand me It takes two to do a dance You were pretty as the prairie I was far away from home And the City of Angels Is full of loneliness Felt like a dime a dozen kid You were Marilyn Monroe Got a message from an old friend The three of us were close Asking me to be in touch I called him on the phone I knew what he was gonna say Somehow you had passed away Forty years gone by You were still alone Tried to write a love song Just be yours and mine No matter what I did Couldn't make it rhyme