Give me back the hours They're mine to waste The city and it's sorrows hold my gaze Crimsoned are the hours Bled to d**h by idle hands of time Look up the sky's awake, the sun is shining The gloom and the haze have both burned away by morning Oh, L.A., what's written in sand Your cities and plans, the ocean will erase Images from silence slow to wake Prepare yourself to leave this soft, soft state It's a chase of lightning Brightened skyline, endless days I've longed Home, home, home Look up the sky's awake, the sun is shining The gloom and the haze have both burned away by morning Oh, L.A., what's written in sand Your cities and plans, the ocean will erase