These days my friends don't seem to know me Without my suitcase in my hand And when I'm standing still I seem to disappear But maybe that's how I found you Maybe that taught me exactly what I want Maybe meeting you this far away from home Is what makes it all so clear 'Cause you got that special kind of sadness You got that tragic set of charms That only comes from time spent in Los Angeles Which make me wanna wrap you in my arms Well people ask me where I come from To see what it says about a man I only end up giving bad directions That never lead them there at all It is something written in the headlights It is something swimming in my drink And if I were the moon It would be exactly where I fall 'Cause you got that special kind of sadness You got that tragic set of charms That only comes from time spent in Los Angeles Makes me wanna wrap you in my arms ♪ I used to think someone would love me For all the places that I've been And the dirt that I've been gathering Deep beneath my nails But now I know I've been missing And I'm going home to make it right And I'll be battening the hatches And pulling in the sails 'Cause you got that special kind of sadness You got that tragic set of charms That only comes from time spent in Los Angeles Makes me wanna wrap you in my arms You got that special kind of sadness You got that tragic set of charms That only comes from time spent in Los Angeles Makes me wanna wrap you in my arms