Los Angeles Blues

If you have sunshine and beaches

How can that be so hard?

And maybe oranges and grapefruit

Growing in your own backyard

If you have mountains and the ocean

And a great, big smiling sky

There's very little that is blue here

So the blues pass Los Angeles by

Everybody has a barbecue

Everybody's goin' swimming, too

With that kind of living, how can you be blue?

So the blues pass Los Angeles by

Oh, you can go to a mountain and ski down the side

Go to a beach and take a surfboard ride

The City of Angels has a lot of pride

But the blues have passed it by

And oh, the folks are nice in this tropical clime

Although they talk about the weather lots of the time

They call it unusual if the rain comes down

They don't believe in blues in this old town

You can go to the desert in an hour or two

Where the sun and the sand are so good for you

Where living's that easy, how can you be blue?

Yes, the blues have passed it by

Oh, you can live in the valley where the grass is green

Or you can live on a hill with a view to be seen

The people do say that on a real clear day

You can see Catalina, though it's pretty far away

Oh, you can watch the Rams or Angels or the Dodgers play

On a sunny California, smog-free day

If the boys are winning, it's easier to say

That the blues pass Los Angeles by

Yeah, pass right on by

Took a look at that sky

And they passed it by