L.A. TURN AROUND
(Billy Joe Shaver)


Billy Joe Shaver - 1973





Stuck here in Los Angeles with a case of worn out souls
Totin' a bag full o' yesterdays and a mind full of donut holes
I been talkin' about leavin', but I just can’t go
Los Angeles hang ups won’t turn loose o' my soul

Cold Los Angeles women far as I can see
Losin' time a-makin' time with a country boy like me
I wanna go where that wind blows with a southern drawl
LA turn around, turn loose o' my soul

LA turn your big eyes out to sea 
LA turn around don't look at me
Let me go home where I belong 
Where the nights are short as the days are long
Where they're too busy livin' to think about dyin'
LA turn around turn, loose o' my mind

Sweet, sweet, sweet Virginia turning around in my mind
Used to be all over me, now you're somewhere behind
If I ever get back South, gonna shut my mouth
Try to turn the wrong side inside right side out

LA turn your big eyes out to sea 
LA turn around don't look at me
Let me go home where I belong 
Where the nights are short as the days are long
Where they're too busy livin' to think about dyin'
LA turn around, turn loose o' my mind


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2012)






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2012)