I Am...I Said

L. A.'S FINE

THE SUN SHINES

MOST OF THE TIME

AND THE FEELING

IS LAID BACK

PALM TREES GROW

AND RENT'S SO LOW

BUT YOU KNOW

I KEEP THINKING ABOUT

MAKING MY WAY BACK

WELL I'M NEW YORK CITY

BORN AND RAISED

BUT NOW 'A DAYS

I'M LOST BETWEEN

TWO SHORES

L. A.'S FINE

BUT IT AIN'T HOME

NEW YORK'S HOME

BUT IT AIN'T MINE

NO MORE

I AM I SAID

TO KNOW ONE THERE

AND NO ONE

HEARD AT ALL NOT

EVEN THE CHAIR

I AM I CRIED

I AM SAID I

AND I AM LOST

AND I CAN'T

EVEN SAY WHY

LEAVING ME LONELY

STILL

DID YOU EVER READ

ABOUT A FROG

WHO DREAMED OF

BEING A KING

AND THEN BECAME ONE

WELL EXCEPT FOR

THE NAMES

AND A FEW OTHER

CHANGES

IF YOU TALK ABOUT ME

THE STORY'S

THE SAME ONE

BUT I'VE GOT

AN EMPTINESS

THAT'S DEEP INSIDE

AND I'VE TRIED

BUT IT WON'T LET ME GO

AND I'M NOT A MAN

WHO LIKES TO SWEAR

BUT I NEVER CARED

FOR THE SOUND

OF BEING ALONE

I AM I SAID

TO KNOW ONE THERE

AND NO ONE

HEARD AT ALL NOT

EVEN THE CHAIR

I AM I CRIED

I AM SAID I

AND I AM LOST

AND I CAN'T

EVEN SAY WHY

I AM I SAID

TO KNOW ONE THERE

AND NO ONE

HEARD AT ALL NOT

EVEN THE CHAIR

I AM I CRIED

I AM SAID I

AND I AM LOST

AND I CAN'T

EVEN SAY WHY

LEAVING ME LONELY

STILL