A lunatic walked in to west Hollywood bar To see a psychopath perform A story as old as time Falling in love under hot stage lights So stop me if you heard this one before I met her at Peri's bar down in Fairfax As she was taken up the stage Not the average boulevard type it seems This side of the boulevard back in the jazz age Smokey voice smokey eyes I swear the smoke around her was to heavy to rise As she started In on St James Infirmary Summer nights in LA don't last forever Even if you got your partner in crime And falling in love under hot stage lights In a suicide romance where nobody dies It's all fine and good til you get bored And miss your exit on the 405 I was lost in my thoughts when she came up Balancing two plastic cups She asked if I was alright handed one to me I said I'as ight and took a drink She said she'd like to know what alright even means If I could hum a few bars for her she might try We got kicked out the bar before daylight broke Said we couldn't let the day ruin our late show She said that's why God invinted shades So she stole some raybans and a cell phone cable Ida stole anything for her if she was just able to tell me But I'd already paid Summer nights in LA don't last forever Even if you got your partner I'm crime And falling I'm love under neon lights In a suicide romance where nobody dies Is all fine and good Til you say goodbye on the 405 We were an oddity that was odd to see That's sayin the damn least A circus mirror version of Cleopatra and Anthony Like Lola and Bugs self medicated With cigarettes alcohol lust and drugs Its a wonder we didn't make the news Cause gasoline met an open flame And checked into hotel with a fake name And got kicked out for burning down the whole damn room We didn't ride too far cause luck ain't gas But we burned every bridge we passed From Tijuana to Kern County all the way back to LA Summer nights in LA don't last forever Even if you got your partner in crime Falling in love under neon lights In a suicide romance where nobody dies Is all fine and good Till you get bored And miss your exit on the 405 A suicide romance where nobody died In spite ourselves we made it out alive Just to end up bored and say goodbye on the 405 Another night like before Another lunatic sees a psychopath open the door Sets up to perform Stop me if you heard this one before