Palm trees burning in breeze And even when it rains, it's 70 degrees You can hike to the Hollywood sign if that's where you wanna be Things you take for granted when you grow up by the beach I thought I'd never wanna leave But I've lived a life in traffic on the 10 and 405 Makes me wanna die Maybe L.A. lost its magic, but not every death is tragic It can make you feel alive Wishing this car could fly away from here Higher than the palm trees They say everybody's beautiful and everyone's dumb here They say everything's expensive and everyone's fake So every time I tell someone that I'm from here They look at me like I said it by mistake I say I'm 28 Spending another night in traffic on the 10 and 405 Makes me wanna cry It's hard to imagine, but not every death is tragic It can make you feel alive Don't you know that angels can fly away from here? Higher than the palm trees So tonight I'll get high one more time And sit outside at night on Melrose & Vine Where the stars in the sky are the city lights And I'll be safe as long as I'm home by nine From the day that I was five To the day that Kobe died I been here my whole life So maybe it's time To say goodbye to the palm trees