from hollywood and vine to the sunset strip there s so much going on you can lose your grip from early in the morning until late at night they ll do you so wrong they ll do you so right back in l a waiting for the sun to shine back in l a living down a life of crime back in l a working on another line back in l a to pick up the dime you must do the time from way up in the canyons where the hot winds howl to the mean city streets where the night hawks prowl i can feel the rhythm play the whole night long guess i ll stay in l a and listen to this song back in l a waiting for the sun to shine back in l a living down a life of crime back in l a working on another line back in l a to pick up the dime you must do the time you must do the time