Everyone tells me I was dealt a losing hand,
the way that I look, the way that I act, it's not hard to understand.
Sure, I got troubles, maybe you got'em too,
I'd like to explain what has happened to me, so, it doesn't happen to you.
I was born in Los Angeles, many, many, many years ago,
we lived out in North Hollywood then in a steamy little bungalow.
My mother, my father, my baby-brother and me,
playin' cowboys all day out there in the valley, what a perfect family.
Hey, hey, get 'em up, get 'em up;
come a ti-yi, hey.
Went off to high school when I was thirteen,
I was kind of advanced if you know what I mean.
Ran into some trouble, drinkin' heavy with my friends in the hills.
"Where is my angry young man?"
Take me back, baby, please take me back,
I don't wanna live here by this dirty old airport in this greasy little shack.
Take me back, baby, please take me back,
just give me a chance and we'll start all over again.
Now, that young girl was just a summertime thing,
she went back to school when the school bell rang.
Now, I do my laundry by myself, every night I eat alone,
Baby, please, please, please, won't you let me come back home?
Interlude
Goin' off to college, passed every test,
they said: "Let's send this boy to Palo Alto, he could be one of the best".
Four years at Stanford, worked very hard,
a lot of good it did me, little tramp, your're ruining my life.
Take me back, baby, please take me back,
I don't wanna live here by this dirty old airport in this greasy little shack.
Take me back, baby, please take me back,
just give me a chance and we'll start all over again.
Just give me a chance and we'll start all over.