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::''This article is about the [[Ozma]] song. For the Frank Black song, covered live by Weezer, see [[Los Angeles (Frank Black song)]].''
{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| Name    = Los Angeles
| Name    = Los Angeles
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| Artist  = Ozma
| Artist  = Ozma
| Album    = Songs of Inaudible Trucks and Cars
| Album    = Songs of Inaudible Trucks and Cars
| Released = [[1998]]-[[1999]]
| Released = [[1998]] (single)<br>[[1999]] (CD)
| Recorded =  
| Recorded =  
| Length  = 4:47
| Length  = 4:47
| Label    =  
| Label    =  
| Writer  = [[Daniel Brummel]]<br> [[Ryen Slegr]]<br> [[Jose Galvez]]
| Writer  = [[Daniel Brummel]], [[Ryen Slegr]], [[Jose Galvez]]
| Producer = [[Rod Cervera]]
| Producer = [[Rod Cervera]]
| Status  = Officially released
| Status  = Officially released
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| Next track      = "[[Flight of the Bootymaster]]"<br>(6)
| Next track      = "[[Flight of the Bootymaster]]"<br>(6)
}}
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"'''Los Angeles'''" is a single and fith track from ''[[Songs of Inaudible Trucks and Cars]]''.
"'''Los Angeles'''" is a song by [[Ozma]]. It was released as part of a cassette single with "[[Lorraine]]," and appeared as the fifth track on the compilation ''[[Songs of Inaudible Trucks and Cars]]''.
===Appearances===
===Appearances===
*''[[Songs of Inaudible Trucks and Cars]]''
*"[[Lorraine]]"/"Los Angeles" (cassette single, 1998)
*''[[Songs of Inaudible Trucks and Cars]]'' (1999)
==Overview==
==Overview==
{{Main|Ozma song explanations - 2000}}
[[Ryen Slegr]] wrote the song following a trip to New York.<ref>imatreeandurnot. "Songs Explained by Ozma." ''OzmaFans Forum''. 23 June 2006. https://www.ozmafans.com/index.php?topic=2010.0 Mirrored on ''Wayback Machine'' at https://web.archive.org/web/20210630221344/https://www.ozmafans.com/index.php?topic=2010.0</ref> The "Joey" referenced in the song was a dog owned by [[Jose Galvez]].<ref>https://www.ozmafans.com/index.php?topic=78.0</ref>
[[Ryen Slegr]] recounts writing this song during New Year's after taking a trip to New York.
 
The Joey referenced in the song was [[Jose Galvez]]'s dog. They were a white & chocolate Lab mutt.<ref>https://www.ozmafans.com/index.php?topic=78.0</ref>


==Audio==
==Audio==
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The moon is gone
The moon is gone
I know it's wrong
I know it's wrong
Wr-o-o-ong
Wro-o-ong


I've got to find some way out of here
I've got to find some way out of here
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Maybe that's where I ought to go
Maybe that's where I ought to go


Cause living here I've got [[So Down|so down]]
Cause living here I've got so down
I guess that's why I've got to leave town
I guess that's why I've got to leave town
To find someplace I haven't found
To find someplace I haven't found
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Take me back, sugar
Take me back, sugar
I want to stay
I want to stay
When I get home
When I get home
The house is dark
The house is dark
The only sound
The only sound
Is Joey's bark (Dogs howling)
Is Joey's bark
 
(Bark like doggy)


Been searching for another place a while
Been searching for another place a while
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I want to stay
I want to stay
I want to stay
I want to stay
[Solo]


I know it's sad but I love L.A
I know it's sad but I love L.A
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*[[Ozma]]
*[[Ozma]]
*''[[Songs of Inaudible Trucks and Cars]]''
*''[[Songs of Inaudible Trucks and Cars]]''
==References==
{{Reference list}}
[[Category:Ozma]]
[[Category:Ozma]]
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[[Category: Ozma songs]]