"L.A. Song" Beth Hart

"L.A. Song (Out of This Town)" is an Adult Contemporary hit song written and performed by Los Angeles recording artist Beth Hart.

Released as a single from Beth Hart's 1999 album Screamin' for My Supper, the message of "L.A. Song" is cautionary.

  The song's lyrics accurately communicate the feelings of one who runs away from Los Angeles to escape personal pain.

By the end of the song, however, the lesson learned is that personal issues and patterns follow wherever a person goes. 

External changes are superficial, so permanent changes must be dealt with internally.

There have been so many people who have "had it" with Los Angeles, given up, moved away, and ended up going back to L.A. as fast as they can.

  I've been there too, so I know how deep the feelings go --- and so does this song's great writer.

"L.A. Song" is very deep. 

Beth Hart's intense performance of the song brings the message to the edge of rawness. 

Melissa Etheridge could have easily recorded "L.A. Song" and had a hit with it, but Beth Hart has her very soul is in this song.  She clearly owns it.

A timeless L.A. classic that's anything but shallow, "L.A. Song" by Beth Hart is one of the deepest songs about California ever recorded.

Beth Hart L.A. Song