VA to LA
Born out in the boonies with a sunburn on my neck
Roaming 37 acres, I ain't cashed a lotta checks
So, I set out for the West Coast where the palm trees speak in tongues
With a big dream and a six string and no Delta ticket home
From VA to LA
Gone chasing that payday
Co-pilot's yelling mayday
Don't crash until my heyday
Just pull up a little longer
I'm still growing stronger
Don't place me on that layaway
You know I got too much to say
From VA to LA
Oh, VA to LA
That VA to LA
From VA to LA
I'm bussing at a Big Boy, sleeping on the floor at night
Playing 50 different open mics on weekdays after five
Take the redline to recording in a closet down the hall
Then I'm passing out my CDR's 'til RCA done placed a call
From VA to LA
Gone chasing that payday
Co-pilot's yelling mayday
Don't crash until my heyday
Just pull up a little longer
I'm still growing stronger
Don't place me on that layaway
You know I got too much to say
From VA to LA
Oh, VA to LA
That VA to LA
From VA to LA
I'm sitting in a boardroom front of 14 foreign faces
They're wondering what I'm thinking of, some 47 pages
I asked if I could take a day to read before I sign
So, they slid across a ballpoint and they told me find the dotted line
From VA to LA
Gone chasing that payday
Co-pilot's yelling mayday
Don't crash until my heyday
Just pull up a little longer
I'm still growing stronger
Don't place me on that layaway
You know I got too much to say
From VA to LA
Oh, VA to LA
That VA to LA
From VA to LA
I'm strumming ole Maria at The Roxy on the strip
Never I thought I'd see a marquee with my name so brightly lit
Never knew a single song, I wrote would ever be a hit
But I'm reading off the Billboard and I guess I made the list
From VA to LA
Gone chasing that payday
Co-pilot's yelling mayday
Don't crash until my heyday
Just pull up a little longer
I'm still growing stronger
Don't place me on that layaway
You know I got too much to say
From VA to LA
Oh, VA to LA
That VA to LA
From VA to LA
I bent them strings 'til my hands started shaking
I done sang 'til my throat couldn't take it
And I tried to believe in myself
So, I lied, I said, "I already made it"
From VA to LA
Gone chasing that payday
Co-pilot's yelling mayday
Don't crash until my heyday
Just pull up a little longer
I'm still growing stronger
Don't place me on that layaway
You know I got too much to say
From VA to LA
Oh, VA to LA
That VA to LA
From VA to LA
Roaming 37 acres, I ain't cashed a lotta checks
So, I set out for the West Coast where the palm trees speak in tongues
With a big dream and a six string and no Delta ticket home
From VA to LA
Gone chasing that payday
Co-pilot's yelling mayday
Don't crash until my heyday
Just pull up a little longer
I'm still growing stronger
Don't place me on that layaway
You know I got too much to say
From VA to LA
Oh, VA to LA
That VA to LA
From VA to LA
I'm bussing at a Big Boy, sleeping on the floor at night
Playing 50 different open mics on weekdays after five
Take the redline to recording in a closet down the hall
Then I'm passing out my CDR's 'til RCA done placed a call
From VA to LA
Gone chasing that payday
Co-pilot's yelling mayday
Don't crash until my heyday
Just pull up a little longer
I'm still growing stronger
Don't place me on that layaway
You know I got too much to say
From VA to LA
Oh, VA to LA
That VA to LA
From VA to LA
I'm sitting in a boardroom front of 14 foreign faces
They're wondering what I'm thinking of, some 47 pages
I asked if I could take a day to read before I sign
So, they slid across a ballpoint and they told me find the dotted line
From VA to LA
Gone chasing that payday
Co-pilot's yelling mayday
Don't crash until my heyday
Just pull up a little longer
I'm still growing stronger
Don't place me on that layaway
You know I got too much to say
From VA to LA
Oh, VA to LA
That VA to LA
From VA to LA
I'm strumming ole Maria at The Roxy on the strip
Never I thought I'd see a marquee with my name so brightly lit
Never knew a single song, I wrote would ever be a hit
But I'm reading off the Billboard and I guess I made the list
From VA to LA
Gone chasing that payday
Co-pilot's yelling mayday
Don't crash until my heyday
Just pull up a little longer
I'm still growing stronger
Don't place me on that layaway
You know I got too much to say
From VA to LA
Oh, VA to LA
That VA to LA
From VA to LA
I bent them strings 'til my hands started shaking
I done sang 'til my throat couldn't take it
And I tried to believe in myself
So, I lied, I said, "I already made it"
From VA to LA
Gone chasing that payday
Co-pilot's yelling mayday
Don't crash until my heyday
Just pull up a little longer
I'm still growing stronger
Don't place me on that layaway
You know I got too much to say
From VA to LA
Oh, VA to LA
That VA to LA
From VA to LA
Credits
Writer(s): Michael Anthony Duca
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