Lyrics to
L.A. Connection

This version of L.a. Connection was released by Rainbow in 1978.

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Oh, carry home my broken bones and lay me down to rest
Forty days of cries and moans I guess
I’ve failed to pass the test
I’ve been sent away not a thing to say
I’m banished from the fold
I’m a fallen angel who’s lost his wings and left out in the cold

Ooooh L.A. connection
Oh L.A. connection
L.A. connection, yeah

Operator place a call keep secret but it through
Investigator knows it all he’s at the window I wonder who
I’ve got to cut the line and let me drift find a haven in the storm
I got no time I need a lift to where it’s sweet and close and warm

I say
Ooooh L.A. connection
Oh L.A. connection
L.A. connection

Hey, carry home my broken bones and lay me down to rest
Forty days of cries and moans well I’ve just failed the test
Feel I’m balanced on the brim should I lean another way
Like a flame that’s going on the dim needs blessing from the day, oh

Ooooh L.A. connection, L.A. connection
Oh take me away I got nothing to say
It’s got to be an L.A. connection, oh
Ooooh L.A. connection, L.A. connection

Ooooh, L.A., L.A., L.A., L.A., L.A. connection
Connection, oh

Ooooh L.A. connection, L.A. connection
Oh L.A., oh, L.A. connection
L.A., L.A. inspection
Ooooh L.A. connection, L.A. connection

Oh I’m down, oh I’m down
I can’t take a rejection
L.A., need an L.A. connection
L.A., yeah, oh L.A. connection
L.A. connection
I’m flying away
Take me back home, I gotta get home to L.A.
L.A., L.A. connection, L.A.
Oh, L.A. connection, L.A. connection
Ooooh, ooooh, L.A. connection, L.A.

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About Lyrics and L.a. Connection by Rainbow

The lyrics to L.a. Connection are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Rainbow used when the song was created in 1978. The lyrics to L.a. Connection have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Rainbow and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to L.a. Connection by Rainbow. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to L.a. Connection" means the words set to the music of L.a. Connection, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Rainbow. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to L.a. Connection and the lyrics to L.a. Connection are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Rainbow who came here looking just for the lyrics to L.a. Connection, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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