Anne Litt’s show on KCRW been the soundtrack for my families weekends for a long time now.
Her show always helps soothes me right when I need it. Around 2PM on a Saturday when my husband I are wondering what to do with the kids the rest of the day. The music seems to mellow us out and also it really sings to my creative soul.
Today Anne’s show was fabulous.
I had my two little ones in the minivan and she played a song by Rilo Kiley called “Let Me Back In.” It is a love song, Los Angeles.
Rilo Kiley – Let Me Back In Lyrics
Let it be printed, let it be known
I’m leaving you, I’m going home
And all you can do is just watch me go
I’ve put you down, talked you up
Defended your honor
and then packed in and picked it up
When all you can do is just watch me go
From the Eastern seaboard,
The land-locks Mid-west
The keys, the Alps, the Blackhills and Budapest
With my heart in a sling tail,
Between my legs are swinging
I’m sorry for leavingBut when The palm trees bow their heads
No matter how wrong I’ve been
LA, you always let me back inAnd you can bury me
When my body breaks
In the earth that created me in the Golden state
By my momma and her brother, and her momma too
Cause I had a dream I was carried on backs of a thousand green birds
And they carried me to a place without words
And there was nothing, but there was everything
And it sounded like thisBut when The palm trees bow their heads
No matter how cruel I’ve been
LA, you always let me back in
And when the ṗalm trees bow their heads
No matter how cruel I’ve been
LA, you always let me back in, in
Oh back in, in, oh back in, in,[Lyrics to Let Me Back In by Rilo Kiley]
First seen on LyricsPremiere.com
You can listen to it here.
It was a love song that LA deserves. We get picked on just a little. But that’s OK most people I know here don’t take themselves too seriously. Such a transient place and yet I’m staying here, feet firmly in this very clay like soil and digging my roots.
Loved your show today Anne!
Come to My Door by Jose James sooooo good.
I parked my minivan in the driveway, opened the doors and the kids and this was the last song I was able to catch. Perfect Saturday afternoon.
