Ghost of the Chateau Marmont

There's a place lost in time
Where the palm trees and vines
Rustle under an empty blue sky
Where successes and fakes
Go to make their mistakes
Far away from the cruel public eye
Past the red velvet rope
Pink champagne, lines of coke
See a star, catch a glimpse of her thigh
But behind every thrill
Lies the terrible chill
Of the dream that refuses to die

Now and forever, prisoner of Babylon
Pray that you'll never
Be the ghost of the Chateau Marmont

She was shiny and new
Not so different from you
Wide eyed, fresh off of the farm
Golden hair warm as honey
She didn't have money
But could light up the room with her charm
But her soul was no match
For a town that can snatch up your hopes and give none in return
Casting couches and pills
Are as certain to kill
As the Hollywood Hills are to burn

Now and forever, prisoner of Babylon
Pray that you'll never
Be the ghost of the Chateau Marmont

Night after night she wanders the halls
Searching for fortune and fame
Should her life sound familiar at all
You wouldn't know her by name

Now and forever, prisoner of Babylon
Pray that you'll never
Be the ghost of the Chateau Marmont
Pray that you'll never
Be the ghost of the Chateau Marmont