Hollywood

Well he moved out west to live in Hollywood
And he survived to see how long he could
But somewhere along the way
Somehow he decided to stay
Bought an old Cadillac with a new credit card
And he lived in the back and he played real hard
Every Monday night down at Molly Malone's
To live in the lights you gotta sleep in your clothes
And he thought that he looked fine
In the California sunlit night
But the silhouette outshined
The light that he had left on the inside
Cause you got a life on your line
That's about to pull you into the night
There is a time that's right
To remind you what you really look like
But you're just blind
After a couple of months and a few good breaks
Everyone that he met said "you have what it takes"
After a while he started to believe them
All the love and the light was just what he needed
and he thought that he looked fine
but the California light won't hide
all the pain the stain and the lies
and the light that he has left
on the inside