Hollywood
from Hollywood by Chris Breault
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lyrics
Gather ‘round, hear me now
there’s something I must confess
All the guys will know what I’m talking about
and the girls can guess the rest
Anybody needs some body
or at least that’s how the story goes
Where you end up when that ride is over
I don’t thnk that anybody knows
How’d I end up so low
when all I want to do is fly
I’m so good at getting in trouble, baby
I don’t even have to try
And the blues all say they know me
but I act like I don’t care
I’m well acquainted with loneliness
and good friends of despair
Well, I’ve been licked and I’ve been kicked
and I’ve been tossed around a bit
I’m feeling like a parking meter
with the shit kicked out of it
And if in the movies the loser always wins well
Hollywood, where you been?
Now I’ve been running ‘round, losing ground
been down since I don’t know when
Just been trying to come up even
ever since that I was ten
When I became a paperboy
I wore a hole in the bottoms of my shoes
Making a small town honest living
on the big bad country’s news
How’d I end up all alone
when there’s always a girl around
Why did it take me ten long years
to put just one little girl down
I always say good things are coming
and good things take a while
But when I get dressed up to go out on the town
I’m two years out of style
Well, it’s a fact that I can act
because I had to learn to act my age
I’m the classic tragic hero
and the whole world is my stage
And if in the movies the loser always wins well
Hollywood, where you been?
there’s something I must confess
All the guys will know what I’m talking about
and the girls can guess the rest
Anybody needs some body
or at least that’s how the story goes
Where you end up when that ride is over
I don’t thnk that anybody knows
How’d I end up so low
when all I want to do is fly
I’m so good at getting in trouble, baby
I don’t even have to try
And the blues all say they know me
but I act like I don’t care
I’m well acquainted with loneliness
and good friends of despair
Well, I’ve been licked and I’ve been kicked
and I’ve been tossed around a bit
I’m feeling like a parking meter
with the shit kicked out of it
And if in the movies the loser always wins well
Hollywood, where you been?
Now I’ve been running ‘round, losing ground
been down since I don’t know when
Just been trying to come up even
ever since that I was ten
When I became a paperboy
I wore a hole in the bottoms of my shoes
Making a small town honest living
on the big bad country’s news
How’d I end up all alone
when there’s always a girl around
Why did it take me ten long years
to put just one little girl down
I always say good things are coming
and good things take a while
But when I get dressed up to go out on the town
I’m two years out of style
Well, it’s a fact that I can act
because I had to learn to act my age
I’m the classic tragic hero
and the whole world is my stage
And if in the movies the loser always wins well
Hollywood, where you been?
credits
from Hollywood,
released March 5, 2005
Chris Breault - guitar, organ, vocals
Derek Ingalls - guitar
Dean Foster - bass
Glenn Aubin - drums
Produced by: The Raydon Brothers
Recorded at: 303 Sky Studios Worcester, MA
Mastered by: M-Works Cambridge, MA
Chris Breault - guitar, organ, vocals
Derek Ingalls - guitar
Dean Foster - bass
Glenn Aubin - drums
Produced by: The Raydon Brothers
Recorded at: 303 Sky Studios Worcester, MA
Mastered by: M-Works Cambridge, MA
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