Everybody Dies In Hollywood

Pulled up in a rented car

Mud on the door and blood on the bar

You had your name in chrome and gold

I had a prayer and a tank half full

Palm trees bend in the hot night air

Everybody smiles like they don't care

But I saw the price on every crown

And I heard that old town settling down

You can run with the rich and the wild

Wear the grin for a little while

But the ride don't stop for the pretty and proud

It takes what it wants, then it drags you out

Everybody dies in Hollywood

Pretty face, broken heart

Same last breath, same old dark

You can shine like a shotgun spark

Everybody dies in Hollywood

Still you fall in the same black yard

You kissed the ring and kissed the sky

Bought a little fame, paid a bigger lie

I heard your laugh in a motel hall

Sounded like a dare before the fall

Now the mirrors talk and the money fades

Every deal comes due someday

That red carpet turns to dust

And the ones you trust don't stay for much

You can run with the rich and the wild

Wear the grin for a little while

But the ride don't stop for the pretty and proud

It takes what it wants, then it drags you out

Everybody dies in Hollywood

Pretty face, broken heart

Same last breath, same old dark

You can shine like a shotgun spark

Everybody dies in Hollywood

Still you fall in the same black yard

So tell me who you think you are

With your gold and your borrowed stars

When the lights go down, it don't matter

Just bone and dust and a beating heart

Everybody dies in Hollywood

Pretty face, broken heart

Same last breath, same old dark

You can shine like a shotgun spark

Everybody dies in Hollywood

Still you fall in the same black yard