Oh, the love they make in Hollywood
The kind you know you should find once in your life
The plot lines and the sunshine
The warm sands of the promised land
You're young and you're invincible
Stumbling through the script you're claiming to write
But when the story's coming true
You tear it up and start anew
When the screen turns black and the lights go on
That's when I'm gone, I'm gone
When it gets real I run
Back to that cardboard sun
Made in Hollywood
You know I tried to drop my act
Well we know now for a fact, I'll never be real
I live for gazing at the stars
For going lonesome down the boulevard
But who would want a normal life?
Whatever that may be, I'll go with the show
A spotlight and a touring band
And the people screaming I'm the man
When the screen turns black and the lights go on
That's when I'm gone, I'm gone
When it gets real I run
Back to that cardboard sun
Made in Hollywood
Common sense will never make you stay
One day you must take the stage and hijack the play
And everything goes overboard
The stars don't matter anymore
But the screen turns black and the lights go on
And that's when I'm gone, I'm gone
When it gets real I run
Back to that cardboard sun
Made in Hollywood