Hollywood's Not America

Album: Aliens and Rainbows (2008)
Charted: 62
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  • Born Helena Jane
    With a restless soul
    She moved west to California
    Became a center-fold

    But once you change your name
    Well the pieces fall
    Now she hardly recognizes herself at all

    And there's never any rain, when you want it
    A hollow little game, and you've won it
    Looking for a thrill but you've done it all

    So long, put your blue jeans back on girl
    Go home
    Remember Hollywood's not America
    So long put your blue jeans back on girl
    Go home
    Remember Hollywood's not America
    O yeah!

    And everybody heres, from somewhere else
    You could make a million dollars, but you might lose yourself
    And you can take the heat will your heart go cold
    They say acting's just pretending, even that gets old

    And there's never any rain, when you want it
    A hollow little game, and you've won it
    Looking for a thrill but you've done it all

    So long, put your blue jeans back on girl
    Go home
    Remember Hollywood's not America
    So long put your blue jeans back on girl
    Go home
    Remember Hollywood's not America
    O yeah!

    And I know what to do when
    I know that you
    You can be anything you want to be

    So long, put your blue jeans back on girl
    Go home
    Remember Hollywood's not America
    So long put your blue jeans back on girl
    Go home
    Remember Hollywood's not America
    O yeah!

    It's not America Writer/s: FERRAS MAHMOUD ALQAISI, GARY CLARK, GRAHAM EDWARDS, LAUREN CHRISTY, SCOTT SPOCK
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Maya from California This song reminds me of American Idol and when I went on a road trip when I was nine.
  • Kendall from Arkansas, ArI love this song it is soooooo awesome!!!!!It is my fave!
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