Song Description
Soon to be ex-boyfriend laments loss of girl to Hollywood to pursue her dreams of stardom
| Song Length |
3:41 |
Genre |
Rock - Classic, Rock - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Troubled, Heartbreaking |
Subject |
Lost Love, Stardom |
| Similar Artists |
Tom Petty, Bryan Adams |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Hollywood Dreaming
(intro)
(verse)
As you stared into the mirror
Brushed your hair back from your face
The message couldn't be clearer
You gotta get out of this place
Before it's just too late
(pre-chorus)
On your way out to Hollywood
Lord knows you'll be looking good
Gazing out that Greyhound at me
Growing up across the tracks
I know you won't be looking back to see
This small town and me
(chorus)
Hollywood (California)
Hollywood dreaming (Gonna make the big time)
Hollywood (I still remember)
Hollywood dreaming (how you used to be mine)
(repeat intro)
(verse)
You say it's better to have a big dream
Than to not have one at all
Things aren't always what they seem
At life's casting call
It's a long hard way to fall
(repeat pre-chorus)
(repeat chorus)