So Much For Hollywood / Bring Back the Sun / Goodbye, Los Angeles
(G. Wade)

(you better bring your C, S, N, and sometimes Y to *this* party!)


so much for hollywood
nothing good happens 
as it should

too wrapped up in credit cards
and perfect yards
it was just too hard

  to save 
  for the future
  to go where there's no snow
  we were too sure
  we would both be together to go

	bring back the sun
	i miss its splendor/candor
	i miss the clarity that it brings
	i miss the warmth of its rays
	its rays adore me
	its rays score me
	poor me

	  Make it stop raining
	  I've had enough

so much for making plans
and shaking hands
too busy taking stands

so much for our big chance
it was nothing fancy
but it was romance

  or... so much for romance
        there's no second chance
        once you leave this dance

	bring back the sun
	i miss its candor
	i miss the way it makes birds sing
	i miss the length of the days
	those days are over
	leaves cover clover
	       and moreover

	  it seems like it's getting colder
	  the wind doesn't feel refeshing anymore

so much for going west
but i need(ed) a rest
to get this off my chest...


<i>(the second, complete different part of this song is from "Goodbye, Los Angeles" but gets built up, after an instrumental bridge, here...)</i>

Goodbye, Los Angeles
You can keep your disdain
I tried your style
But couldn't stand the shame

Too many power lines
Too many power plays
[staccato thumps]
Too many powerful dreams I watched broken each and every day

  And every night
      (up 1/2 step) Every angel falls

I'd rather live under an overpass
In Minneapolis
Then stay another midnight here
Dodging flaming, falling bliss

The traffic here is killing me
Though I can't afford a car
But the sun keeps on roasting me as I crawl along the tar

  Counting bodies
  Where (^0.5) every angel falls

So long, Los Angeles
A hex on your shores
No regrets that I can't comprehend
Now that you've lost your allure

Too many palm trees
Too many palms out
Too many palms shoved into my face, each and every one, represents how

  Every day
  Every angel falls