A minute from the brothers light A rocket in the open eye In Black Maria Porter cuts A journey west to bust the trust Automatic Vaudeville grows Into palaces and studios With Roscoe driven out of town Along with silence at the speed of sound Hollywood hold my hand Take me where I've never been A perfect life in black and white Trading in my day for night There is anger in Babylon A golden boy from O'Fallon He's following the postman's code
With one foot always on the floor The devil's candy and needle drops The honey wagons and martini shots The fuller's earth and focus puller In Cinemascope and Technicolor Hollywood hold my hand Take me to the promised land Wrap me in your silver screen And save me from reality Hollywood hold my hand Pick me up when things go bad Make me forget, make me believe A place I never want to leave